Jurisdição Constitucional Na Era Cunha: Entre O Passivismo Procedimental E O Ativismo Substancialista Do Supremo Tribunal Federal (Judicial Review in the Age of Eduardo Cunha: Between Procedural Passivism and Substantive Activism in Brazil's Federal Supreme Court)

28 Pages Posted: 24 Jul 2015 Last revised: 1 Oct 2015

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Thomas Bustamante

Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Evanilda Godoi Bustamante

Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Date Written: July 21, 2015

Abstract

Portuguese Abstract: Argumentaremos, neste ensaio, que não há relação intrínseca entre jurisdição constitucional e democracia, e que a autoridade das cortes constitucionais só pode ser justificada com razões instrumentais. Dito isso, o ativismo judicial parece algo difícil de se sustentar. Não obstante, esse argumento só faz sentido caso a corte adote uma postura não-passivista em termos de fiscalização da regularidade do processo legislativo, com vistas a garantir a plena observância das regras constitucionais que o definem. Por isso o Supremo Tribunal tem o dever de modificar o seu entendimento externado no MS 22.503 sobre o momento oportuno para apresentação de emendas aglutinativas no processo legislativo.

English Abstract: We argue, in this essay, that there is no intrinsic relation between judicial review and democracy, and that the authority of constitutional courts only can be justified by instrumental reasons. Having said that, judicial activism seems something hard to maintain. Nonetheless, this argument only makes sense if the court adopts a non-passivist attitude when it comes to assess the regularity of the legislative process, with a view to secure the full observance of the constitutional rules that define it. Hence, the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court has a duty to overrule his decision on MS 22.503 about the proper moment for the submission of amendments to legislative propositions.

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Suggested Citation

Bustamante, Thomas da Rosa and Godoi Bustamante, Evanilda, Jurisdição Constitucional Na Era Cunha: Entre O Passivismo Procedimental E O Ativismo Substancialista Do Supremo Tribunal Federal (Judicial Review in the Age of Eduardo Cunha: Between Procedural Passivism and Substantive Activism in Brazil's Federal Supreme Court) (July 21, 2015). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2633948 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2633948

Thomas da Rosa Bustamante (Contact Author)

Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) ( email )

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Evanilda Godoi Bustamante

Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) ( email )

Av. Antonio Carlos, 6627
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901
Brazil

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