‘Mutação à brasileira'uma análise empírica do art. 52, x, da constituição

Resumo

The goal of this study is to assess the soundness of the thesis that the Brazilian system of diffuse judicial review has undergone a 'constitutional mutation', specifically regarding the Federal Senate's constitutional prerogative to suspend the enforcement of any law or normative act that has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Federal Court by means of concrete review. This 'constitutional mutation' argument has been employed by Justice Gilmar Ferreira Mendes in the judgment of the Reclamação 4.335-5/AC by the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court. To assess the consistency of this thesis, this paper does an empirical analysis of the role of the Brazilian Senate in using the powers conferred to it by article 52, X, of the 1988 Constitution. This argument also supports the idea that any instances of constitutional reasoning based on 'constitutional mutation' cannot be grounded only on doctrinal and jurisprudential inputs and require empirical analysis in order to be justified.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2014

Instituição

Fundação Getulio Vargas, Escola de Direito de São Paulo

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Acesso aberto

DOI

10.1590/1808-2432201425

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/21682

Palavras-chave

Diffuse judicial reviewConstitutional mutationSupreme Federal CourtFederal SenateSeparation of powersControle difuso de constitucionalidadeMutação constitucionalSupremo Tribunal FederalSenado FederalSeparação de poderesDireitoControle da constitucionalidadeDireito constitucional