The Constitutional Mutation as a Mechanism of Adaptation of Brazilian Constitution to the Political and Social Reality

Analyzes the constitutional mutation as an alternative mechanism to adapt the Brazilian Constitution to the political and social transformations, considering that normative content is not done by itself and there is continuous tension between stability and dynamics of the legal system. It shows the...

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Autores: Silva Rocha, Karen Karolyna, Marón, Manuel Fondevila
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Direito (CONPEDI)
Repositorio:Revista Brasileira de Teoria Constitucional
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.indexlaw.org:article/1537
Acceso en línea:http://www.indexlaw.org/index.php/teoriaconstitucional/article/view/1537
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Constitution
Constitutional change
Constitutional reform
Amendment
Constitutional Court
Constituição
Mutação constitucional
Reforma Constitucional
Emenda
Corte Constitucional
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Sumario:Analyzes the constitutional mutation as an alternative mechanism to adapt the Brazilian Constitution to the political and social transformations, considering that normative content is not done by itself and there is continuous tension between stability and dynamics of the legal system. It shows the intense process of reform of the Constitution of 1988 through amendments and proposes a reflection about the constitutional mutation as an alternative mechanism for constitutional change, observed the supremacy of the Constitution and the control to be exercised by the Constitutional Court. The research approach is qualitative and methodological procedures are bibliographical and documentary research.