Presidents, institutional domain and the Judicial Branch

Authors

  • Pedro Duarte Pinto Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/publicum.2015.19871

Keywords:

Executive Branch, President, Presidencialism, Judicial Branch, Supremacy

Abstract

This article aims to address the identification of the phenomenon related to the domain of the Executive Branch in the modern institutional scenario. It will be observed that the rise of the Executive Branch and presidents to a position of centrality is a common place in modern democracies. It is more than that. In Brazil, it acquires special characteristics due to the institutional design given by the 1988 Constitution. Acting sometimes as a limiting factor and sometimes as a promoter of presidential powers, the Judicial Branch also emerges as an important actor in the modern political scenario. In that context, to investigate the relationship between these two Branches becomes imperative for understanding how the State works.

Author Biography

Pedro Duarte Pinto, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

Lawyer. Masters in Public Law candidate at Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Law degree at Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL). Working and Research areas: Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Regulation Law, Tax Law and Juridical Reasoning. Top China Santander participant. Former student at Environment & Sustainable Development at Peking University, China.

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Published

2015-12-29

How to Cite

Pinto, P. D. (2015). Presidents, institutional domain and the Judicial Branch. Revista Publicum, 1(1), 187–228. https://doi.org/10.12957/publicum.2015.19871

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2015)

Section

Artigos Científicos

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