Unwritten Brazilian Constitution

Human Rights in the Supremo Tribunal Federal
Herausgeber: Becak, Rubens; Lima, Jairo

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Unwritten Brazilian Constitution provides an overview of the leading cases on human rights of the Brazil Supreme Court. Readers will learn how human rights have been interpreted by the Court over the last 30 years to create an extensive system of judicial protection for fundamental rights.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 615g
• ISBN-13: 9781793623690
• ISBN-10: 1793623694
• Artikelnr.: 60095569

Autorenporträt

Rubens Becak is full professor at the Universidade de Sao Paulo and visiting professor at the University of Salamanca's Brazilian Studies Center. Jairo Lima is professor at the Universidade Estadual do Norte do Parana.

Inhaltsangabe

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 - The promises of the Brazilian Constitution of 1988 and the encounter
between human rights and the Supreme Court
Rubens Becak and Jairo Lima
2 - The Brazilian Supreme Court and its Political Protagonism: an Overview
of the STF and its Rise to Prominence in Brazilian Politics after 1988
Murilo Gaspardo
3 - Freedom of speech: Ellwanger case
Cristina Godoy Bernardo de Oliveira
4 - Asking "The Woman Question": Judicial Recognition of the Right to
Abortion in Brazil
Melina Girardi Fachin and Estefânia Maria de Queiroz Barboza
5 - Embryonic stem-cells research at the Brazilian Supreme Court: or how to
decide not to decide
Lucas de Laurentiis
6 - Affirmative action at the Federal Supreme Court: the difficult
promotion of racial equity in Brazil
Maria Paula Bucci Dallari
7 - Gay marriage: the role of the Brazilian Supreme Court in recognizing
the right to same-sex civil unions
Fernando de Brito Alves
8 - Criminalization of homophobia - Trial at the Brazilian Supreme Cou