Constitutional Amendment and Political Constitutionalism: The Potential Mitigation of Critiques on Judicial Review

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Jairo Néia Lima
Rubens Beçak

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The criticisms toward judicial review from Richard Bellamy and Jeremy Waldron’s political constitutionalism approach demonstrate that they do not exclude constitutional courts entirely, as they accept mechanisms of legislative responses, except constitutional amendments. This paper concludes that the high number of constitutional amendments in Brazil does not mitigate judicial review critiques. The extensive structure of the Brazilian Constitution imposes frequent changes, which do not modify its essence. Furthermore, the possibility of judicial review over constitutional amendments represents that constitutional court could overrule legislative response.

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LIMA, Jairo Néia; BEÇAK, Rubens. Constitutional Amendment and Political Constitutionalism: The Potential Mitigation of Critiques on Judicial Review. Conpedi Law Review, Florianopolis, Brasil, v. 2, n. 4, p. 275–296, 2016. DOI: 10.26668/2448-3931_conpedilawreview/2016.v2i4.3665. Disponível em: https://indexlaw.org/index.php/conpedireview/article/view/3665. Acesso em: 14 nov. 2024.
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Jairo Néia Lima, Universidade de São Paulo – USP, São Paulo (Brasil)

Doutorando em Direito do Estado pela Universidade de São Paulo – USP, São Paulo (Brasil). Pesquisador visitante na Universidade de Glasgow - Glasgow (Escócia). 

Rubens Beçak, Universidade de São Paulo – USP, São Paulo (Brasil)

Doutor em Direito Constitucional pela Universidade de São Paulo – USP, São Paulo (Brasil). Professor Associado pela Universidade de São Paulo – USP, São Paulo (Brasil).

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