Sacredness of the constitutional text and interpretative heresy: the Brazilian Supreme Court decision on same-sex civil unions

dc.contributorEscolas::DIREITO SP
dc.creatorDimoulis, Dimitri
dc.creatorLunardi, Soraya Regina Gasparetto
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-25T18:13:51Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-03T20:28:08Z
dc.date.available2014-04-25T18:13:51Z
dc.date.available2022-11-03T20:28:08Z
dc.date.created2014-04-25T18:13:51Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10438/11668
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/5038981
dc.description.abstractThe paper provides a close lecture of the arguments and methods of legal construction, employed in the extensive individual opinions written by the Justices of the Brazilian Supreme Court in the case which authorized the same sex civil union. After tracing an outline of the legal problem and his possible solutions, we analyze the individual opinions, showing their methodological syncretism, the use of legal methods and arguments in a contradictory way as well the deficiencies in the reasoning. The Justices use legal arguments, but do not meet the requirements of rationality in the decision-making. We have a rhetorical attempt that aims to satisfy the public opinion than to offer a comprehensive and coherent solution according the normative elements of the Brazilian Federal Constitution of 1988.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationDIREITO GV Research Paper Series – Legal Studies;91
dc.subjectBrazilian constitution
dc.subjectJustification of judicial decisions
dc.subjectLegal argumentation
dc.subjectLegal construction
dc.subjectRhetoric
dc.titleSacredness of the constitutional text and interpretative heresy: the Brazilian Supreme Court decision on same-sex civil unions
dc.typeWorking Paper


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