Contramajoritário, representativo e iluminista: os papéis das supremas cortes e tribunais constitucionais nas democracias contemporâneas

The primary purpose of this Article is to examine the roles of constitutional courts in contemporary democracies. It aims to demonstrate that such courts perform, in addition to the counter-majoritarian role traditionally recognized in constitutional theory, two other roles: representati...

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Main Author: Luís Roberto Barroso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro Universitário de Valença 2018-07-01
Series:Revista Interdisciplinar de Direito
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Online Access:http://revistas.faa.edu.br/index.php/FDV/article/view/494/371