QUEM DEFINE A RATIO DECIDENDI DE UM PRECEDENTE? UMA ANÁLISE PRÁTICA DA TÉCNICA DA DISTINÇÃO (DISTINGUISHING) NO RESP 1.339.313/RJ

• Autor(a) principal: Ravache, Alex Quaresma
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista da EMERJ (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.emerj.com.br/index.php/revistadaemerj/article/view/373
• topic: Sistema de precedentes vinculantes.; Técnica da distinção.; Quem define a ratio decidendi; REsp 1.339.313/RJ; Tratamento e tarifa de esgoto; Brazil’s binding precedents system; Distinguishing.; Who determines the ratio decidendi; Sewage treatment in Brazil.; Sewage rate in Brazil.

This study analyzes distinguishing in Brazil’s binding precedents system. The difference between distinguishing and overruling is presented. Moreover, the definitions of ratio decidendi and obiter dictum are examined to clarify why they are fundamental in terms of distinguishing. It is intended to identify who determines the ratio decidendi of a precedent: the Court that created it or those who interpret it in subsequent cases. In addition to theory, this study works with these concepts in real cases involving the precedent created by the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice, that ruled on the possibility of providing public sewage service with a rate, even without a complete sewage treatment.