Does Brazil need a notwithstanding clause?

• Autor(a) principal: Diniz Araújo, Luiz Henrique
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Investigações Constitucionais
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/article/view/86385
• topic: Direito Constitucional; controle judicial de constitucionalidade; cláusula do não obstante; ativismo judicial; controle judicial de constitucionalidade; diálogos institucionais

In the last decade, Brazilian Supreme Court has been playing a very important role in the democratic process, raising concerns on judicial activism and on the so-called “juristocracy”. One of the ideas that comes up to tackle those issues is the adoption of a Canadian-style notwithstanding clause. Revolving the notwithstanding clause features and its practical exercise in Canada, the paper contends that it is not suitable for Brazilian constitutional system of strong judicial review. It also demonstrates that such a constitutional instrument would not help the improvement of institutional dialogues between the judiciary and legislative branches nor effectively remedy hints of judicial activism.