The (in)constitutionality of the civil prison of the unfield depositary: a review of the jurisprudence of the Supreme Federal Court in the light of prudential balancing

• Autor(a) principal: Damasceno, Daniel
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Pereira Júnior, Antonio Jorge
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Espaço Jurídico/Espaço Jurídico Journal of Law
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unoesc.edu.br/espacojuridico/article/view/30803
• topic: prisão civil; depositário infiel; ponderação; jurisdição constitucional; prudência; civil imprisonment; unfaithful depositary; balancing; constitutional jurisdiction; practical wisdom

The case study investigates the basis for the declaration of unlawfulness of the civil imprisonment of the unfaithful depositary, from the application of the balancing theory by the Supreme Court. To verify the principle resolution at the reference case, the weight attributed to the principles in conflict under the invocation of Robert Alexy’s methodology is evaluated, asking whether all technical steps were fulfilled for the overruling. In a negative response, a prudential balancing is outlined, whose objective is to illuminate pivotal aspects of the theory of fundamental rights and of the axiological hierarchy. It is concluded that, with this vector of practical rationality, the inconsistencies generated by subjectivism in judicial interpretation will be reduced. The research has an inductive and monographic methodology, a bibliographical and jurisprudential nature.