Sacredness of the constitutional text and interpretive heresy: the brazilian supreme court decision on same-sex unions

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Main Author: Dimoulis, Dimitrios
Publication Date: 2014
Other Authors: Lunardi, Soraya Regina Gasparetto [UNESP]
Format: Article
Language: fra
Source: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
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Summary: The 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.
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spelling Sacredness of the constitutional text and interpretive heresy: the brazilian supreme court decision on same-sex unionsBrazilian constitutionJustification of judicial decisionsLegal argumentation|Legal constructionRhetoricDireito ConstitucionalDireitos HumanosProcesso ConstitucionalThe 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.Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Ciências e Letras de Araraquara, Araraquara, Rodovia Araraquara Jau Km 01, CEP 17050-790, SP, BrasilUniversidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Faculdade de Ciências e Letras de Araraquara, Araraquara, Rodovia Araraquara Jau Km 01, CEP 17050-790, SP, BrasilFundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Dimoulis, DimitriosLunardi, Soraya Regina Gasparetto [UNESP]2015-07-15T18:28:43Z2015-07-15T18:28:43Z2014info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article1-21http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2428423SSRN Electronic Journals: The English & Commonwealth Law Abstracts Journal, v. 91, p. 1-24, 2014.1556-5068http://hdl.handle.net/11449/1252291151197074925589Currículo Lattesreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPfraSSRN Electronic Journals: The English & Commonwealth Law Abstracts Journalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2021-10-22T22:17:24Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/125229Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462021-10-22T22:17:24Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sacredness of the constitutional text and interpretive heresy: the brazilian supreme court decision on same-sex unions
title Sacredness of the constitutional text and interpretive heresy: the brazilian supreme court decision on same-sex unions
spellingShingle Sacredness of the constitutional text and interpretive heresy: the brazilian supreme court decision on same-sex unions
Dimoulis, Dimitrios
Brazilian constitution
Justification of judicial decisions
Legal argumentation|Legal construction
Rhetoric
Direito Constitucional
Direitos Humanos
Processo Constitucional
title_short Sacredness of the constitutional text and interpretive heresy: the brazilian supreme court decision on same-sex unions
title_full Sacredness of the constitutional text and interpretive heresy: the brazilian supreme court decision on same-sex unions
title_fullStr Sacredness of the constitutional text and interpretive heresy: the brazilian supreme court decision on same-sex unions
title_full_unstemmed Sacredness of the constitutional text and interpretive heresy: the brazilian supreme court decision on same-sex unions
title_sort Sacredness of the constitutional text and interpretive heresy: the brazilian supreme court decision on same-sex unions
author Dimoulis, Dimitrios
author_facet Dimoulis, Dimitrios
Lunardi, Soraya Regina Gasparetto [UNESP]
author_role author
author2 Lunardi, Soraya Regina Gasparetto [UNESP]
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Dimoulis, Dimitrios
Lunardi, Soraya Regina Gasparetto [UNESP]
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Brazilian constitution
Justification of judicial decisions
Legal argumentation|Legal construction
Rhetoric
Direito Constitucional
Direitos Humanos
Processo Constitucional
topic Brazilian constitution
Justification of judicial decisions
Legal argumentation|Legal construction
Rhetoric
Direito Constitucional
Direitos Humanos
Processo Constitucional
description The 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.
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