Introduction - A moment to mark: the Brazilian Constitution turns 30
| Autor | Richard Albert, Sofia Ranchordás, Mariana Velasco Rivera |
| Cargo | William Stamps Farish Professor of Law, The University of Texas at Austin (USA) Associate Editor of the Journal of Constitutional Research/Professor of European and Comparative Public Law & Rosalind Franklin Fellow, University of Groningen (Netherlands) Affiliated Fellow of the Information Society Project, Yale Law School (USA) Guest Editor/J.S... |
| Páginas | 12-16 |
A moment to mark: the Brazilian Constitution turns 30
Um momento para marcar: a Constituição brasileira completa 30 anos
The year 2018 is a signicant milestone for the Brazilian Constitution: thirty years
since its enactment – and since the country embarked on its new beginning after two
decadesof civil-military dictatorship. The country has achieved much in its relentless
eorts to build a strong constitutional democracy. And yet as the country marks this
moment, it nds itself in the midst of great turmoil. Once known primarily as South
America’s tiger economy, Brazil is now associated in the global mind most closely with
an increasingly polarized and at times dysfunctional political environment plagued by
systemic corruption. Recent political crises – from the “Operação Lava Jato” corruption
scandal,1 to Dilma Rousse’s impeachment2, Lula’s imprisonment and his failed attempt
to run for the presidency from prison,3 the assassination of the politician and human
1 See e.g. WATTS, Jonathan. Operation Car Wash: The Biggest Corruption Scandal Ever?. The Guardian, 01 June
2017. Available at: <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/01/brazil-operation-car-wash-is-this-the-
biggest-corruption-scandal-in-history>. Accessed in 12 Sept. 2018; and SILVA, Marina. How Operation Car
Wash Is Exposing Political Crime in Brazil. The New York Times, 18 Sept. 2017. Available at: <https://www.
nytimes.com/interactive/2017/admin/100000005437135.embedded.html?>. Accessed on 12 Sept. 2018.
2 ROMERO, Simon. Dilma Rousse Is Ousted as Brazil’s President in Impeachment Vote. The New York Times, 21
Dec. 2017. Available at: <https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/01/world/americas/brazil-dilma-rousse-impea-
ched-removed-president.html>. Accessed in 12 Sept. 2018.
3 PHILLIPS, Dom. Brazilian Court Bars Lula from Presidential Election. The Guardian, 01 Sept. 2018. Available
at: <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/01/brazilian-court-bars-lula-from-presidential-election>.
Accessed on 12 Sept. 2018.
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Revista de Investigações Constitucionais
ISSN 2359-5639
DOI: 10.5380/rinc.v5i3.64065
Como citar este editorial | How to cite this editorial: ALBERT, Richard; RANCHORDÁS, Soa; VELASCO RIVERA, Mariana. Introduc-
tion – A moment to mark: the Brazilian Constitution turns 30. Revista de Investigações Constitucionais, Curitiba, vol. 5, n. 3,
p. 12-16, set./dez. 2018. DOI: 10.5380/rinc.v5i3.64065.
Revista de Investigações Constitucionais, Curitiba, vol. 5, n. 3, p. 12-16, set./dez. 2018.
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