Reception of norms of international law in the Brazilian Constitutional Experience: Doctrinal Conceptions about Executive Power overlays Between the Empire and the Republic (1824-1988)

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Pubblicato

2026-01-13

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63277/gsc.v40i.4441

Autori

  • Arno Dal Ri Jr. Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
  • Luciene Dal Ri University of Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI)

Parole chiave:

trattati internazionali, recezione di norme internazionali, costituzioni brasiliane, storia costituzionale, dualismo

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the dynamics in the relationship between the executive, legislative and judiciary branches concerning the process of reception and the legal status of international acts in the Brazilian legal system, based on the occurrences of constitutional practices materialized between the empire and the republic, from the seven constitutional texts issued through 198 years of national history to an important part of the relevant doctrine covering constitutional and international law. The research explores the main contours of strain that permeated through the existent discussions upon the science of Brazilian public law, between the 19th and 20th centuries, concerning the reception and legal status of international acts into the Brazilian legal system. As a result, the article highlights that the assumption of the prevalence of the executive over the legislative branch, in the decision-making process, was prompted by the constant and persistent absence of a clear and exhaustive explanation staring the status of the acts and the way their reception could be carried out. 

 

Biografie autore

Arno Dal Ri Jr., Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)

Associate Professor of Theory and History of International Law, Legal Sciences Center.

Luciene Dal Ri, University of Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI)

Professor of History of Modern and Contemporary Constitutions, School of Legal and Social Sciences.