Judicialization of politics in Brazil: a study about the conditions that make it possible

Abstract

THIS RESEARCH IS AIMED AT ANALYZING THE JUDICIARY POWER IN A CONTEXT WHEREIN IT ACTS AS AN AGENT AMPLIFYING ITS POLITICAL DIMENSION WHICH BRINGS ABOUT, AS A CONSEQUENCE, A PECULIAR AND UNHEARD OF TYPE OF PUBLIC AVENUE OF DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION. SUCH CHANGES IN THE POLITICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR A MORE EXTENDED INSERTION OF THE JUDICIARY POWER IN ESSENTIALLY POLITICAL MATTERS, WHICH CAME TO GAIN WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE AS “JUDICIALIZATION” OF POLITICS AND HAS BEEN EXPRESSED BY A MAGNIFIED IMPORTANCE AND ACTUAL PARTICIPATION OF THE JUDICIARY POWER IN SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMICAL LIFE. SUCH PHENOMENON, TYPICAL OF CONSOLIDATED DEMOCRACIES, DERIVED FROM CONDITIONING VARIABLES AND PECULIARITIES EXPERIENCED IN POLITICAL, ECONOMICAL AND SOCIAL ORDER AND BROUGHT ABOUT VISIBLE CONSEQUENCES IN BRAZILIAN DEMOCRACY. THERE WILL BE ANALIZED THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS OF THE “JUDICIALIZATION” OF POLITICS PROCESS IN BRAZIL.