As lacunas constitucionais e o Direito como integridade: análise de um caso concreto

Bruno Amaro Lacerda; Juliana Martins de Sá Müller

doi:10.5433/2178-8189.2016v20n1p102

CONSTITUTIONAL GAPS AND THE LAW AS INTEGRITY: ANALYSIS OF A CASE

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Bruno Amaro Lacerda Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
Juliana Martins de Sá Müller Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

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https://doi.org/10.5433/2178-8189.2016v20n1p102

Keywords:

Gaps, Integrity, Judicial activism

Abstract

This paper discusses the possible recognition of constitutional gaps and loopholes, using the perspective of law as integrity. The objective of this study is to deliberate about the connection between constitutional gaps and integrity using a famous legal controversy: the constitutional viability of same-sex unions, decided by the Brazilian Supreme Court on the Direct Unconstitutionality Action No. 4277. Therefore, what we aim to show is that, while examining the issue, the rulings of the Supreme Court´s and other courts were falsely justified based on answers for the constitutional gap, which escaped the limits of appropriate judicial reasoning.

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Bruno Amaro Lacerda, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Doutor e Mestre em Direito pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Professor Adjunto III da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF).

Juliana Martins de Sá Müller, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Mestranda em Direito pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

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2016-04-28

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Lacerda, B. A., & Müller, J. M. de S. (2016). CONSTITUTIONAL GAPS AND THE LAW AS INTEGRITY: ANALYSIS OF A CASE. Scientia Iuris, 20(1), 102–118. https://doi.org/10.5433/2178-8189.2016v20n1p102

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Vol. 20 No. 1 (2016)

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