The role of the process/case in building democracy: for a new meaning of participatory democracys
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5433/2178-8189.2009v13n0p155Keywords:
Citizenship, democracy, judicialization, participation, process/case.Abstract
Democracy is in crisis. We no longer feel represented, no longer is the people summoned in an authentic way; it is now a mere icon; it is now only a facet of what should be a whole. Now a new assumption is needed, based on enabling maximum development of individual guarantees and ensuring that the State fulfills its constitutionally established functions. It is the unrestricted participation that will characterize participatory democracy, together with broad access to the Judiciary Power – which comes in the scenario as a real democratic leader. In this way, as a means of inclusion for all citizens, the process/case takes a political role (beyond the law) as a device that allows the judge to assess the multiple interests that are hierarchically set by the society and, finally, to bring law to life, thus making democracy real.