UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL NORMS? THE CURIOUS CASE OF ARTICLE 5TH, CLAUSE XXXI, AND ARTICLE 227, § 6, OF THE 1988 BRAZILIAN CONSTITUTION

Authors

  • Paul Hugo Weberbauer Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
  • Liane de Medeiros Santiago Ramos Faculdade de Direito do Recife - UFPE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/rfdufpr.v61i1.42832

Keywords:

Unconstitutional constitutional norms. Equal Protection Clause (Children’s Legitimacy). Most favorable law principle. Conflict of law (private international law).

Abstract

The paper tries to analyze the curious relationship between the constitutional most favorable law principle adopted in relation to the succession of foreign assets located in Brazil  (art. 5º, cl. XXXI) and the Equal Protection Clause as guiding rule for Children’s Legitimacy (art. 227, § 6), as a case of unconstitutional constitutional norm in the Brazilian Federal Constitution. It seeks to understand the emergence of the theory of unconstitutional constitutional norms, paying special attention to the theory of Otto Bachof and to the manifested position of the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) in the Direct Unconstitutional Action (ADIn) #815-3 DF. It also seeks to understand how the most favorable law principle became a fundamental right in the Brazilian constitutional tradition as well as the consequences of the application of Equal Protection Clause to Children’s Legitimacy by the current Constitution. At the end, it will try to indicate the elements that make this curious situation a case of unconstitutional constitutional norm in Brazil.

Author Biographies

Paul Hugo Weberbauer, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

Graduado em Direito pelo Centro Universitário de Vila Velha (2004), mestre em Direito pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (2006) e doutor em Direito pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (2011). Professor adjunto da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (Recife, PE, Brasil). E-mail: phweberbauer@hotmail.com

Liane de Medeiros Santiago Ramos, Faculdade de Direito do Recife - UFPE

Bacharelanda em Direito pela Faculdade de Direito do Recife – UFPE (Recife, PE, Brasil). E-mail: lianedemedeiros@hotmail.com

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Published

2016-04-29

How to Cite

Weberbauer, P. H., & Ramos, L. de M. S. (2016). UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL NORMS? THE CURIOUS CASE OF ARTICLE 5TH, CLAUSE XXXI, AND ARTICLE 227, § 6, OF THE 1988 BRAZILIAN CONSTITUTION. Revista Da Faculdade De Direito UFPR, 61(1), 115 – 144. https://doi.org/10.5380/rfdufpr.v61i1.42832

Issue

Vol. 61 No. 1 (2016)

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