THE INTERPRETER IN FRONT OF THE TEXT: APPROXIMATIONS BETWEEN THE READING OF THE TORAH, OF THE QUR'AN AND OF THE CONSTITUTION

Authors

  • Eduardo Borges Araujo Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). University of Brasília (UnB).
  • Juliano Zaiden Benvindo University of Brasília (UnB).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/rfdufpr.v59i2.34801

Keywords:

Constitutional amendment. Constitutional interpretation. Qur'an. Torah.

Abstract

The Brazilian constitutional literature of the late twentieth century and early twenty-first century revealed a fascination for principles and for weighting. The weakening of the normative character of the Constitution was attributed to the legal-axiological discourse of Constitutional Courts, whose justices would practice a constitutional theology to deduct directly from the text all the correct values and behaviors. However, as it is in Law, there is a constant concern in theology about the methods of interpretation of sacred texts that makes impossible to reduce its rich hermeneutical experience to a jurisprudence of values. To illustrate the argument, we will explore the debate over the reading of the Torah and of the Koran, in order to show the different possible interpretive methods. Secondly, we will focus on American constitutional history, especially in regard to the relationship between interpretation and amendment and to the hermeneutical role of the Supreme Court, so that, in the conclusion, we can draw parallels between the interpretation of the Torah, of the Qur’an and of the Constitution.

Author Biographies

Eduardo Borges Araujo, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). University of Brasília (UnB).

Bacharel em Ciências Jurídicas pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Mestrando em Direito, Estado e Constituição pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB). Pesquisador do Grupo de Pesquisa Constitucionalismo e Democracia: Filosofia e Dogmática Constitucional Contemporâneas (PPGD/UFPR). Bolsista da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES).

Juliano Zaiden Benvindo, University of Brasília (UnB).

Professor de Direito Público da Universidade de Brasília (UnB). Atualmente, realiza Estágio Pós-Doutoral na Universidade de Bremen (Alemanha). Doutor em Direito pela Universidade Humboldt de Berlim (Alemanha) e pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB).

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Published

2014-08-31

How to Cite

Araujo, E. B., & Benvindo, J. Z. (2014). THE INTERPRETER IN FRONT OF THE TEXT: APPROXIMATIONS BETWEEN THE READING OF THE TORAH, OF THE QUR’AN AND OF THE CONSTITUTION. Revista Da Faculdade De Direito UFPR, 59(2), 47–73. https://doi.org/10.5380/rfdufpr.v59i2.34801

Issue

Vol. 59 No. 2 (2014)

Section

Artigos

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