As inconsistências da doutrina das emendas constitucionais inconstitucionais

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/rinc.v12i3.98728

Palavras-chave:

emendas constitucionais inconstitucionais, poder constituinte, controle judicial de normas constitucionais, soberania popular, constituição outorgada

Resumo

Este artigo examina criticamente a influente doutrina das emendas constitucionais inconstitucionais (ECI) de Yaniv Roznai, que visa a reconciliar o controle judicial das emendas constitucionais com a democracia, fundamentando tanto os limites da reforma quanto o controle judicial no poder constituinte do povo. Através de uma análise da experiência chilena com uma constituição imposta e sua subsequente transformação democrática por meio de emendas, o artigo demonstra dois problemas fundamentais na teoria de Roznai. Primeiro, a doutrina das ECI mostra-se inadequada para casos em que o poder de emenda serve para superar um passado autoritário, pois não consegue conceituar adequadamente a função possibilitadora da democracia do poder de reforma. Segundo, o artigo revela como a construção teórica de Roznai mina seus próprios fundamentos: sua compreensão normativo-ideal do poder constituinte contradiz o conceito político que afirma adotar, enquanto sua teoria da delegação negligencia a dimensão habilitadora do poder de emenda e sua defesa do controle judicial dos limites implícitos contradiz a própria teoria do poder constituinte que pretende proteger. O artigo conclui que a tentativa de Roznai de imunizar o controle judicial contra a dificuldade contramajoritária acaba fracassando devido a essas contradições internas.

Biografia do Autor

Diego Pardo-Alvarez, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI)

Professor of Constitutional Law at Adolfo Ibáñez University (Viña del Mar, Chile). Doctor of Law and Master’s degree in Law, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany). Lawyer.

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2025-09-12

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PARDO-ALVAREZ, Diego. As inconsistências da doutrina das emendas constitucionais inconstitucionais. Revista de Investigações Constitucionais, [S. l.], v. 12, n. 3, p. e519, 2025. DOI: 10.5380/rinc.v12i3.98728. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/article/view/98728. Acesso em: 24 dez. 2025.

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