ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Diego Platz Pereira

Diego Platz Pereira is a Research Assistant at the University of Göttingen, Doctoral Candidate and Master of Laws (LL.M.) at the University of Münster and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.
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POSTS BY Diego Platz Pereira

09 July 2024

Diego Platz Pereira

Unwritten Constitutional Law as a Brazilian Constitutional Category?

Brazilian constitutional law is profoundly marked by the ideal of codification. In this context, the ‘unwrittenness’ of certain constitutional problems is usually not treated as such. This is especially intensified through the size and textual openness of the Brazilian Constitution. Yet unwritten constitutional normativity plays (and can play) arguably a decisive role in Brazilian constitutionalism. Could one then articulate unwritten constitutional law as a Brazilian constitutional category? Continue reading >>