EVIDENCE-BASED JUDICIAL REVIEW OF LEGISLATION IN THE CASE LAW OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF GERMANY

EVIDENCE-BASED JUDICIAL REVIEW OF LEGISLATION IN THE CASE LAW OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF GERMANY

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Controle de constitucionalidade, Devido processo legislativo, Prognose Legislativa, Tribunal Constitucional Federal da Alemanha

Abstract

The judicial review requires, expressly or implicitly, that the legislative process must be based on empirical elements or on evidence that support the prognoses made in them. This requirement tends to be gauged generally through formal conformity judgments, but, as the case law of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany reveals, it is sometimes assessed by forays into factual elements that integrated the deliberative process in the parliamentary sphere. The sub-theorizing of the matter and the democratic criticism of recognizing a judicial jurisdiction of such magnitude have provided judicial intervention without much coherence or predictability. In this article, answers are sought in the jurisprudence of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. Bibliographic and documentary research were used in the methodology.

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Author Biography

José Adércio Leite Sampaio, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

Possui graduação em Direito pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1992), mestrado em Direito pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1997), doutorado em Direito pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2001) e pós-doutorado pela Universidad de Castilla la Mancha (2018). Atualmente é professor adjunto III da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Professor dos Cursos de Mestrado e Doutorado em Direito da Escola Superior Dom Helder Câmara, na área de concentração "Direito Ambiental e Desenvolvimento Sustentável", professor titular da Escola Superior Dom Helder Câmara e Procurador da República do Ministério Público Federal. E-mail: joseadercio.contato@gmail.com. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9452-4811. CV: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6500803835232465.

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2023-08-22

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SAMPAIO, J. A. L. EVIDENCE-BASED JUDICIAL REVIEW OF LEGISLATION IN THE CASE LAW OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF GERMANY: EVIDENCE-BASED JUDICIAL REVIEW OF LEGISLATION IN THE CASE LAW OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF GERMANY. Revista da Faculdade de Direito da UFG, Goiânia, v. 47, n. 1, 2023. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/revfd/article/view/68800. Acesso em: 19 dec. 2024.

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