How unamendable is the brazilian constitution?

Bajo el derecho constitucional, el ejercicio de cualquier poder político implica limitaciones, porque este es un requisito de la idea del constitucionalismo liberal moderno. En este trabajo, abordé las discusiones sobre las limitacio­nes materiales del poder de reforma constitucional en Brasil. Al p...

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Constitución brasileña;
poder constituyente;
poder de reforma;
reforma constitucional,
control de constitucionalidad
Brazilian Constitution;
constituent power;
amending power;
constitutional amendment;
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dc.title.translated.eng.fl_str_mv How unamendable is the brazilian constitution?
title How unamendable is the brazilian constitution?
spellingShingle How unamendable is the brazilian constitution?
Constitución brasileña;
poder constituyente;
poder de reforma;
reforma constitucional,
control de constitucionalidad
Brazilian Constitution;
constituent power;
amending power;
constitutional amendment;
judicial review
title_short How unamendable is the brazilian constitution?
title_full How unamendable is the brazilian constitution?
title_fullStr How unamendable is the brazilian constitution?
title_full_unstemmed How unamendable is the brazilian constitution?
title_sort How unamendable is the brazilian constitution?
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Lima, Jairo
dc.contributor.author.spa.fl_str_mv Lima, Jairo
dc.subject.spa.fl_str_mv Constitución brasileña;
poder constituyente;
poder de reforma;
reforma constitucional,
control de constitucionalidad
topic Constitución brasileña;
poder constituyente;
poder de reforma;
reforma constitucional,
control de constitucionalidad
Brazilian Constitution;
constituent power;
amending power;
constitutional amendment;
judicial review
dc.subject.eng.fl_str_mv Brazilian Constitution;
constituent power;
amending power;
constitutional amendment;
judicial review
description Bajo el derecho constitucional, el ejercicio de cualquier poder político implica limitaciones, porque este es un requisito de la idea del constitucionalismo liberal moderno. En este trabajo, abordé las discusiones sobre las limitacio­nes materiales del poder de reforma constitucional en Brasil. Al preguntar “hasta qué punto es inmodificable la Constitución brasileña”, demostré el comportamiento judicial de la Corte Suprema brasileña al revisar las reformas constitucionales. Sin embargo, antes de introducir ese enfoque, presenté lo que el poder constituyente y las reformas constitucionales representan teórica y empíricamente en Brasil. En conclusión, la inmodificabilidad brasileña cubre un amplio espectro de disposiciones constitucionales (horizontalmente) con un nivel intermedio de libertad para cambiar (verticalmente). Al prohibir la abolición de las disposiciones constitucionales irreformables, la inmodific­abilidad en Brasil está conectada con la preservación del proyecto general expresado por la Constitución de 1988, pero dejando la apertura para las decisiones políticas contingentes.
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dc.relation.references.spa.fl_str_mv Albert, R. Constitutional Amendments: making, breaking, and changing constitutions. OUP, 2019.
Albert, R. The State of the Art in Constitutional Amendment. In: Albert, R.; Contiades, X., Fotiadou, A. (Ed). The foundations and traditions of constitutional amendment. Hart Publishing, 2017.
Albert, R. The expressive function of constitutional amendment rules. Revista de Investigações Constitucionais, v. 1, 2015.
Albert, R.; Benvindo, J.; Jiménez Ramírez, M. and Villalonga, C. Constitutional Dismemberment in Latin America. Revista Derecho del Estado, n. 52, 2022.
Benvindo, J. Constitutional Moments and Constitutional Thresholds in Brazil: Mass Protests and the ‘Performative Meaning’ of Constitutionalism. In: Albert, R.; Bernal, C. and Benvindo, J. (Ed.). Constitutional Change and Transformation in Latin America. Hart Publishing, 2019.
Bernal, C. Unconstitutional constitutional amendments in the case study of Colombia: an analysis of the justification and meaning of the constitutional replacement. International Journal of Constitutional Law, v. 11, n. 2, 2013.
Colón-Rios, J. Constituent Power and the Law Oxford University Press, 2020.
Colón-Ríos, J. Weak constitutionalism: democratic legitimacy and the question of constituent power. Routledge, 2012.
Couto, C.; Arantes, R. Constitution, Government and Democracy in Brazil. World Political Science review, v. 4, issue 2, 2008.
Dixon, R. Constitutional amendment rules: a comparative perspective. Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers. University of Chicago Law School, 2011.
Elkins, Z.; Ginsburg, T.; Melton, J. The Endurance of National Constitutions. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Ginsburg, T.; Melton, J. Does the constitutional amendment rule matter at all? Amendment cultures and the challenges of measuring amendment difficulty. Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Working Paper, n. 682, 2014.
Goldoni, M. La dottrina costituzionale di Sieyès. Firenze University Press, 2009.
Kalyvas, A. Popular Sovereignty, Democracy, and the Constituent Power. Constellations, v. 12, nº 2, 2005.
Kumar, V. Basic structure of the Indian Constitution: doctrine of constitutionally controlled governance. Journal of the Indian Law Institute, v. 49, n. 3, 2007.
Landau, D. Abusive constitutionalism. University of California Davis Law Review, v. 47, 2013
Law, D. Imposed Constitutions and Romantic Constitutions. Legal Studies Research Paper Series. Washington University Law, 2018.
Lima, J. and Santos, B. Controle preventivo de constitucionalidade de emendas constitucionais: uma análise comparada entre Brasil e Colômbia. Direito e Política, v. 28, n. 2, 2023.
Lima, J. and Pires, M. A decisão pela não-democracia: a recusa da iniciativa popular de emendas na Constituinte brasileira. Historia Constitucional, Universidad de Oviedo, n. 23, 2022.
Lima; J and Celemín, Y. Unconstitutional constitutional amendments: a comparative analysis between Brazil and Colombia. In: Alexandre, A.; et al. (Org.). Aspectos políticos e históricos do constitucionalismo. Arraes Editora, 2019.
Lima, J. When 5 x 4 is not a winning majority: judicial decision-making on unconstitutional constitutional amendments. In: Baller, O. (Ed). Violent Conflicts, Crisis, State of Emergency, Peacebuilding - constitutional problems, amendments and interpretation. Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, 2019, v. 6, p. 161-17. Available on: https://www.acade-mia.edu/40720554/When_5_4_is_not_a_Winning_Majority_Judicial_Decision_ma-king_on_Unconstitutional_Constitutional_Amendments
López, L. Sieyès: The Spirit of Constitutional Democracy. In: Albert, R.; Contiades, X., Fotiadou, A. (Ed). The foundations and traditions of constitutional amendment. Hart Publishing, 2017.
Lutz, D. Toward a Theory of Constitutional Amendment. The American Political Science Review, v. 88, nº 2, 1994.
McDonald, D. Making The “Citizen Constitution”: Popular Participation in the Brazilian Transition to Democracy, 1985–1988. The Americas, 79:4, 2022.
Melo, M. Mudança Constitucional no Brasil. Novos Estudos, n. 97, 2013.
Mendes, C. Judicial review of constitutional amendments in the Brazilian Supreme Court. Florida Journal of International Law, v. 17, nº 3, 2005.
Pilatti, A. A Constituinte de 1987/1988: progressistas, conservadores, ordem econômica e regras do jogo. Lumen Juris, 2008.
Polzin, M. Constitutional identity, unconstitutional amendments and the idea of constituent power: the development of the doctrine of constitutional identity in German constitutional law. International Journal of Constitutional Law, v. 14, n. 2, 2016.
Roznai, Y. Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments: the limits of amendment powers. Oxford University Press, 2017.
Salgado, E. and Chagas, C. The Judicial Review of Constitutional Amendments in Brazil and the Super-Countermajoritarian Role of the Brazilian Supreme Court - The Case of the ADI 5017. In: Albert, R.; Bernal, C. and Benvindo, J. (Ed.). Constitutional Change and Transformation in Latin America. Hart Publishing, 2019.
Sarmento, D. Direito adquirido, emenda constitucional, democracia e a Reforma da Previdência. In: Tavares, M. (Coord.). A Reforma da Previdência Social: temas polêmicos e aspectos controvertidos. Lumen Juris, 2004.
Schwartzberg, Melissa. Democracy and Legal Change. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Sieyès, E. Political writings. Hackett Publishing, 2003.
Silva, V. The Constitution of Brazil: a contextual analysis. Hart Publishing, 2019. Souza, C. Regras e Contexto: as reformas da Constituição de 1988. Dados, v. 51, n. 4, 2008.
Tsebelis, George. Changing the rules: constitutional amendments in democracies. Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Tushnet, M. Peasants with pitchforks, and toilers with Twitter: constitutional revolutions and the constituent power. International Journal of Constitutional Law, v. 13, nº 3, 2015,
Vieira, O.; Barbosa, A. Do compromisso maximizador à resiliência constitucional. Novos Estudos Cebrap, v. 37, n. 3, 2018.
Vieira, O. Resiliência e seus críticos. In: Glezer, R. and Barbosa, A. (Ed). Resiliência e deslealdade constitucional; uma década de crise. Contracorrente, 2023.
Vieira, O.; Barbosa, A. Do compromisso maximizador à resiliência constitucional. Novos Estudos Cebrap, v. 37, n. 3, 2018.
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spelling Lima, Jairo2025-08-28T12:17:25Z2025-08-29T09:15:21Z2025-08-28T12:17:25Z2025-08-29T09:15:21Z2025-08-28Bajo el derecho constitucional, el ejercicio de cualquier poder político implica limitaciones, porque este es un requisito de la idea del constitucionalismo liberal moderno. En este trabajo, abordé las discusiones sobre las limitacio­nes materiales del poder de reforma constitucional en Brasil. Al preguntar “hasta qué punto es inmodificable la Constitución brasileña”, demostré el comportamiento judicial de la Corte Suprema brasileña al revisar las reformas constitucionales. Sin embargo, antes de introducir ese enfoque, presenté lo que el poder constituyente y las reformas constitucionales representan teórica y empíricamente en Brasil. En conclusión, la inmodificabilidad brasileña cubre un amplio espectro de disposiciones constitucionales (horizontalmente) con un nivel intermedio de libertad para cambiar (verticalmente). Al prohibir la abolición de las disposiciones constitucionales irreformables, la inmodific­abilidad en Brasil está conectada con la preservación del proyecto general expresado por la Constitución de 1988, pero dejando la apertura para las decisiones políticas contingentes.Under constitutional law, the exercise of any political power involves limitations because this is a requirement of the idea of modern liberal constitutionalism. In this paper, I addressed the discussions on the limitations of the amending power in Brazil. By questioning “how unamendable the Brazilian Constitu­tion is”, I demonstrated the judicial behavior of the Brazilian Supreme Court when reviewing constitutional amendments. However, before introducing that approach, I presented what constituent power and constitutional amend­ments represent theoretically and empirically in Brazil. In conclusion, the Brazilian unamendability covers a broad spectrum of unamendable clauses (horizontally) with an intermediate level of freedom to change (vertically). By prohibiting the abolition of the unamendable clauses, unamendability in Brazil is connected to the preservation of the general project expressed by the 1988 Constitution but permitting openness for the contingent political decisions.application/pdf10.18601/01229893.n63.032346-20510122-9893https://bdigital.uexternado.edu.co/handle/001/26991https://doi.org/10.18601/01229893.n63.03spaDepartamento de Derecho Constitucionalhttps://revistas.uexternado.edu.co/index.php/derest/article/download/10729/18629Núm. 63 , Año 2025 : Septiembre-Diciembre18863161Revista Derecho del EstadoAlbert, R. Constitutional Amendments: making, breaking, and changing constitutions. OUP, 2019.Albert, R. The State of the Art in Constitutional Amendment. In: Albert, R.; Contiades, X., Fotiadou, A. (Ed). The foundations and traditions of constitutional amendment. Hart Publishing, 2017.Albert, R. The expressive function of constitutional amendment rules. Revista de Investigações Constitucionais, v. 1, 2015.Albert, R.; Benvindo, J.; Jiménez Ramírez, M. and Villalonga, C. Constitutional Dismemberment in Latin America. Revista Derecho del Estado, n. 52, 2022.Benvindo, J. Constitutional Moments and Constitutional Thresholds in Brazil: Mass Protests and the ‘Performative Meaning’ of Constitutionalism. In: Albert, R.; Bernal, C. and Benvindo, J. (Ed.). Constitutional Change and Transformation in Latin America. Hart Publishing, 2019.Bernal, C. Unconstitutional constitutional amendments in the case study of Colombia: an analysis of the justification and meaning of the constitutional replacement. International Journal of Constitutional Law, v. 11, n. 2, 2013.Colón-Rios, J. Constituent Power and the Law Oxford University Press, 2020.Colón-Ríos, J. Weak constitutionalism: democratic legitimacy and the question of constituent power. Routledge, 2012.Couto, C.; Arantes, R. Constitution, Government and Democracy in Brazil. World Political Science review, v. 4, issue 2, 2008.Dixon, R. Constitutional amendment rules: a comparative perspective. Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers. University of Chicago Law School, 2011.Elkins, Z.; Ginsburg, T.; Melton, J. The Endurance of National Constitutions. Cambridge University Press, 2009.Ginsburg, T.; Melton, J. Does the constitutional amendment rule matter at all? Amendment cultures and the challenges of measuring amendment difficulty. Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Working Paper, n. 682, 2014.Goldoni, M. La dottrina costituzionale di Sieyès. Firenze University Press, 2009.Kalyvas, A. Popular Sovereignty, Democracy, and the Constituent Power. Constellations, v. 12, nº 2, 2005.Kumar, V. Basic structure of the Indian Constitution: doctrine of constitutionally controlled governance. Journal of the Indian Law Institute, v. 49, n. 3, 2007.Landau, D. Abusive constitutionalism. University of California Davis Law Review, v. 47, 2013Law, D. Imposed Constitutions and Romantic Constitutions. Legal Studies Research Paper Series. Washington University Law, 2018.Lima, J. and Santos, B. Controle preventivo de constitucionalidade de emendas constitucionais: uma análise comparada entre Brasil e Colômbia. Direito e Política, v. 28, n. 2, 2023.Lima, J. and Pires, M. A decisão pela não-democracia: a recusa da iniciativa popular de emendas na Constituinte brasileira. Historia Constitucional, Universidad de Oviedo, n. 23, 2022.Lima; J and Celemín, Y. Unconstitutional constitutional amendments: a comparative analysis between Brazil and Colombia. In: Alexandre, A.; et al. (Org.). Aspectos políticos e históricos do constitucionalismo. Arraes Editora, 2019.Lima, J. When 5 x 4 is not a winning majority: judicial decision-making on unconstitutional constitutional amendments. In: Baller, O. (Ed). Violent Conflicts, Crisis, State of Emergency, Peacebuilding - constitutional problems, amendments and interpretation. Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, 2019, v. 6, p. 161-17. Available on: https://www.acade-mia.edu/40720554/When_5_4_is_not_a_Winning_Majority_Judicial_Decision_ma-king_on_Unconstitutional_Constitutional_AmendmentsLópez, L. Sieyès: The Spirit of Constitutional Democracy. In: Albert, R.; Contiades, X., Fotiadou, A. (Ed). The foundations and traditions of constitutional amendment. Hart Publishing, 2017.Lutz, D. Toward a Theory of Constitutional Amendment. The American Political Science Review, v. 88, nº 2, 1994.McDonald, D. Making The “Citizen Constitution”: Popular Participation in the Brazilian Transition to Democracy, 1985–1988. The Americas, 79:4, 2022.Melo, M. Mudança Constitucional no Brasil. Novos Estudos, n. 97, 2013.Mendes, C. Judicial review of constitutional amendments in the Brazilian Supreme Court. Florida Journal of International Law, v. 17, nº 3, 2005.Pilatti, A. A Constituinte de 1987/1988: progressistas, conservadores, ordem econômica e regras do jogo. Lumen Juris, 2008.Polzin, M. Constitutional identity, unconstitutional amendments and the idea of constituent power: the development of the doctrine of constitutional identity in German constitutional law. International Journal of Constitutional Law, v. 14, n. 2, 2016.Roznai, Y. Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments: the limits of amendment powers. Oxford University Press, 2017.Salgado, E. and Chagas, C. The Judicial Review of Constitutional Amendments in Brazil and the Super-Countermajoritarian Role of the Brazilian Supreme Court - The Case of the ADI 5017. In: Albert, R.; Bernal, C. and Benvindo, J. (Ed.). Constitutional Change and Transformation in Latin America. Hart Publishing, 2019.Sarmento, D. Direito adquirido, emenda constitucional, democracia e a Reforma da Previdência. In: Tavares, M. (Coord.). A Reforma da Previdência Social: temas polêmicos e aspectos controvertidos. Lumen Juris, 2004.Schwartzberg, Melissa. Democracy and Legal Change. Cambridge University Press, 2007.Sieyès, E. Political writings. Hackett Publishing, 2003.Silva, V. The Constitution of Brazil: a contextual analysis. Hart Publishing, 2019. Souza, C. Regras e Contexto: as reformas da Constituição de 1988. Dados, v. 51, n. 4, 2008.Tsebelis, George. Changing the rules: constitutional amendments in democracies. Cambridge University Press, 2025.Tushnet, M. Peasants with pitchforks, and toilers with Twitter: constitutional revolutions and the constituent power. International Journal of Constitutional Law, v. 13, nº 3, 2015,Vieira, O.; Barbosa, A. Do compromisso maximizador à resiliência constitucional. Novos Estudos Cebrap, v. 37, n. 3, 2018.Vieira, O. Resiliência e seus críticos. In: Glezer, R. and Barbosa, A. (Ed). Resiliência e deslealdade constitucional; uma década de crise. Contracorrente, 2023.Vieira, O.; Barbosa, A. Do compromisso maximizador à resiliência constitucional. Novos Estudos Cebrap, v. 37, n. 3, 2018.Jairo Lima - 2025info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Esta obra está bajo una licencia internacional Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0https://revistas.uexternado.edu.co/index.php/derest/article/view/10729Constitución brasileña;poder constituyente;poder de reforma;reforma constitucional,control de constitucionalidadBrazilian Constitution;constituent power;amending power;constitutional amendment;judicial reviewHow unamendable is the brazilian constitution?How unamendable is the brazilian constitution?Artículo de revistahttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85Textinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleJournal articlehttp://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/ARTREFinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionPublicationOREORE.xmltext/xml2459https://bdigital.uexternado.edu.co/bitstreams/b6d8cad3-6092-42ae-94ee-20ff677c8842/download1b2bccf4e17aebcce2ad42443d3b4834MD51001/26991oai:bdigital.uexternado.edu.co:001/269912025-08-29 04:15:21.751http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0Jairo Lima - 2025https://bdigital.uexternado.edu.coUniversidad Externado de Colombiametabiblioteca@metabiblioteca.org

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