Politics in form of the law: The constitutionelists space in democratic Brazil

Abstract

The adoption of a new Constitution favored the legitimacy of "authoritative interpreters" on the rules of functioning of the political activity and state's activities in Brazil. In this scenario, the analysis of the production of legal doctrines and "constitutionalists" provides important clues about the normalization of democratic politics. By mapping the authors of manuals of constitutional law, the joints around journals, associations and research groups is possible one exploration of major concepts in the debate around the "interpretation of the Constitution" that permeates the last decades. For this research are used as sources, associations, publishers and magazines specialized websites, bibliographic production and the basis of the research groups of the CNPq. A key finding of the study is the need to discuss the diversification of political causes with legal form, observed in the mise en forme growing of the political process and the juridical activism.