"Calabresi’s appealing to Congress": The search for a Federal Supreme Court more minmalist

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19135/revista.consinter.00018.17

Keywords:

Supreme Federal Court, Appeal to Congress, Appelenstscheidung, judicial activism, judicial activismjudicial self-restrain

Abstract

This article investigates the possibility that the decision-making technique called “Appeal to Congress”, if used by the Federal Supreme Court (STF), can stimulate a “minimalist” interpretative posture, in the sense that Cass Sunstein attributes to this expression. To this end, it begins by presenting Cass Sunstein's Judicial Minimalism as a jurisdictional posture capable of promoting deliberative democracy, especially in the context of judicial review. Next, some cases will be analyzed in which the “appeal to the legislator” is applied by the German Federal Constitutional Court, as a way to extract some working hypotheses. Finally, it will be demonstrated how the “Appel to Congress” could be used by the “minimalist” STF, thus reducing the excesses of “judicialization of politics”

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Author Biographies

Cláudio Ladeira de Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Professor de Direito Constitucional da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Doutor em Direito Constitucional pela UFSC, professor coordenador do grupo de pesquisa GCONST

Lucas Pieczarcka Guedes Pinto, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Juiz Federal substituto da Justiça Federal da 4ª Região, Mestre em Direito Constitucional pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

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Published

2024-06-30

How to Cite

Oliveira, C. L. de, & Pinto, L. P. G. (2024). "Calabresi’s appealing to Congress": The search for a Federal Supreme Court more minmalist. Revista Internacional Consinter De Direito, 10(18), 403–432. https://doi.org/10.19135/revista.consinter.00018.17