Direito Constitucional na era da proporcionalidade (mas não na América?)

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48143/RDAI.26.canas

Palavras-chave:

Colisões normativas - Princípio da Proporcionalidade - Ponderação - Tiers of scrutiny

Resumo

Nos EUA e na Europa, os direitos fundamentais têm raízes comuns. Todavia, os quadros dogmáticos e teóricos que presidiram ao seu desenvolvimento constitucional foram diversos nessas duas geografias. Uma das dimensões em que a diferença é mais patente é a que se reporta ao modo como é enfrentado o problema das colisões entre posições jurídicas subjetivas fundamentais e outros bens, interesses ou valores. Na Europa, foram desenvolvidos standards como o princípio da proporcionalidade, que a doutrina e a jurisprudência constitucionais americanas só muito residualmente reconhecem. Em contrapartida, nos EUA, competem entre si estratégias de balancing e/ou de aplicação de tiers of scrutiny. O presente ensaio pretende averiguar se o princípio da proporcionalidade pode ser adaptado aos quadros dogmáticos e teóricos dos EUA e, em caso afirmativo, se isso criaria um ambiente constitucional mais vantajoso para os direitos constitucionais.

Biografia do Autor

Vitalino Canas, Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)

Professor auxiliar na Universidade de Lisboa. Chefe de Gabinete do Governador de Macau (1989 -1991); Secretário de Estado dos XIII e XIV Governos Constitucionais (1995-2002); Deputado à Assembleia da República (1999-2019); Membro da Assembleia Parlamentar da NATO (2005-2019), Vice-Presidente (2017-2019); Consultor do Banco Mundial e de outras entidades internacionais, incluindo a Rede Aga Khan para o Desenvolvimento e vários Governos. Advogado.

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CANAS, Vitalino. Direito Constitucional na era da proporcionalidade (mas não na América?). Revista de Direito Administrativo e Infraestrutura | RDAI, São Paulo: Thomson Reuters | Livraria RT, v. 7, n. 26, p. 213–250, 2023. DOI: 10.48143/RDAI.26.canas. Disponível em: https://rdai.com.br/index.php/rdai/article/view/648. Acesso em: 25 out. 2024.

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