PhD in Political Science from the University Roma Tre (2014 - 2018), with a period of research at the Corvinus University of Budapest (2015 - 2016). Researcher in Sociology of Law and Administration at the University of Genoa (2009 - 2010). Master in Constitutional Law (2005 - 2007) and Bachelor in Law (2000 - 2005) from the University of Brasilia. Federal Attorney at the Brazilian Office of the Attorney General of the Union (2005 - Present). Areas of professional expertise: Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Economic Law, International Law, Law and Public Policies. Areas of academic interest: Global Constitutionalism, Global Administrative Law, Law and Development, Human Rights and Corporations, Law and Technology, Internet Governance.
The main purpose of this dissertation is to explore the paradoxical structure of constitutional p... more The main purpose of this dissertation is to explore the paradoxical structure of constitutional principles as a meana to observe some risks in their enforcement by the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court. More specifically, the risks of an authoritarian and a pragmatic justification of decisions that enforce especially the principle of proportionality, a principle more and more used by brazilian courts. The theory of modern society formulated by Niklas Luhmann is the epistemological basis of this study. There are two chapters. The first one describes firstly the core structural characteristics of modern society as conceived by Luhmann’s theory (topic 1.1.). In a further step, constitutional principles are described as a paradoxical invention of modern constitutionalism and the reflections of contemporary legal theory that makes possible for the legal system to use creatively his paradoxes in judicial decisions capable of maintaining the open future of modernity (topics 1.2. and 1.3.). In the second chapter, after an analysis of the role of moral and consequentialist arguments in legal reasoning (topic 2.1.), the principle of proportionality is described as a specific strategy of deparadoxification that increases the risks of an authoritarian moral reading of the constitution and a pragmatic use of its principles, risks that are observed by the analysis of three emblematic decisions of Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (topics 2.2. and 2.3.). The conclusive remarks attempt to demonstrate that authoritarian and pragmatic strategies of deparadoxification are inappropriate because of the open and differentiated structure of modern society and because of the counterfactual and amoral functioning of its positive law, characteristics that are reflected by the artificial and paradoxical structure of constitutional principles.
The article analyses in a critical way the criminal law for the enemy proposed by Günther Jakobs.... more The article analyses in a critical way the criminal law for the enemy proposed by Günther Jakobs. After a brief description of its main points, it is submitted to a deconstructive view based on the theory of modern society of Niklas Luhmann, an author very quoted by Jakobs in order to support some basic foundations of its own theory. The main purpose is to demonstrate the authoritarian characters of a criminal law founded on the idea of the enemy and its inconsistencies with the plural and complex features of modern society.
L’articolo avanza una tesi generale sulla funzione delle attività di consulenza legale svolte dal... more L’articolo avanza una tesi generale sulla funzione delle attività di consulenza legale svolte dall’Avvocatura dello Stato nell’ambito della pubblica amministrazione, con attenzione speciale ai contesti brasiliano e italiano. Con l’aiuto della teoria dei sistemi sociali sviluppata dal sociologo tedesco Niklas Luhmann, le attività di consulenza legale sono descritte come una specie di traduzione fra i sistemi giuridico e politico. La funzione della consulenza legale sarebbe, quindi, quella di tradurre i programmi giuridici che condizionano l’attività politico-discrezionale della pubblica amministrazione, con l’obiettivo principale di contribuire alla legittimità e alla efficienza delle politiche pubbliche necessarie alla promozione dei diritti fondamentali dei cittadini.
The article advances a general thesis about the role of legal advice in the public administration... more The article advances a general thesis about the role of legal advice in the public administration, regarding mainly the Brazilian and Italian state lawyering realities. Drawing on the theoretical background provided by systems theory, the provision of legal advice is described as a kind of translation between the legal and political systems. The role of legal advice would be, therefore, to translate the legal programs that regulate the political and discretionary activities of the public administration, as a means to contribute to the legitimacy and efficiency of the public policies that promote the fundamental rights of the citizens.
Workshop realizado na UnB, no âmbito da cooperação com a Università degli Studi di Macerata, sobr... more Workshop realizado na UnB, no âmbito da cooperação com a Università degli Studi di Macerata, sobre Inovação e Transição no Direito: experiências e configurações teóricas
The main purpose of this dissertation is to explore the paradoxical structure of constitutional p... more The main purpose of this dissertation is to explore the paradoxical structure of constitutional principles as a meana to observe some risks in their enforcement by the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court. More specifically, the risks of an authoritarian and a pragmatic justification of decisions that enforce especially the principle of proportionality, a principle more and more used by brazilian courts. The theory of modern society formulated by Niklas Luhmann is the epistemological basis of this study. There are two chapters. The first one describes firstly the core structural characteristics of modern society as conceived by Luhmann’s theory (topic 1.1.). In a further step, constitutional principles are described as a paradoxical invention of modern constitutionalism and the reflections of contemporary legal theory that makes possible for the legal system to use creatively his paradoxes in judicial decisions capable of maintaining the open future of modernity (topics 1.2. and 1.3.). In the second chapter, after an analysis of the role of moral and consequentialist arguments in legal reasoning (topic 2.1.), the principle of proportionality is described as a specific strategy of deparadoxification that increases the risks of an authoritarian moral reading of the constitution and a pragmatic use of its principles, risks that are observed by the analysis of three emblematic decisions of Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (topics 2.2. and 2.3.). The conclusive remarks attempt to demonstrate that authoritarian and pragmatic strategies of deparadoxification are inappropriate because of the open and differentiated structure of modern society and because of the counterfactual and amoral functioning of its positive law, characteristics that are reflected by the artificial and paradoxical structure of constitutional principles.
The article analyses in a critical way the criminal law for the enemy proposed by Günther Jakobs.... more The article analyses in a critical way the criminal law for the enemy proposed by Günther Jakobs. After a brief description of its main points, it is submitted to a deconstructive view based on the theory of modern society of Niklas Luhmann, an author very quoted by Jakobs in order to support some basic foundations of its own theory. The main purpose is to demonstrate the authoritarian characters of a criminal law founded on the idea of the enemy and its inconsistencies with the plural and complex features of modern society.
L’articolo avanza una tesi generale sulla funzione delle attività di consulenza legale svolte dal... more L’articolo avanza una tesi generale sulla funzione delle attività di consulenza legale svolte dall’Avvocatura dello Stato nell’ambito della pubblica amministrazione, con attenzione speciale ai contesti brasiliano e italiano. Con l’aiuto della teoria dei sistemi sociali sviluppata dal sociologo tedesco Niklas Luhmann, le attività di consulenza legale sono descritte come una specie di traduzione fra i sistemi giuridico e politico. La funzione della consulenza legale sarebbe, quindi, quella di tradurre i programmi giuridici che condizionano l’attività politico-discrezionale della pubblica amministrazione, con l’obiettivo principale di contribuire alla legittimità e alla efficienza delle politiche pubbliche necessarie alla promozione dei diritti fondamentali dei cittadini.
The article advances a general thesis about the role of legal advice in the public administration... more The article advances a general thesis about the role of legal advice in the public administration, regarding mainly the Brazilian and Italian state lawyering realities. Drawing on the theoretical background provided by systems theory, the provision of legal advice is described as a kind of translation between the legal and political systems. The role of legal advice would be, therefore, to translate the legal programs that regulate the political and discretionary activities of the public administration, as a means to contribute to the legitimacy and efficiency of the public policies that promote the fundamental rights of the citizens.
Workshop realizado na UnB, no âmbito da cooperação com a Università degli Studi di Macerata, sobr... more Workshop realizado na UnB, no âmbito da cooperação com a Università degli Studi di Macerata, sobre Inovação e Transição no Direito: experiências e configurações teóricas
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