Private funding of political campaigns : comparative analysis of the law in the United States and in Brazil

The topic of the present paper involves the law of private campaign finance, the regulation of the amount of money that individuals, legal entities or private groups can devote to support a preferred candidate or political party. The US Supreme Court has been showing a trend of abolishing limits on...

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Autor principal: Monteiro, Alberto
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: English
Publicado em: 2017
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Resumo: The topic of the present paper involves the law of private campaign finance, the regulation of the amount of money that individuals, legal entities or private groups can devote to support a preferred candidate or political party. The US Supreme Court has been showing a trend of abolishing limits on election spending. On the other hand, the Brazilian Supremo Tribunal Federal issued a partial decision on April 2nd, 2014 striking down the Brazilian framework of campaign financing by individuals and legal entities. In this article I engage in a comparative study of both jurisdictions to try to understand if and how each of them differs in the understanding of subjects that are relevant for the resolution of the issue of private campaign funding.