Unboxing the active role of the Legislative Power in Brazil

The main purpose of this article is to show the relevance of the legislative branch participation in formatting bills originating in the executive. It shows that a strong executive is not necessarily accompanied by a weak legislature. By analyzing the changes the legislative made to executive bills...

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Autor principal: Freitas, Andréa Marcondes de
Outros Autores: Tribunal Superior Eleitoral
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: Português
Publicado em: 2018
Assuntos:
Poder Executivo
Poder Legislativo
Legislação
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spelling oai:bdjur.stj.jus.br.teste5:oai:localhost:bdtse-47892020-06-02 Unboxing the active role of the Legislative Power in Brazil Freitas, Andréa Marcondes de Tribunal Superior Eleitoral Poder Executivo Poder Legislativo Legislação The main purpose of this article is to show the relevance of the legislative branch participation in formatting bills originating in the executive. It shows that a strong executive is not necessarily accompanied by a weak legislature. By analyzing the changes the legislative made to executive bills through substitute bills and amendments to the legislation, the study shows that the legislative branch actively participates in drafting policies. By such means, the legislative branch is responsible for nearly 40 percent of the content of the laws promulgated in Brazil. Even when the executive takes steps aiming at controlling the legislative agenda, such as provisional decrees or urgency requests, the rates of legislative change do not decrease. As a result, in spite of the president institutional resources to place its own bills on the agenda, the legislative branch do discuss, analyze and modify the proposals advanced by the executive. An active instead of a passive legislative power emerges from the data shown in this article. 2018-07-11T17:20:04Z 2018-07-11T17:20:04Z 2016 Artigo FREITAS, Andréa Marcondes de. Unboxing the active role of the Legislative Power in Brazil. Brazilian Political Science Review, São Paulo, v. 10, n. 2, p. 1-34, 2016. http://bibliotecadigital.tse.jus.br/xmlui/handle/bdtse/4789 pt_BR <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.pt_BR"><img alt="Licença Creative Commons" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />Este item está licenciado com uma Licença <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.pt_BR">Creative Commons Atribuição-CompartilhaIgual 4.0 Internacional</a>. 33 p.
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Poder Legislativo
Legislação
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Freitas, Andréa Marcondes de
Unboxing the active role of the Legislative Power in Brazil
description The main purpose of this article is to show the relevance of the legislative branch participation in formatting bills originating in the executive. It shows that a strong executive is not necessarily accompanied by a weak legislature. By analyzing the changes the legislative made to executive bills through substitute bills and amendments to the legislation, the study shows that the legislative branch actively participates in drafting policies. By such means, the legislative branch is responsible for nearly 40 percent of the content of the laws promulgated in Brazil. Even when the executive takes steps aiming at controlling the legislative agenda, such as provisional decrees or urgency requests, the rates of legislative change do not decrease. As a result, in spite of the president institutional resources to place its own bills on the agenda, the legislative branch do discuss, analyze and modify the proposals advanced by the executive. An active instead of a passive legislative power emerges from the data shown in this article.
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