Accountability in democracies and its outline in the 1988 Federal Constitution

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https://doi.org/10.65674/rev-trf3.v34i158.104

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Democracy, Political representation, Forms of control, Accountability

Abstract

This article will present a study of democracy, analyzing democratic control as a tool to make the exercise of the elective mandate more responsible and responsive. In this vein, the features of accountability and its reflexes in political representation will be examined, its dimensions and forms of expression – social, popular and institutional –, addressing the sufficient features to its expression in democracies. Finally, it will be outlined the democratic model embodied in the Federal Constitution of 1988 and how the intertwining of forms of control, notably the institutional, with the scope of verifying whether the Brazilian representative democracy presents weaknesses regarding the observance of popular desires.

Author Biography

Eurico Zecchin Maiolino, Universidade de São Paulo

Mestre e Doutor em Direito Constitucional pela Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo – USP, mesma instituição em que concluiu o Pós-Doutorado. Especialista em Direito Constitucional Aplicado pela Escola da Magistratura Federal da Terceira Região. Aluno do Curso de Pós-Graduação em Direito Digital pela Escola Nacional de Formação e Aperfeiçoamento de Magistrados – ENFAM. Juiz Federal em São Paulo. Foi Juiz de Direito do TJ/SP. É membro do Centro Nacional de Inteligência da Justiça Federal – CJF, do Centro Local de Inteligência da Justiça Federal de São Paulo – CLISP, foi Juiz Auxiliar da Presidência do Tribunal Regional Federal da 3ª Região (2020-2022) e atualmente é Juiz Auxiliar no Superior Tribunal de Justiça – STJ. Presidente do Juizado Especial Cível de São Paulo (2018-2020). Encarregado de Dados Pessoais – DPO (Data Protection Officer) do Tribunal Regional Federal da 3ª Região.
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Capa da Revista nº 158, imagem com fundo azul, logo da Revista do TRF da 3ª Região em branco e foto de um exemplar da Constituição Federal

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2023-10-05

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Maiolino, E. Z. (2023). Accountability in democracies and its outline in the 1988 Federal Constitution. Revista Do Tribunal Regional Federal Da 3ª Região, 34(158), 99–112. https://doi.org/10.65674/rev-trf3.v34i158.104

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Vol. 34 No. 158 (2023): ESPECIAL 35 ANOS DA CONSTITUIÇÃO FEDERAL

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