The issues of the constitutional power reform in Brazil: inflexible clauses, judicial review of con ; La problemática del poder de reforma constitucional en Brasil: clausulas pétreas, control judicial de enmiendas constitucionales y principio democrático

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AbstractThe present paper proposes an analysis of the constitutional reform power established under the CF 1988 and the main questions concerning its design. Its procedural dynamic show some aspects so relevant than demands a short descriptive analysis. The second part it is focused on the issues as the results of the incorporation of undeniable legal limits to the action of the constituent legislator – the well-known as inflexible clauses put on the article 60, § 4º CF – for the dialectical tension between the constitutionalism and the democratic principle. The wide extension of the legal categories included in that constitutional dispositive, besides with a possible extensive interpretation provided by the analytical condition of the CF, bring with itself a high risk of constitutional stagnation. This article ends with a critical analyses about the real possibilities of judicial review over the constitutional amendments in the light of the article 60, § 4º CF. We defend a self restraint attitude focus on the undeniable violations of the essential contain of the inflexible clauses that results compatible with the contra majority difficulty. ; ResumenEl presente artículo propone un análisis del poder de reforma constitucional en la CF 1988 y los principales problemas derivados de su diseño constitucional. Su dinámica procesal presenta matices que por su interés requieren de un sucinto análisis descriptivo. El segundo bloque de estudio se centra en las consecuencias derivadas que la imposición de límites expresos a la acción del legislador constituyente derivado – las clausulas pétreas del artículo 60, § 4º CF – tiene en la tensión dialéctica entre el constitucionalismo y el principio democrático. La amplitud de las categorías jurídicas incluidas en el citado dispositivo constitucional junto a posibles interpretaciones extensivas derivadas de la condición analítica de la CF amplifica el riesgo de petrificación del texto constitucional. Cierra este articulo un análisis crítico de las posibilidades de control jurisdiccional de las enmiendas constitucionales a la luz del citado artículo 60, § 4º CF. Se aboga por una restricción del mismo a aquellas violaciones manifiestas y explícitas del contenido esencial de las clausulas pétreas compatibles con la dificultad contramayoritaria. AbstractThe present paper proposes an analysis of the constitutional reform power established under the CF 1988 and the main questions concerning its design. Its procedural dynamic show some aspects so relevant than demands a short descriptive analysis. The second part it is focused on the issues as the results of the incorporation of undeniable legal limits to the action of the constituent legislator – the well-known as inflexible clauses put on the article 60, § 4º CF – for the dialectical tension between the constitutionalism and the democratic principle. The wide extension of the legal categories included in that constitutional dispositive, besides with a possible extensive interpretation provided by the analytical condition of the CF, bring with itself a high risk of constitutional stagnation. This article ends with a critical analyses about the real possibilities of judicial review over the constitutional amendments in the light of the article 60, § 4º CF. We defend a self restraint attitude focus on the undeniable violations of the essential contain of the inflexible clauses that results compatible with the contra majority difficulty.