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ARTICLE • Opin. Pública 28 (2) • May-Aug 2022 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1807-01912022282462   copy

Public hearings at the Brazilian Supreme Court: from strategic litigation to resolution 1 1 An earlier version of this paper was presented in Working Groups of the National Association of Research and Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences (Anpocs). In 2020, the paper was presented in Working Group 03, in session four, entitled “STF under examination and the uses of the law”, which was coordinated by Cristiana Losekann (UFES) and Ligia Mori Madeira (UFRGS), whom we thank for hosting the paper. We express our sincere thanks to the debaters Jeferson Mariano Silva (USP) and Fernando Fontainha (IESP-UERJ), whose contributions enriched the work. Vanessa Elias (UFABC) and Adrian Gurza Lavalle (USP) suggested significant advances when debating the paper at the 2019 Anpocs, in the Democratic Controls Working Group. Any errors and omissions in the article are the authors' sole responsibility.

Audiências públicas no Supremo Tribunal Federal: do litígio estratégico à resolução

Audiencias públicas en el Tribunal Supremo: del litigio estratégico a la resolución

Audiences publiques à la Cour suprême du Brésil: du litige stratégique à la résolution

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We intend to advance the research agenda on the judiciary by bringing research on conflict resolution in constitutional courts closer to that on the mobilization of laws by interest groups and social movements. The Public Hearings (PAs) held by the Supreme Court are analyzed as strategic arenas for processing contentious issues in which diverse actors have opportunities to contribute to legal practices. The central objective of the article is to identify the mechanisms of connection and transmission of deliberations present in the public hearings held by the Supreme Court (STF) in the period from 2007 to 2019. The research problem was formulated with the purpose of investigating and analyzing how civil society acts within the Supreme Court. Finally, this article’s main result confirms civil society organizations as the main connector of the APs held at the STF, as they represent about 40% of the organizations present, simultaneously, in more than two hearings.

Supreme Courts; public hearings; litigation

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