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Law as integrity in constitutional adjudication: analisys about the abortion according to Ronald Dworkin's proposal

This article aims to analyze Ronald Dworkin's proposal about law as integrity in constitutional adjudication. For that, it will be used in the analysis of the constitutionality of crimes related with abortion in the Brazilian legal system, taking into account the legal-doctrinal possibilities for the decision of the case. It proposes, therefore, a debate about if there is a limit to the application of the legal philosopher's proposal, and if, indeed, there is always only one right answer, or if there may be situations in which there will be several possible answers, even with the use of the theory of law as integrity.

Law as integrity; Constitutional Adjudication; Abortion


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