A habermasian view of role performed by Public Defender for the effectiveness of democratic principle in the Inter-American System of Human Rights

Authors

  • Thiago Pires Oliveira Doutorando em Ciências - Mudança Social e Participação Política-, Universidade de São Paulo (USP) - Advogado - Assessor da Defensoria Pública da União em Mogi das Cruzes/SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46901/revistadadpu.i12.p161-183

Keywords:

Democracy, Public Defender, Habermas, Inter-American System

Abstract

The present article intends to study the role of the public defenders office to render the democratic principle in the Inter-American System of Human Rights effective, considering Jürgen Habermas’s thought. The democratic principle is intertwined with the popular sovereignty, as well as there is reflection over the habermasian theory of legal discourse. Then, the position of the public defenders office is sketched not only in the Brazilian law, but also in the Inter-American system, including the inter-American public defender office. Finally, an effort has been made to verify the contribution of the public defenders office in the scope of the co-originality relation between human rights and popular sovereignty.

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Published

08-11-2019

How to Cite

Pires Oliveira, T. (2019). A habermasian view of role performed by Public Defender for the effectiveness of democratic principle in the Inter-American System of Human Rights. Revista Da Defensoria Pública Da União, (12), 161-183. https://doi.org/10.46901/revistadadpu.i12.p161-183

Issue

No. 12 (2019): Federal Public Defender´´'s Office Journal

Section

PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE

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