Selective friendship: Strategic analysis of amicus curiae functionality
ABSTRACT:This paper analyzes strategically and empirically if the amicus curiae has effectively performed the functions presented by doctrinal and jurisprudential discourse of democratically legitimizing and expansion of court’s background information, or if this figure has served to other interests...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) |
| Repository: | Teoria Jurídica Contemporânea |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.revistas.ufrj.br:article/25652 |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/rjur/article/view/25652 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Constitutional law; Amicus curiae; Constitutional jurisdiction; Strategic analysis Direito constitucional Direito constitucional; Amicus curiae; Jurisdição constitucional; Análise estratégica Amicus curiae |
| Summary: | ABSTRACT:This paper analyzes strategically and empirically if the amicus curiae has effectively performed the functions presented by doctrinal and jurisprudential discourse of democratically legitimizing and expansion of court’s background information, or if this figure has served to other interests. The results of the empirical analysis – using data from judicial review processes with participation of at least one amicus curiae judged by STF between 1990 and 2017 – corroborate the standards identified in the strategic analysis and reveal that the Brazilian Supreme Court makes strategic use of amicus curiae, citing more of those types that bring greater diffuse support with public opinion to the Court (amicus curiae representatives of civil society) and to be more influenced by participants with greater institutional bargaining power and argumentative and informative credibility (amicus curiae governmental organizations). It follows, therefore, that the Court is “friendlier” to some types of amicus curiae than to others |
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