Brazilian Election Justice

Brasão da República Federativa do Brasil

The Justiça Eleitoral do Brasil (Brazilian Election Justice) was created by the Decreto nº 21.076, of 24 February 1932, representing one of innovations of the Brazilian Revolution of 1930 (or coup d'état de 1930). In 1932 there was the first edited the Brazilian Election Code, inspired by the Election Justice of the Czech Republic and the ideas of Joaquim Francisco de Assis Brasil, a politician, farmer and ambassador[1]

Supporting Law

Nowadays, the existence and regulation of the Election Justice in Brazil is determined in the articles 118 until 121 of the Federal Constitution of 1988, that established its exclusive attribution of the Federal Union legislating about Elections Law.[2]

The Election Code and other laws confer Executive and Legislative powers to the Superior Electoral Court((TSE)). The law, even if its named to provide Judicial powers, include an aggregation of administrative and normative functions as well.[3][4]

Comparative law

In other countries, the solutions adopted to distribution of powers in the election process differ from one country to the other.[5] In Argentina and Finland the Executive Power itself administers the elections; In USA, France and Germany, this role is played in city level; in Chile and Uruguay, there are independent organs, outside the Public Powers structure.

Functions

The functions[6] of Elections Justice are the following:[7]

Bibliography

See also

Elections in Brazil

References

  1. ↑ Angelim, Augusto N. Sampaio (20 May 2004). "Justiça Eleitoral:Passado e Futuro". Portal Boletim Jurídico. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil de 1988". Presiência da República. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  3. ↑ Cunha, Alcides Munhoz (July 1999). "Justiça Eleitoral e Autenticidade do Sistema Representativo". Revista Paraná Eleitoralaccessdate=6 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "Organização da Justiça Eleitoral e do Ministério Público Eleitoral" (PDF). Editora Jus Podivm. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  5. ↑ "Funcionamento da Justiça Eleitoral em alguns Países". Votoseguro.org. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "Glossário Eleitoral" (PDF). Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de MInas Gerais. April 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  7. ↑ Amaral, 2006

External sources

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