Constituição e vicissitudes constitucionais

Jorge Miranda

doi:10.23925/ddem.v.2.n.8.63053

Authors

Jorge Miranda Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/ddem.v.2.n.8.63053

Keywords:

Constitutional right, Constitutional vicissitudes, Self-enforcing standards, Constitutional Principles

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to investigate how constitutional law works with the essential elements that make up a constitution of a rule of law. It analyzes the circumstances in which values are constitutionalized and the interactions they produce when constitutional norms become effective. Therefore, the starting point is that every State has its Constitution, which defines it, which structures the community, the people and organizes its power, resulting in the Constitution forming the statute of the community and political power. The research was developed using the hypothetical-deductive method of approach, the comparative procedure, the technique of indirect documentation, the bibliographical research: in books and legal periodicals; documentary; in legislation.

Author Biography

Jorge Miranda, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Full Professor at the Law Faculties of the University of Lisbon and the Catholic University of Portugal. Doctor Honoris Causa in Law, from the University of Pau (France, 1996), University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Brazil, 2000), Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium, 2003) and the University of Porto (2005). He participated in the elaboration of the constitutions of Portugal (1976), of São Tomé and Príncipe (1990), of Mozambique (1990), of Guinea-Bissau (1991) and of Timor-Leste (2001).