Processo Legislativo no Brasil: Prática e parâmetros

Abstract

The purpose of this dissertation is to evaluate whether the Brazilian legislative process, as it works in practice, is in accordance with the parameters of due legislative process. Therefore, the paper will cover descriptively all the phases of the ordinary process of lawmaking, the main focus will be on how the legislative function is performed in the real world. The study will begin with a brief introduction, in which are pointed the parameters of due legislative process that will permeate the whole analysis. The first chapter will be dedicated to the study of the organization of houses of Congress, and the goal will be the analysis of the way in which power is distributed among the internal organs to the Legislative. In the second chapter, the study of the procedure of elaboration of laws will begin, with the exercise of the right of initiative. Then after, the third chapter will be focused on the study of legislative committees, fractional organs whose main purpose is to give specialization to legislative houses. Parliamentary amendments are the theme of the fourth chapter, which will outline the main features of this instrument of parliamentary deliberation, based on the descriptive effort of its types and practical operation. The fifth chapter deals with the forms of voting of the propositions. Finally, in the sixth chapter, the sanction and the veto will be examined together as the last stage of the legislative process.