Authors: Maria Laura Maciel Fernandez and Marcelo Nunes Apolinário Abstract: The present work seeks to emphasize the electoral systems used in Brazil, which are: majority and proportional. In a representative democracy, in which the population elects representatives for the exercise of political power, an electoral system that fulfills the interests […]

Author: Marlon da Mota Martins ABSTRACT: This dissertation seeks to examine the interests that guide the modus operandi of the elites of the Rural Caucus in the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil during the 55ª Legislature (2015-2019), and its interrelation with the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, Food Supply and […]

Author: Gabriel de Castro Aleixo Abstract: This monograph addresses one of the major doctrinal and legal controversies regarding party affiliation today: the possibility of running for office independently of party affiliation. It seeks to understand to what extent this possibility affects democratic principles, namely, popular participation, freedom of association, and […]