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11/23/2023 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/23/2023 12:20
German professor Dieter Grimm discusses constitutionalism in another edition of Dialogues with the Supreme Court
The event, held in partnership with the German Embassy, was attended by the President of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Justice Luís Roberto Barroso, and Justice Gilmar Mendes
22/11/2023
German professor and jurist Dieter Grimm was the guest on Tuesday (21) of the "Dialogues with the Supreme Court" program, which welcomes experts to the Court for debates on current topics of great relevance in the form of lectures and exhibitions. The guest addressed constitutionalism in the contemporary context.
Judge of the German Federal Constitutional Court between 1987 and 1999, professor of public law at the Humboldt University of Berlin and former rector and permanent member of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Grimm spoke for about an hour about constitutional jurisdiction to an audience that packed the First Chamber of the Supreme Court (STF).
The president of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Luís Roberto Barroso, was part of the panel at the event, along with Justice Gilmar Mendes and the German ambassador to Brazil, Bettina Cadenbach. This Tuesday's event was held in partnership with the German Embassy in Brazil.
Changes
Grimm recalled that he was in Brazil for the first time in 1988, the year the Federal Constitution was promulgated. "Thirty years ago it seemed that constitutionalism had been established to govern states. But the constitutional world has been different, it suffers from authoritarian forces," he said.
Politics
The professor also said that the political content of the application of law is inevitable and, likewise, justice itself is a political power. "But there is an important difference, since the application of the law makes decisions within a normatively restricted environment, and does not pursue its own political objectives. This in itself should be a guarantee of greater impartiality."
Constitutional jurisdiction
For Grimm, the constitutional jurisdiction is much closer to politics than the other institutions of the judiciary. According to him, this is due to the object of regulation of the Constitution and the decision-making criteria adopted.
Watch the full edition of Dialogues with the Supreme Court here.
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