Brazil's Supreme Court

What happens when the guardian of the Constitution begins to define the limits of its own power?

Brazil's Supreme Court presents a critical examination of the institutional expansion of Brazil's Federal Supreme Court - the STF - and its consequences for the separation of powers, due process, freedom of expression, and democratic accountability.

The book examines the 1988 Constitution, Inquiry No. 4,781, the growing authority of individual justices, the role of the Electoral Justice system, the proceedings related to January 8, and the Court's relations with the Executive Branch, the Senate, digital platforms, and the major media outlets.

Rather than reducing the debate to political slogans or partisan loyalties, Paulo Roberto Truchlaeff asks a more difficult question: how can a democracy restrain a powerful court without weakening the institution responsible for protecting the Constitution?

A timely critical study of judicial power, constitutional limits, procedural safeguards, censorship, transparency, and the rule of law in contemporary Brazil.