Unboxing the Active Role of the Legislative Power in Brazil
The main purpose of this article is to show the relevance of the legislative branch participation in formatting bills originating in the executive. It shows that a strong executive is not necessarily accompanied by a weak legislature. By analyzing the changes the legislative made to executive bills...
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| description | The main purpose of this article is to show the relevance of the legislative branch participation in formatting bills originating in the executive. It shows that a strong executive is not necessarily accompanied by a weak legislature. By analyzing the changes the legislative made to executive bills through substitute bills and amendments to the legislation, the study shows that the legislative branch actively participates in drafting policies. By such means, the legislative branch is responsible for nearly 40 percent of the content of the laws promulgated in Brazil. Even when the executive takes steps aiming at controlling the legislative agenda, such as provisional decrees or urgency requests, the rates of legislative change do not decrease. As a result, in spite of the president institutional resources to place its own bills on the agenda, the legislative branch do discuss, analyze and modify the proposals advanced by the executive. An active instead of a passive legislative power emerges from the data shown in this article. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a4296e120acc4273bc7221e1a105af822022-12-21T17:43:54ZengBrazilian Political Science AssociationBrazilian Political Science Review1981-38211981-38212016-08-0110213310.1590/1981-38212016000200004Unboxing the Active Role of the Legislative Power in BrazilAndréa Marcondes de Freitas0Universidade Estadual de Campinas, BrazilThe main purpose of this article is to show the relevance of the legislative branch participation in formatting bills originating in the executive. It shows that a strong executive is not necessarily accompanied by a weak legislature. By analyzing the changes the legislative made to executive bills through substitute bills and amendments to the legislation, the study shows that the legislative branch actively participates in drafting policies. By such means, the legislative branch is responsible for nearly 40 percent of the content of the laws promulgated in Brazil. Even when the executive takes steps aiming at controlling the legislative agenda, such as provisional decrees or urgency requests, the rates of legislative change do not decrease. As a result, in spite of the president institutional resources to place its own bills on the agenda, the legislative branch do discuss, analyze and modify the proposals advanced by the executive. An active instead of a passive legislative power emerges from the data shown in this article.http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bpsr/v10n2/1981-3821-bpsr-10-2-1981-38212016000200004.pdfExecutivelegislative branchpresidential successlawmaking |
| spellingShingle | Andréa Marcondes de Freitas Unboxing the Active Role of the Legislative Power in Brazil Brazilian Political Science Review Executive legislative branch presidential success lawmaking |
| title | Unboxing the Active Role of the Legislative Power in Brazil |
| title_full | Unboxing the Active Role of the Legislative Power in Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Unboxing the Active Role of the Legislative Power in Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unboxing the Active Role of the Legislative Power in Brazil |
| title_short | Unboxing the Active Role of the Legislative Power in Brazil |
| title_sort | unboxing the active role of the legislative power in brazil |
| topic | Executive legislative branch presidential success lawmaking |
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