The First Institutional Act: Carlos Medeiros Silva and the Supreme Federal Court in the Post-Coup of 1964

Authors

  • Mateus Gamba Torres Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15175/1984-2503-20168304

Keywords:

Institutional Act, lawyers, press, dictatorship

Abstract

Constitutional Act Number 1 established the first repressive guideline to legislatively protect the 1964 coup and the authoritarian attitudes adopted by the military forces after overthrowing João Goulart. Lawyers such as Carlos Medeiros Silva, along with ministers from the Supreme Federal Court (STF), pored over the new legislation during the period, appearing as it did within the Brazilian legal framework and modifying the Constitution. Support from the Constitutional Court for the coup was fundamental to the inclusion of the institutional act in the Brazilian legal system. Methodologically speaking, we employ the perspective of Pierre Bourdieu’s legal field, with characteristics related to its debate on institutional autonomy and the monopoly of the truth, analyzing press, biographies and legal articles developed by Carlos Medeiros da Silva that justified the granting of Institutional Acts by the dictatorship and their inclusion in the Brazilian ‘legal system”.

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Author Biography

Mateus Gamba Torres, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF

Professor Adjunto nível I da Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, campus Chapecó, em exercício atualmente no Departamento de História da Universidade de Brasília - UNB. Bacharel em direito pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC).Bacharel e Licenciado em História pela Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC). Possui curso de formação realizado pela Escola da Magistratura do Estado de Santa Catarina (ESMESC). Mestre em História do Tempo Presente pela Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC). Doutor em História pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Desenvolve pesquisas referentes a História do Brasil, principalmente na abordagem da ditadura militar brasileira (1964-1985), trabalhando com uma história do judiciário civil e militar no período, utilizando como fontes principais processos judiciais.

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Published

2016-10-03

How to Cite

Torres, M. G. (2016). The First Institutional Act: Carlos Medeiros Silva and the Supreme Federal Court in the Post-Coup of 1964. Passages: International Review of Political History and Legal Culture, 8(3), 489-505. https://doi.org/10.15175/1984-2503-20168304

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Vol. 8 - No. 3 - Setembro a Dezembro (2016)

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Articles

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