Brazilian Election Justice

Supporting law

Nowadays, the existence and regulation of the Election Justice in Brazil is determined in the articles 118 to 121 of the Federal Constitution of 1988, that established its exclusive attribution of the Federal Union legislating about election law.

The Election Code and other laws give executive and legislative powers to the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). The law, even if it is named to provide judicial powers, include an aggregation of administrative and normative functions as well.

Comparative law

In other countries, the solutions adopted to distribution of powers in the election process differ from one country to the other. In Argentina and Finland the executive power itself administers the elections; In the United States, France and Germany, this role is played in city level; in Chile and Uruguay, there are independent organs, outside the public powers structure.

Functions

The functions of Elections Justice are the following:

• Regulating the elections process
• Administration the elections process
• Inspecting the accomplishment of the law
• Inspecting the accounts of the elections campaigns
• Judging controversies about elections
• Punishing violations of elections law
• Answering queries about election regulation
• Judging appeals in election matters

Bibliography

• Amaral, R.;Cunha, S.S. da. Manual das Eleições, 3ª ed.São Paulo: Saraiva, 2006,
• Anais do Seminário Brasileiro de Direito Eleitoral. Porto Alegre: Tribunal Regional Eleitoral do Rio Grande do Sul, 1990

References

External sources

• Page of Tribunal Superior Eleitoral
• Page of Supremo Tribunal Federal
• Page of Conselho Nacional de Justiça
• Bibliografia sobre Direito Eleitoral Library of the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral

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References

1. Angelim, Augusto N. Sampaio. (20 May 2004). "Justiça Eleitoral:Passado e Futuro". Portal Boletim Jurídico.
2. "Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil de 1988". Presiência da República.
3. Cunha, Alcides Munhoz. (July 1999). "Justiça Eleitoral e Autenticidade do Sistema Representativo". Revista Paraná Eleitoralaccessdate=6 April 2012.
4. "Organização da Justiça Eleitoral e do Ministério Público Eleitoral". Editora Jus Podivm.
5. "Funcionamento da Justiça Eleitoral em alguns Países". Votoseguro.org.
6. (April 2010). "Glossário Eleitoral". Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de MInas Gerais.
7. Amaral, 2006