The public audience realized by the Brazilian Supreme Court, concerning the biosafety law as a way of amicus curiae fi gure occurrence

Authors

  • Mônia Clarissa Hennig Leal
  • Rosana Helena Maas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/4774

Abstract

In 2007, the first public audience occurred at the Brazilian Supreme Court in our judicial history, where physicians and specialists discussed about the limits and possibilities of researches and therapies involving embryonic cells, in the context of the judgment of the direct unconstitutionality Action n. 3.510/DF, concerning the biosafety law. So this monographic work proposes a juridical case analysis of this fact, in terms of verifying its juridical nature, that is, if it fits in the Amicus Curiae characteristics, or not, in the way it figures in the Brazilian Legislation.

Key words: Amicus Curiae, public audience, constitutional jurisdiction, Brazilian Supreme Court.

Published

2021-06-17