The judge (on the face) of deconstruction: Constitutional hermeneutics and failure in the light of Jacques Derrida’s philosophy

Authors

  • Camilla de Magalhães Gomes Universidade de Brasília (UNB)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/rechtd.2017.92.04

Abstract

This article aims to investigate, from the perspective of deconstruction and différance, who is the judge (on the face) of deconstruction, which limits and contents deconstructive operation brings to constitutional hermeneutics. Taking the theory of performative acts and revisiting it in the light of authors such as Jacques Derrida and Judith Butler, taking from them the notion of failure as “law” of the performative, legal interpretation will be placed not only as an activity open to dissent, but also as an activity that has failure as its “law”, demanding that a correct or ready sense never comes.

Keywords: deconstruction, performative acts, failure, constitutional hermeneutics.

Author Biography

Camilla de Magalhães Gomes, Universidade de Brasília (UNB)

Doutoranda em Direito Estado e Constituição da UnB. Professora do UniCEUB. Coordenadora do Projeto deExtensão em violência doméstica PROVID/UniCEUB.

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Published

2017-11-14

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2017): May/August

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