The NCPC and precedents

what are we talking about?

Authors

  • Lenio Luiz Streck Universidade de Lisboa
  • Georges Abboud PUC/SP

Keywords:

CPC 2015, precedents, binding system, hermenutic criticism, overcoming syllogism, regression of semantic application

Abstract

Since Constitutional Amendment 45 - which introduced the binding precedent into our system - some legal scholars have reiterated the need to establish a theory for the application of precedents in Brazil. The aim of this article is to demonstrate that a post-positivist hermeneutic understanding of the legal phenomenon is necessary in order to ensure an integral, coherent and constitutionally appropriate application of the binding provisions listed in art. 927 of the NCPC. Failure to understand a hermeneutic critique of the law could lead one to believe that the right thing to do is to structure a theory of the application of precedents in Brazil. This misunderstanding can lead to a regression to a primitive model of positivism, in which the text is equated with the norm which, in turn, has an abstract and non-concrete nature, as if it were possible for a binding decision to contain in itself a ready-made solution for future cases. The purpose of this article is precisely to avoid these risks and to provide minimum theoretical elements for a constitutionally appropriate application of the binding rulings contained in the NCPC.

Author Biographies

Lenio Luiz Streck, Universidade de Lisboa

Pós-doutor em Direito Constitucional pela Universidade de Lisboa. Doutor em direito do Estado pela UFSC. Professor Titular da UNISINOS e da UNESA. Advogado.

Georges Abboud, PUC/SP

Advogado sócio no escritório “Nery Advogados”. Mestre e doutor em direitos difusos e coletivos pela PUC-SP. Professor da graduação da PUC-SP. Professor do mestrado e doutorado da FADISP.

References

MARSHALL, Geoffrey. What is binding in a precedent. Neil MACCORMICK, Robert S. SUMMERS e Arthur L. GOODHARD (org.). Interpreting Precedent., England: Ashgate, 1997.

RAMIRES, Maurício. Crítica à aplicação de precedentes no direito brasileiro. Porto Alegre: Livraria do Advogado, 2010.

STRECK, Lenio. O efeito vinculante das súmulas e o mito da efetividade: uma crítica hermenêutica, Revista do Instituto de Hermenêutica Jurídica, Porto Alegre, v. 1, n. 3, p. 83-128, 2005.

STRECK, Lenio. Verdade e consenso. 4. ed. São Paulo: Saraiva, 2014.

STRECK, Lenio; ABBOUD, Georges . O que é isto – o precedente judicial e as súmulas vinculantes? 2. ed. Porto Alegre: Livraria do Advogado, 2014.

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Published

2016-03-10

How to Cite

Streck, L. L., & Abboud, G. (2016). The NCPC and precedents: what are we talking about?. Revista Do Tribunal Regional Federal Da 3ª Região, 27(128), 81–87. Retrieved from https://www.revista.trf3.jus.br/index.php/rtrf3/article/view/316

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Vol. 27 No. 128 (2016)

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