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Executive Dominance in Times of Crisis: Governing by Decree and the Pandemic book cover

1st Edition

Executive Dominance in Times of Crisis Governing by Decree and the Pandemic

By Camila Almeida Porfiro Copyright 2025
164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge
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In recent times, there has been a growing dominance of executives centered on the figure of a central leader, while parliaments, which should be the focus of political power, are being marginalized. This development reflects a historical process that has only worsened with the COVID-19 emergency. This book argues that the frequent use of unilateral acts by the executive, exacerbated in times of... Read more

Introduction. 1. The Executive Dominance and the Marginalization of Parliaments: Governing by Decree. 2. When do Presidents and Prime Ministers rule by Decree? 3. Justifying Uilateral Executive Action 4. Unilateral Executive Action in Times of Crisis 5. Checks and Balances during the COVID-19 Pandemic 6. Constitutional Limits of Decrees in Times of Emergency 7. The legal responses to COVID-19 in Italy, Brazil, and Germany. Conclusions.

Biography

Camila Almeida Porfiro holds a PhD in public law from the University of Rome Tor Vergata and a master’s degree in public law from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). She served as a law clerk at the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) and has been a visiting researcher at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU). Additionally, she was a visiting fellow at the Human Rights Center of the University of Essex.

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