U.S. power and the social state in Brazil legal modernization in the global South / J©ðlio Cattai.
| Author/creator | Cattai, J©ðlio |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | United States power and the social state in Brazil |
| Series | Routledge studies in US foreign policy |
| Contents | Introduction : The decline of laissez-faire, U.S. power, and the rise of the social state -- The executive and the positive law : modernity and the "revolt of the fact against the law" -- The executive and the judiciary : constitutional review and the contours of the individual -- The executive and the legislature : normative function and the separation of powers -- The executive and the legal education : the "role of lawyers in a changing society" -- The decline of the social state and the rise of neoliberalism : U.S. power and the Brazilian transition to the global order. |
| Abstract | "The book analyzes the elite-led efforts to transform the Brazilian legal order in the period between 1930-1975 and how US Power played a major role in such a process. Besides the global circulation of ideas and institutions, the book discusses the Brazilian institutional development in the period. A profound "Crisis of Civilization" marked the first decades of the century: the references of space and time vanished with the vertiginous expansion of cities and industries, while a myriad of immigrants and former slaves were alleged to be threatening the country's traditions. Brazilian elites blamed liberalism for such a "Crisis". Based on a decade of research, this book centralizes Brazilian history in liberalism and offers a genealogy of the jurisprudential and institutional struggles to correct the culture of laissez-faire. Using archival sources, it shows the direct US influence on Brazilian thought and development. Recasting the history of legal ideas in the twentieth-century and providing novel interpretations on major political processes, it offers a rigorous and fresh look at the development of liberalism in the country. Covering five decades of history and offering a transnational approach involving the U.S. hegemonic role in Brazil, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of law, US foreign policy, area studies and international relations"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Cattai, J©ðlio. US power and the social state in Brazil Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9780367643164 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021032972 |
| ISBN | 9781000514414 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9781003123941 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |