Introduction to South American legal systems L2-S3

The course explores South American Constitucional systems and their modalities of constitutional review, covering and discussing the main principles and rules governing institutions as well the procedural models for accountable decision-making. The constitutional and economic approach will be the fundamental ground for assessing higher court's decisions in civil and administrative litigation, exposing the contemporary rationale of precedents, mainly in Brazil. Moreover, the course aims to analyze the integration of constitutional review with decisions from the IACHR and Mercosur regime, providing a deeper study on the possibility of a regional conventionality control doctrine.

1) Session 1: Concrete and Diffuse Constitutional Review: Brazilian Foundational Model

2) Session 2: Concrete and Diffuse Constitutional Review: Brazilian Foundational Model

3) Session 3: Abstract and Concentrated Constitutional Review: Brazilian Foundational Model

4) Session 4: Abstract and Concentrated Constitutional Review: Brazilian Foundational Model

5) Session 5: South American Integration Process

6) Session 6: Mercosur/Mercosul

7) Session 7: Mercosur/Mercosul - Comparisons to the EU regime

8) Session 8: Inter-American Court of Human Rights - Conventionality Review

9) Session 9: Inter-American Court of Human Rights - Conventionality Review

10) Session 10: Constitutionalism in Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay

11) Session 11: Constitutionalism in Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay

12) Session 12: Venezuelan and Peruvian Constitutional Crises