Dados es una de las principales publicaciones de ciencias sociales en América Latina. Creada en 1966, publica trabajos inéditos e innovadores, procedentes de investigaciones académicas, de autores brasileños y extranjeros. Editada por IESP-UERJ, tiene como objetivo conciliar el rigor científico y la excelencia académica con un énfasis en el debate público basado en el análisis de temas sustantivos en la sociedad y la política.
Dados vol. 47 n. 4 Rio de Janeiro 2004
Resumen
This article aims to demonstrate how the Brazilian Superior Military Court of today (just as under the former military regime) continues to primarily defend what it considers the most important assets under its tutelage: hierarchy, discipline, and military duty. The Court has hybrid characteristics, displaying traits both from the authoritarian regime as well as from Brazil's current fledgling democracy. It is no coincidence that the Court has maintained its structure, functioning, and recruitment criteria virtually unaltered. The article contends that this institutional hybridism can only be overcome when effective democratic civilian oversight of the military is achieved.
Palabras-clave: military justice; armed forces; authoritarianism; democracy.
DOI: 10.1590/S0011-52582004000400005
Superior Tribunal Militar: entre o autoritarismo e a democracia