Prof. Dr. Luis Virgilio Afonso da Silva

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsConstitutional Law,Theory of Law, Philosophy of Law, Sociology of Law
KeywordsGrundrechte, Verfassungsgericht, Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit

Current contact address

CountryBrazil
CitySao Paulo
InstitutionUniversidade de Sao Paulo (USP)
InstituteFaculty of Law
Homepageconstituicao.direito.usp.br/vas

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Dieter GrimmLehrstuhl für Öffentliches Recht, Verfassungsgeschichte und Rechtsvergleichung, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2010

Programme(s)

2010Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2020Luciana de Oliveira Ramos and Virgílio Afonso da Silva: The gender gap in Brazilian politics and the role of the electoral court. In: Politics & Gender, 16, 2020, 409-437
2019Virgílio Afonso da Silva: The Constitution of Brazil: a contextual analysis. Oxford: Hart, 2019
2018Virgílio Afonso da Silva: Beyond Europe and the United States: the wide world of judicial review. In: Erin F. Delaney and Rosalind Dixon, Comparative Judicial Review. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2018.
2018Virgílio Afonso da Silva: Big Brother is watching the court: effects of TV broadcasting on judicial deliberation. In: Verfassung und Recht in Uebersee, 51, 2018, 437-455
2017Virgílio Afonso da Silva: Do we deliberate? If so, how?. In: European Journal of Legal Studies, 9, 2017, 209-240
2017Virgílio Afonso da Silva: Global South: an introduction. In: This Century's Review, 2, 2017, 52-55
2017Virgílio Afonso da Silva: Making Brazil work: checking the president in a multiparty system. In: ICON - International Journal of Constitutional Law, 15, 2017, 519-525
2016Virgílio Afonso da Silva: The Brazilian Supreme Court Needs Iolaus: A Reply to Marcelo Neves’ Objections to Balancing and Optimization. In: Revista Direito.UnB, 2, 2016, 96-117
2014Virgílio Afonso da Silva: Duverger, Maurice (1917–). The Encyclopedia of Political Thought. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2014.
2014Virgílio Afonso da Silva: How global is global constitutionalism? Comments on Kai Moller's The Global Model of Constitutional Rights. In: Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies, 10, 2014, 175-186
2013Virgilio Afonso da Silva: A Continuum of Electoral Systems? (Or, Why Law and Legislation Need Typologies) . In: The Theory and Practice of Legislation, 2013, 227-253
2013Virgilio Afonso da Silva: Deciding Without Deliberating. In: ICON - International Journal of Constitutional Law, 2013, 557-584
2013Virgilio Afonso da Silva: Der Vergleich des Inkommensurablen: Prinzipien, Abwägung und rationale Entscheidung. In: Matthias Klatt, Prinzipientheorie und Theorie der Abwägung. Mohr Siebeck, 2013. 236-270
2012Virgílio Afonso da Silva: Discovering the Court: or, How Rights Awareness Puts the Brazilian Supreme Court in the Spotlight. In: This Century's Review, 1, 2012, 16-20
2012Virgilio Afonso da Silva: Do Treaties Matter? Beth Simmons’ Mobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics. In: German Law Journal, 2012, 76-86
2012Virgílio Afonso da Silva: Schiedsrichter und Spieler: Die Rolle des STF im Prozess der Demokratisierung in Brasilien. In: Rainer Schmidt and Virgílio Afonso da Silva, Verfassung und Verfassungsgericht: Deutschland und Brasilien im Vergleich. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2012. 25-42
2012: Verfassung und Verfassungsgericht: Deutschland und Brasilien im Vergleich. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2012
2011Virgílio Afonso da Silva and Terrazas, Fernanda Vargas: Claiming the right to health in Brazilian courts: the exclusion of the already excluded?. In: Law & Social Inquiry, 36, 2011, 825-853
2011Virgilio Afonso da Silva: Comparing the Incommensurable: Constitutional Principles, Balancing and Rational Decision. In: Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 2011, 273-301
2009Virgílio Afonso da Silva: Soziale Grundrechte als Optimierungsgebote, ihre Subjektivierung und Justitiabilität: eine Untersuchung anhand von empirischen Prämissen. In: Laura Clérico and Jan-Reinard Sieckmann, Grundrechte, Prinzipien und Argumentation. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2009. 165-182
2007Virgílio Afonso da Silva: Prinzipientheorie, Abwägungskompetenzen und Gewalteinteilung. In: Jan-R. Sieckmann, Die Prinzipientheorie der Grundrechte: Studien zur Grundrechtstheorie Robert Alexys. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2007. 215-230
2007Virgílio Afonso da Silva: The Limits of Constitutional Law: Public Policies and the Constitution. In: Gilles Tarabout and Ranabir Samaddar, Conflict, Power, and the Landscape of Constitutionalism. New Delhi/London: Routledge, 2007. 167-181
2006Virgílio Afonso da Silva: Duverger's Laws: Between Social and Institutional Determinism. In: European Journal of Political Research, 45, 2006, 31-41
2004Virgílio Afonso da Silva: A Fossilised Constitution?. In: Ratio Juris, 7, 2004, 454-473
2003Virgílio Afonso da Silva: Grundrechte und gesetzgeberische Spielräume. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2003