O julgamento do presidente da república por crime de responsabilidade: um estudo dos aspectos jurídicos e políticos do impeachment

Abstract

This paper is a study of the impeachment institute constitutional instrument that seeks to prevent excesses, in particular the President, by imposing the judgment for serious administrative infractions, impeachable offenses. Deal about the origin, legal nature and evolution of Brazilian law, this institute is in evidence in our current political landscape. After the demonstration of how to give the process according to our legal system. Finally, we discuss the two cases of impeachment of our political history, the cases of President Fernando Collor and current process of then President Dilma Rousseff, concluding the absence of elements that embase the request for dismissal of President.