O constitucionalismo andino e a Unasul: uma integração pela constituição

Abstract

This study aims at the analysis of Andean Constitutionalism, inaugurated by the Constitutions of Ecuador (2008) and Bolivia (2009), and its characteristics that have brought new light to the worldwide constitutional law, such as the recognition of the rights of nature, legal pluralism, participatory democracy and human rights, with emphasis on a “good living” policy. The next step will be the UNASUR, as the latest attempt at South American regional integration, drawing a parallel between the two, pointing out how Andean Constitutionalism can contribute to the integration process sought by the UNASUR. Therefore, a bibliographical and legislative research is carried out, which concludes that, despite being both Andean Constitutionalism and UNASUR, both are particularly relevant to a policy of reducing the inequalities that affect Latin America so much in the search of genuinely democratic and pluralistic societies. The present study aims to point out the possibility of UNASUR, as a new South American integration project in force, to be a bridge for a regional union that surpasses the merely economic bias and can finally succeed in the construction of a South American identity truly concerned with the well-being of man in its entirety