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The Prophet, the Disciples and the “Emissary”: Comments on Virgílio Afonso da Silva

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Neves, M. The Prophet, the Disciples and the “Emissary”: Comments on Virgílio Afonso da Silva. Rechtstheorie, 52(4), 377-419. https://doi.org/10.3790/rth.52.4.377
Neves, Marcelo "The Prophet, the Disciples and the “Emissary”: Comments on Virgílio Afonso da Silva" Rechtstheorie 52.4, 2021, 377-419. https://doi.org/10.3790/rth.52.4.377
Neves, Marcelo (2021): The Prophet, the Disciples and the “Emissary”: Comments on Virgílio Afonso da Silva, in: Rechtstheorie, vol. 52, iss. 4, 377-419, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/rth.52.4.377

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The Prophet, the Disciples and the “Emissary”: Comments on Virgílio Afonso da Silva

Neves, Marcelo

Rechtstheorie, Vol. 52 (2021), Iss. 4 : pp. 377–419

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Prof. Dr. Marcelo Neves, Professor of Public Law at the University of Brasília Law School, Colina, Bloco G, apto. 303 – Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília-DF, Brazil, Zip code: 70904–107

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Marcelo Neves: The Prophet, the Disciples and the “Emissary”: Comments on Virgílio Afonso da Silva 377
I. Introduction 377
II. Difference between Theoretical Level, Doctrinal Application and Institutional Practices 379
III. The Meaning of the Metaphor “between the Hydra and Hercules” 381
IV. Rules, Principles and Hybrids 384
1. Criticism of Generality as a Criterion for Distinguishing between Principles and Rules 384
2. Towards a New Conception of Rules and Principles beyond Robert Alexy? 386
3. Why Hybrids beyond the Types “Rules” and “Principles”? 390
V. Intra-principle collisions 399
VI. Why a Comparative Weighing? The Precariousness of Reason 400
1. Affinity between “Best Answer” (Dworkin) and Optimization (Alexy) 401
2. Precedents and ad hoc Balancing 403
3. Comparative Weighting and Optimization 405
VII. On the Inconsistent Doctrinal and Judicial Application of Theories Regarding Principles and Weighing in Brazil and its Sociological Implications 410
1. Concentrated – not Scattered – Criticisms of Virgílio Afonso da Silva’s Involvement in the Brazilian Debate 410
2. Criticism of the Abuse of Principles and the Legal inconsistency of Brazilian Legal Doctrine and Practice 414
VIII. Why Judge Iolau? 416
IX. Conclusion: The Risk of Becoming the “Emissary” from a Prophet 418