A EFICIÊNCIA COMO OBJETO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO

Abstract

This study aims to demonstrate the close relationship between the constitutional principle of efficiency and the constitutional objective of development. It is demonstrated that despite the criticisms that, as a principle, it is not applicable to the legal system, because of theories presented under the utilitarian approach or its economic value, efficiency proves to be a powerful instrument of development the economic concepts are used to does rereading the legal system as mentors, not doctrinators, in such a way that the pursuit of efficiency contributes greatly to the enhancement of the freedoms that under the Amartya Sen perspective are ends and means for development. Keywords: Efficiency; Development; Public Resources.