Assessing Legislative Innovation and its Impact on Corruption Control and Constitutional Rights: Advancements and Setbacks

Abstract

The study aims to analyze the advancements and setbacks resulting from the brazilian legislative innovation proposed in 2019 through Law No. 13.964, or whether there have been advancements and setbacks. Far from exhausting the subject, it poses as a research problem whether it is possible to increase control to reduce corruption spaces while maintaining protection for the accused through constitutional rights and guarantees. It will undergo a chronological analysis of the recent years of control established by state agents in order to diminish corruption spaces, and based on this analysis, seek an answer to the research problem. In the end, the text will document some advancements and setbacks resulting from the aforementioned legislative novation and whether it contributed to addressing the stated problem.