CONSTITUCIONALISMO GLOBAL E DIVERSIDADE CULTURAL
O SURGIMENTO DO CONSTITUCIONALISMO JURISGENERATIVO NA ÁFRICA
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https://doi.org/10.25192/ISSN.1982-0496.RDFD.V.30.II.2926Resumo
O presente artigo examina a trajetória do constitucionalismo global e seu encontro com a diversidade cultural na África. Ele situa o fenômeno do constitucionalismo global no fim do século XIX e acompanha algumas de suas transformações tectônicas desde a inauguração da ordem internacional liberal. Além de abordar os processos e os apelos pela constitucionalização do regime jurídico internacional e o surgimento do direito constitucional global, o constitucionalismo global desempenhou um papel constitutivo para o constitucionalismo na África. Como o constitucionalismo africano se configura dentro de uma biosfera que integra constitucionalismo global e diversidade cultural, a interação dinâmica entre ambos leva ao surgimento de um constitucionalismo jurisgenerativo, processual e normativamente aberto para acomodar concepções plurais de direitos, justiça e valores. Assim, o que é constitucionalmente permissível — e o que não é — não pode ser definido apenas pela adesão ao constitucionalismo global ou à diversidade cultural. Antes, é a interação entre ambos, situada no tempo e no espaço, que dita a prática ou o resultado constitucional. Tomando a jurisprudência sobre direitos das mulheres relacionada às leis consuetudinárias e islâmicas, bem como o fenômeno da Shariacracia, e usando a Nigéria como estudo de caso, o artigo explora como o surgimento do constitucionalismo jurisgenerativo medeia o constitucionalismo global e a diversidade cultural na África. Ao trazer a experiência africana, o artigo lança luz sobre o conjunto de possibilidades teóricas e práticas disponíveis para o campo emergente do constitucionalismo global.
Palavras-chave: África; diversidade cultural; constitucionalismo global; regime jurídico internacional; constitucionalismo jurisgenerativo; Nigéria.
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