Ativismo Judicial? : uma análise da atuação do poder judiciário frente à discricionariedade administrativa para efetivação do direito à educação

Abstract

The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze to what extent decisions of the Judiciary that condition typical Public Administration attributions related to the right of education may be considered judicial activism. In order to do so, we analyzed the doctrinal concept of judicial activism under the bias of the implementation of public policies, distinguishing it from the judicialization of politics and judicial control of public policies, having as focus of analysis the performance of the Brazilian Judicial Power. We intend to demonstrate that judicial control over administrative acts has limits, notably with regard to acts denominated discretionary, and when the Judiciary overcomes these limits to implement public policies, that implies in judicial activism, a phenomenon that can be verified by analyzing decisions of federal judges in Maranhão and judgments of the 1 st Region Federal Court that deal with the system of quotas in federal universities and federal institutes for students coming from public schools. The research approach is qualitative, dialectical-critical and uses the analysis of content for judicial decisions as a strategy.