ABSTRACT
The article has as its objective the identification of paradoxes on constituent moments, but also on the continuity of the tension between constitutionalism and democracy. Those paradoxes help on the comprehension of the problems related to the constitutional jurisdiction and on the processes of constitution making. They are also identified on the critiques directed to the aggregation of results on the formulation of collective decisions. In regard of Brazilian reality, it is analysed the approximation of our juridical tradition to structural elements of the Common Law, as well as it is discussed the non-transcendence of the determinant reasons on the decisions made by the Supremo Tribunal Federal.
Constitutional jurisdiction; constitutionalism; democracy; ratio decidendi