FHC, ARMED FORCES AND POLICE

In FHC, ARMED FORCES AND POLICE, Zaverucha advances his analysis of the Armed Forces' interference in the country's civilian power. According to the author, the country still lives under a "Schumpeterian democracy," that is, a merely formal nature of electoral competition, which is "insufficient." Alongside electoral formalism, he assesses, the country needs to advance in the consolidation of civil and social rights. "Brazil has fine laws, but many of them are violated and few are punished, especially if they are members of the political, social, economic, or military elite. A democratic rule of law presupposes the existence of legal certainty. This can only flourish when there is a known and respected order. Which is definitely not our case," he reveals.