Academic literature on the topic 'Procedural due process of law'

A presente tese tem por finalidade demonstrar a necessidade de que as leis sejam elaboradas com qualidade formal, no que tange aos aspectos de redação e estruturação interna, de modo a permitir a devida compreensão do texto e, igualmente, da norma nele contida por parte tanto dos aplicadores da lei como dos cidadãos. Pretende-se demonstrar a existência de um dever constitucional de elaborar a legislação com clareza, coerência e logicidade. Esse múnus, inerente ao Estado de Direito, é materializado nos princípios da segurança jurídica (CF, art. 1º) e do devido processo legal (CF, art. 5º, LIV). No Brasil, há norma específica (CF, art. 59, parágrafo único) a prever a edição de lei complementar destinada a disciplinar a elaboração, a redação, a alteração e a consolidação das leis (Lei Complementar n. 95, de 26 de fevereiro de 1998). A metodologia utilizada é essencialmente dogmática, mediante a análise do direito positivo brasileiro. Utilizam-se eventuais enfoques zetéticos a partir da Ciência da Legislação, da Sociologia do Direito e da Ciência Política. Propõe-se, também, a ampla análise de doutrina e jurisprudência nacionais e estrangeiras. O capítulo 1 destina-se a introduzir o tema, com a finalidade de demonstrar que, embora as leis sejam objeto de vontade política, estão, também, sujeitas a limitações quanto ao procedimento para a sua elaboração, ao seu próprio conteúdo e à sua redação e estruturação. No capítulo 2, estuda-se a Ciência da Legislação, seu desenvolvimento e suas ramificações, em especial a Legística de caráter formal e sua contribuição para o aperfeiçoamento da produção legislativa. No capítulo 3, examina-se a evolução da Ciência da Legislação no Brasil, que culminou com a previsão contida no parágrafo único do artigo 59 da Constituição e na LC 95/98, editada em seu cumprimento. Considera-se a LC 95/98 em diversos aspectos: seus destinatários, efeitos, momento de aplicação, bem como as consequências de sua inobservância durante o processo legislativo e depois de aprovada a lei. No capítulo 4, aborda-se a inconstitucionalidade das leis, mediante o exame da evolução de cada uma de suas espécies (material, formal, orgânica e, afinal, finalística), com especial enfoque à inconstitucionalidade finalística decorrente de má-formação interna ou estrutural da lei. No capítulo 5, estuda-se o controle de constitucionalidade sob os aspectos formal e estrutural da lei no direito estrangeiro (Estados Unidos, França, Canadá, Espanha, Portugal, Itália e Alemanha). O capítulo 6 enfoca o tema central a inconstitucionalidade finalística intrínseca ao ato normativo, decorrente de severa deficiência redacional ou estrutural interna , demonstrando-se que não basta a mera inobservância aos critérios de Legística materializados na LC 95/98 para causar a inconstitucionalidade da lei: é necessário que a imperfeição seja de tal monta a ponto de vulnerar os princípios constitucionais do devido processo legal e da segurança jurídica. Esses princípios são analisados enquanto parâmetros para a aferição da constitucionalidade das leis no que tange aos aspectos de clareza, coerência e logicidade de sua redação e estruturação. Por fim, no capítulo 7 analisa-se a prática do controle de constitucionalidade com fundamento em regras de Legística.<br>This thesis aims at demonstrating the need for laws to be written with formal quality, regarding the aspects of wording and internal structure in order to allow the proper understanding of the text and, likewise, of the legal norm contained in it both on the part of law enforcers and citizens. The thesis intends to demonstrate the existence of a constitutional duty of writing legislation with clarity, coherence and logicality. This munus, which is inherent to the rule of law, is materialized in the principles of legal certainty (Federal Constitution, article 1) and the due process of law (Federal Constitution, article 5, LIV). In Brazil, there is a specific legal norm (Federal Constitution, article 59, sole paragraph) providing for the issuance of a Complementary Law aimed at regulating the elaboration, wording, amendment and consolidation of laws (Complementary Law n. 95 of February 26, 1998). The methodology used is essentially dogmatic by analyzing the Brazilian positive law. Eventual zetetic approaches from the Legislation Science, Sociology of Law and Political Science are used. The comprehensive analysis of doctrine and national and foreign jurisprudence is also proposed. Chapter 1 aims at introducing the theme with the purpose to demonstrate that, although the laws are the subject to political will, they are also subject to limitations as to the procedure for their elaboration, to their own content and their wording and structuring. In chapter 2, Legislation Science is studied, as well as its development and ramifications, especially formal Legistics and its contribution to the improvement of legislative production. In Chapter 3, the evolution of Legislation Science in Brazil is examined, and it culminated with the provision contained in the sole paragraph of article 59 of the Constitution and the LC 95/98, published in compliance with it. The LC 95/98 is taken into consideration in several respects: its recipients, effects, time of application, as well as the consequences of its non-observance during the legislative process and after the law passed. Chapter 4 addresses the unconstitutionality of laws by examining the evolution of each one of its kinds (material, formal, organic and, at last, finalistic), with special focus on finalistic unconstitutionality deriving from internal or structural malformation of the law. In Chapter 5, the constitutionality control under formal and structural aspects of the law in foreign Law (United States, France, Canada, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Germany) is studied. Chapter 6 focuses on the central theme the finalistic unconstitutionality intrinsic to the normative ruling derived from wording or internal structural deficiency demonstrating that the mere failure to follow the criteria of Legistics materialized in LC 95/98 is not enough to cause the unconstitutionality of the law. It is necessary that the imperfection is of such magnitude as to violate the constitutional principles of due process of law and rule of law. These principles are analyzed as parameters for gauging the unconstitutionality of laws in relation to aspects of clarity, coherence and logicality of their wording and structure. Finally, in Chapter 7, the practice of constitutionality control is analyzed on the grounds of Legistics rules.

In the face of a conflict, citizens can follow different ways to solve it. But, how justice is configurated in the conclusion of a specific conflict? what guarantee that the procedure of the mechanism is fair? We can think here in the due process of law; nevertheless, due process of law does not reach all mechanisms of conflict resolution.This paper, therefore, focuses in the study of the role of justice in (i) the procedural scope of judicial process and ADR mechanisms; and in (ii) the conflict resolution generated by them.<br>Ante un conflicto, los ciudadanos pueden seguir diversas vías para dar solución al mismo. Pero, ¿cómo se configura la justicia en la conclusión de un conflicto en específico? ¿qué garantiza que el procedimiento del mecanismo sea uno justo?. Podemos pensar aquí en el debido proceso; no obstante, éste no alcanza a todos los mecanismos de resolución de conflictos.Este artículo, por consiguiente, se enfoca en estudiar cuál es el rol de la justicia en (i) el ámbito procedimental del proceso judicial y de los MARCs; así como en (ii) la resolución al conflicto generada por aquéllos.

Adaptive governance must work "on the ground," that is, it must operate through structures and procedures that the people it governs perceive to be legitimate and fair, as well as incorporating processes and substantive goals that are effective in allowing social-ecological systems (SESs) to adapt to climate change and other impacts. To address the continuing and accelerating alterations that climate change is bringing to SESs, adaptive governance generally will require more flexibility than prior governance institutions have often allowed. However, to function as good governance, adaptive governance must pay real attention to the problem of how to balance this increased need for flexibility with continuing governance stability so that it can foster adaptation to change without being perceived or experienced as perpetually destabilizing, disruptive, and unfair. Flexibility and stability serve different purposes in governance, and a variety of tools exist to strike different balances between them while still preserving the governance institution's legitimacy among the people governed. After reviewing those purposes and the implications of climate change for environmental governance, we examine psychological insights into the structuring of adaptive governance and the variety of legal tools available to incorporate those insights into adaptive governance regimes. Because the substantive goals of governance systems will differ among specific systems, we do not purport to comment on what the normative or substantive goals of law should be. Instead, we conclude that attention to process and procedure (including participation), as well as increased use of substantive standards (instead of rules), may allow an increased level of substantive flexibility to operate with legitimacy and fairness, providing the requisite levels of psychological, social, and economic stability needed for communities to adapt successfully to the Anthropocene.

M. Tech. (Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences), Vaal University of Technology<br>Keywords: organisational justice, procedural justice, distributive justice, interactional justice, organisational citizenship behaviour. The purpose of this study is to investigate employees’ perceptions of organisational justice and their effects on organisational citizenship behaviour. This study advocates that the way employees perceive organisational justice affects their organisational citizenship behaviour in their current organisation. The fact that employees play a central role in the realisation of an organisation’s goals makes it critical for any organisation to have employees who are willing to go beyond what is required of them. In this study, a quantitative research paradigm and an exploratory research method were used to investigate a sample size of 226 employees working at the SAPS Academy, Paarl. In order to minimise the study bias, systematic sampling was used to ensure that the sample accurately reflected the larger population (N=457). Data were collected with the aid of a structured questionnaire and the results of the correlation analysis revealed that all three dimensions of organisational justice are significantly and positively related to organisational citizenship behaviour. Organisational justice also showed a strong predictive relationship with organisational citizenship behaviour. Based on the findings of the empirical survey, it was revealed that if organisational justice practices are implemented appropriately, employees holding key positions may be likely to display more organisational citizenship behaviours. Therefore, it was recommended that, to address negative perceptions of organisational justice, a strategy should be formulated to ensure that employees are treated fairly in terms of the dimensions of organisational justice. It was also recommended that when developing and implementing such a strategy, barriers should be addressed that could:  influence the availability of accurate and complete information for decision making; and  influence the dissemination of information pertaining to job decisions. It is further recommended that rewards programmes be reviewed to ensure that employees will experience fairness when comparing their own payoffs with those of fellow employees and perceive just distributive justice practices. vii The study concludes by recommending that a “Code of good practice – communication policy” be developed that would enable the displaying of social sensitivity and dignified, respectful and acceptable behaviour by employees in a managerial position towards their subordinates. The findings and recommendations of this study are important to employers as they provide crucial information regarding the types of activities organisations could engage in for employees to consider them as acceptable organisational justice practices. Such involvement in acceptable organisational justice activities can improve employees’ organisational citizenship behaviour and reinforce effective and efficient service delivery in their current organisation. The implications for future research indicate that a comparative study testing the differences between different groups based on certain biographical traits, such as gender, marital status, age, educational level, income and length of service in the South African Police Service, is advisable as it would assist in determining how such biographical traits might influence the various dimensions of organisational justice. Furthermore, the study could also be expanded to include a broader national sample within the Division: Human Resource Development and other divisions within the South African Police Service.

In the last years, there is a gradually participation of the Judicial Branch in the Congress competences and functions to supervise and inquire into issues of public interest. As a result, it has questioned the separation of powers principle. In that context, this article focuses on analyzing what the judicial supervision limits of the due process in the procedures before the inquiry commissions in the Congress are.<br>Durante los últimos años se observa una paulatina intervención del Poder Judicial en las competencias y atribuciones del Parlamento para fiscalizar o investigar asuntos de interés público, llegando a cuestionarse el propio principio de separación de poderes. En dicho contexto, el presente artículo busca analizar cuáles son los límites del control judicial del debido proceso sobre los procedimientos que se desarrollan a través de las comisiones de investigación del Congreso de la República.