Lewandowski and USP professors launch a book in Brasília – 03/10/2023 – Mônica Bergamo

The Federal Council of the OAB (Brazilian Bar Association) will host, next Wednesday (15), an event to launch the book “Law, Media and Freedom of Expression: Costs of Democracy” (Latin Quarter).

Organized by professors from the Faculty of Law of USP Ricardo Lewandowski, minister of the STF (Federal Supreme Court), Heleno Torres and Pierpaolo Cruz Bottini, the volume brings a collection of articles by professors who participated in a discipline on the subject given to postgraduate students. -graduation in 2020.

Among the topics discussed in the book are the foundations of democracy, limits to freedom of expression, judicial harassment against journalists, the right to be forgotten and the use of the now extinct national security law.

In the book’s introductory text, the three organizers claim that the media’s interest in the Judiciary strengthens transparency, but criticize the risk of distortions based on a superficial analysis of decisions.

“Public opinion often follows emotional or immediate guidelines, different from time and the criteria of law, and often requires simplistic or short-term responses that antagonize legal precepts or constitutional guarantees.”

The launch event of the work will take place at the headquarters of the Federal Council of OAB, in Brasília, starting at 6 pm.

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