O poder da representação

a relação entre Executivo e Legislativo na política imperial de meados do século XIX

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze two specific moments of the Brazilian political
dynamics in the middle of Nineteenth century: the debates about the
emancipation of the Paraná province, in 1843; and the debates about Amazon
River steam navigation, in 1853. Starting from the fact that the relationship
between Executive and Legislative powers throughout this debates was not
based in a parliamentary automatic submission to the determinations and
orders previously sent by ministers, the need to rethink the political process
in the Empire of Brazil on a new basis is proposed, one which grant greater
importance to Parliament in formulation and adoption of very important
decisions for the nation as a whole.