Editing Politics of Brazil (section)

==Constitution==
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[[File:Supremo Brasil.jpg|thumb|[[Supreme Federal Court]]]]

Brazil has had seven [[constitution]]s:

* [[Brazilian Constitution of 1824|Constitution of 1824]] – the first Brazilian constitution, enacted by [[Pedro I of Brazil|Emperor Pedro I]]. It was monarchic, hereditary, and highly centralized, permitting suffrage only to property-holders.
* [[Brazilian Constitution of 1891|Constitution of 1891]] – the republic was proclaimed in 1889, but a new constitution was not promulgated until 1891. This federalist, democratic constitution was heavily influenced by the U.S. model. However, women and illiterates were not permitted to vote.
* [[Brazilian Constitution of 1934|Constitution of 1934]] – when [[Getúlio Vargas]] came to power in 1930, he canceled the 1891 constitution and did not permit a new one until 1934. The [[Constitutionalist Revolution]] of 1932 forced Vargas to enact a new democratic constitution that permitted women's suffrage. Getúlio Vargas was indirectly elected president by the Constitutional Assembly to a four-year term, beginning in 1933.
* [[Brazilian Constitution of 1937|Constitution of 1937]] – Getúlio Vargas suppressed a Communist uprising in 1935 and two years later (November 10, 1937) used it as a pretext to establish autocratic rule. He instituted a corporatist constitution nicknamed ''the Polish,'' (because it was said to have been inspired by a Polish constitution), written by [[Francisco Campos (lawyer)|Francisco Campos]].
* [[History of the Constitution of Brazil|Constitution of 1946]] – in October, 1945, with World War II over, a civil-military coup ousted dictatorial Getúlio Vargas, an Assembly wrote a democratic constitution.
* [[History of the Constitution of Brazil|Constitution of 1967]] – after the 1964 coup d'État against [[João Goulart]], the military dictatorship passed the ''Institutional Acts'', a supraconstitutional law. This strongly undemocratic constitution simply incorporated these Acts.
* [[Constitution of Brazil|Constitution of 1988]] – the current constitution, drafted in the process of redemocratization. It is marked by a reaction to the military dictatorship, guaranteeing individual rights, it is also more expansive than a typical constitution – many statutory acts in other countries are written into this constitution, like Social Security and taxes.