ALEXANDRE FONSECA
Alexandre Fonseca is an attorney and independent legal researcher whose work focuses on Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Legal Theory, and the study of the relationships among power, legal interpretation, legitimacy, and institutional limits. His intellectual work adopts an interdisciplinary perspective devoted to examining structures of power, interpretive processes, and the legal and institutional mechanisms designed to constrain them.
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
An attorney with more than sixteen years of legal experience, he has developed his professional career across different areas of law, with particular experience in Constitutional and Administrative Law, public procurement, government contracts, and legal issues involving the exercise and limits of public power.
His legal background is complemented by interdisciplinary studies and ongoing education in Civil Engineering, broadening his perspective on institutional, regulatory, administrative, and technical matters.
RESEARCH AND INTELLECTUAL WORK
His scholarly work focuses on the relationships among law, power, authority, interpretation, and constitutional limits, with particular interest in the institutional mechanisms designed to constrain the exercise of power.
É autor da teoria do LEGAL NARCISISM, desenvolvida como proposta de investigação do comportamento institucional do poder e dos fenômenos relacionados à expansão da autoridade interpretativa para além dos limites estabelecidos pelo próprio ordenamento jurídico.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Constitutional Law • Legal Theory • Power and Authority • Legal Interpretation • Institutional Limits • Legitimacy • Rule of Law • Legal Narcissism
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
His books, articles, and essays form part of a broader intellectual project devoted to the critical examination of the legal and institutional structures of power, bringing together legal, historical, and interdisciplinary research.