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On 5 October 1988, after an unprecedented political exercise in constitution-making of nearly two years, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies working together as a Constituent Assembly, promulgated a new constitution for Brazil. Including the previous debates and political negotiations, the constitutional discussion lasted for about four years, during which it was the focal point of Brazilian political life.
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© 1996 Javier Martínez-Lara
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Martínez-Lara, J. (1996). Introduction. In: Building Democracy in Brazil. St Antony’s Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24993-0_1
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