Internet como esfera pública global e o papel atual dos parlamentos no processo legislativo

Abstract

The popularization of the Information and Communication Technologies brought deep changes in many areas of society. From the market to the public institutions, these signifi cant and recent behavioral modifi cations has been dividing opinions and hopes in the overcoming of the current limitations imposed to social interactions without these technologies. Talking about the political representation and the expression of the democratic values it is not diff erent. It splits opinions about the present and the future in 38 regards of political will and the exercise of popular sovereignty. Th is work starts fi rst on a brief analysis on the concept of public sphere to inquire the possibilities of the Internet to be considered a true vehicle for the achievement of a global public sphere. Later, it is confronted with the problem of the current structure of the Net, more and more based in private interests, what imposes theoretical and practical challenges to the achievement of a true democratic environment. Finally, all this concepts are used to face the problem about the current role of parliaments in the legislative process in the functioning of the contemporary democracy.

Keywords

• Internet
• Law
• democracy
• public sphere
• parliament
• legislative process