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Parental Rights and Judicial Urgency: The Bonta Decision in Comparative Perspective

Igor De Lazari, a PhD candidate at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a state judge; and Antonio G. Sepulveda, professor of law at Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) and at the Fluminense Federal University, discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Mirabelli v. Bonta regarding parental rights in public education, drawing extensive structural and substantive parallels to recent constitutional jurisprudence from the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court.