The Constitution Prevision and the Autonomy of Religious Law in Brazil

Abstract

The present work aims to shed light on the parameters that make Religious Law an autonomous branch of Law. Through bibliographic, descriptive, and investiga-tive research of the Brazilian Legal System, the importance dispensed to religiosity and belief by the Brazilian Constitution and by infraconstitutional legislation is demonstrat-ed and so is the consequent autonomy of the area of law that regulates the relationships of the faithful and the church in society, especially in guaranteeing their rights.