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Democracy in Crisis: Constitutional Law, Disinformation, and the Reconstruction of the Public Sphere

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Northon Salomao de Oliveira

Reported year

2026

Reported language

en

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preprint

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Democracy in Crisis: Constitutional Law, Disinformation, and the Reconstruction of the Public Sphere What happens when the institutions that measure the will of the people no longer reflect reality? In Democracy in Crisis, jurist Northon Salomão de Oliveira argues that the greatest constitutional challenge of the digital age is not simply disinformation, but the growing distance between democratic institutions and the reality they claim to represent. Elections, courts, journalism, public debate, and even legal doctrine increasingly rely on assumptions shaped for a world that no longer exists. Using the powerful metaphor of an old family barometer that continues to offer confident readings long after it has drifted out of calibration, the book introduces the concept of the "calibration gap": the widening divide between the apparent reliability of democratic institutions and their actual capacity to capture informed collective judgment in an environment dominated by algorithmic amplification, synthetic media, and personalized information ecosystems. Blending constitutional law, legal philosophy, political theory, behavioral economics, psychology, and technology studies, the book examines how social media platforms, artificial intelligence, and algorithmic ranking systems have transformed the architecture of public discourse. Drawing on thinkers including Kelsen, Hart, Fuller, Dworkin, Hume, Raz, Alexy, Finnis, and Habermas, it offers an original interdisciplinary framework for understanding how constitutional democracies can preserve legitimacy without sacrificing freedom of expression. Rather than defending nostalgia for an idealized public sphere or advocating sweeping censorship, Democracy in Crisis proposes a more demanding project: the continuous recalibration of democratic institutions through transparency, procedural integrity, evidentiary reform, and constitutional adaptation. Provocative, rigorous, and deeply human, this book invites readers to reconsider one of the defining questions of the twenty-first century: If democracy depends on trustworthy instruments of public judgment, who ensures that those instruments still measure the sky instead of merely pointing at it? Constitutional Law Democracy Disinformation Artificial Intelligence Freedom of Expression Algorithmic Governance Public Sphere Constitutional Law, Democracy, Democratic Governance, Democratic Institutions, Constitutional Democracy, Disinformation, Misinformation, Information Disorder, Public Sphere, Digital Democracy, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Speech, Artificial Intelligence, AI Governance, Algorithmic Governance, Algorithmic Amplification, Social Media, Digital Platforms, Online Platforms, Constitutional Theory, Legal Philosophy, Rule of Law, Human Rights, Electoral Integrity, Election Law, Constitutional Rights, Democratic Legitimacy, Public Trust, Civic Trust, Institutional Trust, Constitutional Reform, Digital Constitutionalism, Platform Regulation, Content Moderation, Deepfakes, Synthetic Media, Digital Evidence, Evidence Law, Behavioral Economics, Cognitive Bias, Political Communication, Political Philosophy, Political Polarization, Populism, Algorithmic Transparency, Transparency, Accountability, Constitutional Justice, Jurisprudence, Democratic Resilience, Information Integrity, Epistemic Democracy, Collective Judgment, Public Reason, Constitutional Governance, AI Ethics, Technology Regulation, Digital Society, Civic Participation, Democratic Theory, Constitutional Interpretation, Legal Institutions, Governance, Institutional Design, Public Policy, Democracy and Technology, Constitutional Crisis, Digital Rights, Law and Technology, Democratic Reconstruction, Constitutional Governance Theory

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https://openalex.org/W7171130417

DOI

10.5281/zenodo.21558185

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