A possibilidade do controle judicial da legitimidade ativa nas ações coletivas

Abstract

This work intends to understand the institute of adequate representation and to verify the possibility of judicial control in Brazilian law. For this purpose, a brief analysis of the history of collective actions and of its foundations will be made. After that, the models of active collective legitimacy created by the doctrine will be analyzed, and the principle of adequate representation will be analyzed, demonstrating that judicial control of legitimation serves better the constitutional requirements of a fair process, than the purely legalistic model.