Ação popular como instrumento de defesa da moralidade administrativa

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze and present the popular action institute present in CF / 1988, as well as in other legal norms related to it - more specifically in the defense of administrative morality with emphasis on the combat and control of acts that offend administrative morality - highlighting its importance as a mechanism of social control, an instrument of political participation, as well as a defense of the preservation and conservation of diffuse and collective interests. It also seeks to clarify through bibliographical, jurisprudential and normative research about its evolution in the historical context to the present day, its relationship with the principle of administrative morality since the advent of CF / 1988 - when it became an important tool for better management of public problems - as well as their applicability in the Brazilian judicial system. Therefore, the administrator must, in accordance with the principle of administrative morality, in addition to following what the law determines, base his conduct on common morality, doing what is best and most useful to the public interest.