The present work aims to analyze characteristics of home entries in criminal proceedings involving drug crimes, in order to determine whether home policing, within the context of drug policies, selectively or geographically segregates defendants who face the criminal justice system. Based on...

Portuguese Abstract: Diante da pandemia de COVID-19, o Governo do Distrito Federal expediu o Decreto n° 40.939/2020 com medidas para a prevenção e contenção do vírus. Este trabalho se propõe a analisar o artigo 11 do referido Decreto, segundo o qual será considerado abuso de poder...

The present work aims to analyze characteristics of home entries in criminal proceedings involving drug crimes, in order to determine whether home policing, within the context of drug policies, selectively or geographically segregates defendants who face the criminal justice system. Based on...

In this paper we compare the costs of two regulatory policies about the entry of new firms. We consider an incumbent firm that has more information about the market demand than the regulator. Then, the incumbent firm can use this advantage to persuade the regulator to make entry more difficult....

The 2015 Civil Code of Procedure (Law 13.105) entailed extensive changes in the system of civil appeals in Brazil but, after more than seven years of its enactment, there hasn't been any empirical assessment regarding the impacts of the procedural reform on the propensity to appeal in civil...

This paper exploits the diversity of panels at the court of appeals in the state of Sao Paulo to address the role of career backgrounds and ideology in shaping the response of judicial decisions to a major criminal reform, enacted under Law 12,403/2011, which tightens the requirements for...

Federal Statute no 13.147, enacted by National Congress in July 13th, 2017, altered extensively the Brazilian Labour Code. Several of the alterations were justified under the need to solve legal certainty issues, that allegedly caused excessive labour litigation. In the same direction, changes...

Portuguese Abstract: O texto comenta os princípios fundamentais e regras gerais da cooperação jurídica internacional que constam da Proposta de Código Modelo para Ibero-América, do Instituto Ibero-Americano de Direito Processual

Portuguese Abstract: O texto aborda o tema “demandas repetitivas na Justiça Federal: possíveis soluções processuais e gerenciais” a partir dos princípios e regras gerais consagrados no Código Modelo de Processos Administrativos – Judicial e Extrajudicial – para Ibero-América,...

This paper exploits the diversity of panels at the court of appeals in the state of Sao Paulo to address the role of career backgrounds and ideology in shaping the response of judicial decisions to a major criminal reform, enacted under Law 12,403/2011, which tightens the requirements for...