In this paper, we discuss new data on party affiliations within ministries to characterize party-political appointments in high- and mid-level bureaucracy, from 1999 to 2018. We argue that party cleavages within these organizational structures are significant and, to analyze the variation...

In this paper, we discuss new data on party affiliations within ministries to characterize party-political appointments in high- and mid-level bureaucracy, from 1999 to 2018. We argue that party cleavages within these organizational structures are significant and, to analyze the variation...

Portuguese Abstract: A metodologia comumente adotada durante as fases de criação e desenvolvimento empresarial compreendida como gestão dos riscos leva em consideração inúmeros fatores que fazem parte do planejamento e execução de atividades do dia-a-dia da empresa. Dentre essa e outras...

Spanish Abstract: Este artículo reseña miradas actuales al tema de la globalización como desarrollismo y dependencia en el marco de la lógica contemporánea y desde el marco del tema de la identidad en América Latina. La tesis propuesta parte de la afirmación que uno de los problemas...

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...

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...

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...

Portuguese Abstract: Nos últimos anos, verificou-se no cenário mundial uma onda crescente de alterações legislativas voltadas a proteger a igualdade e a situação patrimonial dos cônjuges. Neste cenário e considerada a mudança do papel das mulheres na sociedade, o Código Civil...

Portuguese Abstract: A presente obra foi concebida no âmbito do projeto de pesquisa “Desafios contemporâneos da justiça administrativa”, vinculado ao Núcleo de Pesquisas do Poder Judiciário - Nupej, da Pró-reitoria de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa e Inovação – Proppi da Universidade...