This brief addendum on Rubin focuses more particularly on its insolvency aspects. As Justice Handley has noted, the judgment of Lord Collins gives the quietus to the burgeoning doctrine of "modified" universalism which had held sway since the opinion in the Privy Council of Lord Hoffmann in...

Not withstanding the positive social implications to diminish the country's housing deficit and stimulate labor demand in the civil construction area, this study proposes to evaluate the specific government aspect as manager of a fully funded program destined unemployment compensation (Fundo de...