The new erga omnes normative standard instituted by “Car Wash”

Operation “car wash”, for sure, meant a radical change in the way Brazilian criminal Justice Works. The less lenient treatment with those investigated, the recurrent appeal against preventive prison and the broad use of plea bargaining may be its most outstanding features. In a society outworn by corruption, the popular support to the operation was […]

Bench warrant: by jabuticaba’s requiem

Courts still refrain from analyzing the issue. Supreme Court must manifest Much has already been said about bench warrant. And, after the commotion caused by the police conduction of a former president, it may seem like everything has been said. There were no shortage of articles by the most distinguished and renowned jurists to debate, […]

Virtual trial is another step to “monocratize” courts

Law can be at its own pace. For many, slow. But the technology, even in Judiciary Branch, always moves quickly. And, indeed, the Judiciary Branch has changed – from the form of making available the procedural progress until the own case records, that ceased to exist in paper to only exist in computers and software. […]