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New Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure is approved by President Dilma Roussef

This post was written by Marisa Harms, editorial director of editorial label Revista dos Tribunais, Thomson Reuters. The full article can be found in Portuguese below the English version. After six years pending in Congress, on March 16, 2015, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff approved a new Code of Civil Procedure (Código de Processo Civil, CPC), …

  • May 4, 2015
  • Susan Martin

“Closed condominiums” in the face of constitutional division of powers in Brazil

This article was written by guest author Victor Carvalho Pinto*. This is part of a series of opinion articles that were originally published in Última Instância in Brazil. The original Portuguese version can be found below.    Urban expansion through horizontal condominiums, composed of private lots for private use and common areas reserved for shared use among the …

  • January 2, 2015
  • Susan Martin

The combat of epidemics and “homogeneous individual rights” in Brazil

This article was written by guest author Gustavo Osna, member of the Nucleus of Civil Procedural Comparative Law (UFPR), attorney, and professor of graduate and specialized courses at Federal University of Paraná State in Brazil. This is part of a series of opinion articles that were originally published in Última Instância in Brazil. The original Portuguese version can be …

  • December 22, 2014
  • Susan Martin

The criminalization of homophobia in Brazil

This article was written by guest author Maria Berenice Dias, attorney; president of the Commission of Sexual Diversity of the Federal Counsel of the OAB [Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (Brazilian Bar Association)]; national vice-president of the IBDFAM [Instituto Brasileiro de Direito de Família (Brazilian Institute of Family Law)]; and author of several works under the …

  • December 9, 2014
  • Susan Martin

The vulnerability of LGBTI persons in Brazil

This article was written by guest author Maria Berenice Dias, attorney; president of the Commission of Sexual Diversity of the Federal Counsel of the OAB [Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (Brazilian Bar Association)]; national vice-president of the IBDFAM [Instituto Brasileiro de Direito de Família (Brazilian Institute of Family Law)]; and author of several works under the …

  • December 2, 2014
  • Susan Martin

The Civil Rights Framework for the Internet in Brazil

This article was written by guest authors Fabiano Del Masso, Juliana Abrusio and Marco Aurélio Florêncio Filho*. This is part of a series of opinion articles that originated in Brazil, so the original Portuguese version can be found below.  The Civil Rights Framework for the Internet in Brazil, dealt with by Law no. 12.965/2014, comes into force …

  • August 26, 2014
  • Susan Martin

The Pre-Salt auction and contracts

This article was written by guest author Cesar A. Guimarães Pereira.* This is part of a series of opinion articles that originated in Brazil, so the original Portuguese version can be found below.  The auction of the First Pre-Salt Round (area from the Libra block) which occurred on October 21, 2013, sparked discussion about the exploration model …

  • April 2, 2014
  • Susan Martin

On the Bill for a new Civil Proceedings Code

This article was written by guest author Teresa Arruda Alvim Wambier.* This is part of a series of opinion articles that originated in Brazil, so the original Portuguese version can be found below.  Three observations are necessary before starting to properly address the Bill for a new Civil Proceedings Code (CPC) [1]. The first of these is …

  • March 27, 2014
  • Susan Martin

Pizzolato may never return to Brazil to complete sentence

This article was written by guest author Valério de Oliveira Mazzuoli.* This is the first in a series of opinion articles that originated in Brazil, so the original Portuguese version can be found below.  The flight by Henrique Pizzolato to Italy is generating speculation from all quarters, especially those who don’t have in-depth knowledge of the rules that …

  • March 21, 2014
  • Susan Martin

Eagan, Minn. campus hosts visitor from Brazil

Last Friday, a Twin Cities-based Reuters journalist, David Bailey, sat down with a television reporter from southern Brazil, Mayra Pereira Chagas, who was touring our Eagan facility as part of the 2011 Rotary International Group Study Exchange, hosted by the Eagan Rotary. Over quiche, salad and flourless chocolate torte, the two discussed their profession, and …

  • April 28, 2011
  • Susan Martin
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