Introduction to Brazilian law / edited by Fabiano Deffenti, Welber Barral.
2011
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Title
Introduction to Brazilian law / edited by Fabiano Deffenti, Welber Barral.
Published
Alphen aan den Rijn : Kluwer Law International, 2011.
Call Number
KHD327 .I58 2011
Former Call Number
Br 300 In82 2011
ISBN
9789041125064 (hbk.)
904112506X (hbk.)
904112506X (hbk.)
Description
xxv, 233 pages ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)463642938
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Record Appears in
Added Author
Table of Contents
List of Authors
vii
List of Abbreviations
xxi
Preface
xxiii
ch. 1
History and Sources of Brazilian Law
1
I.
Brazil in Colonial Times / Celso Campilongo
1
II.
Law and Order during the Monarchy / Celso Campilongo
6
III.
The Beginnings of the Republic / Celso Campilongo
8
IV.
The Vargas Era / Celso Campilongo
9
V.
The Brief and Troubled Democratic Period: 1946 to 1964 / Celso Campilongo
10
VI.
The Military Dictatorship: 1964 to 1984 / Celso Campilongo
11
VII.
The New Republic: From 1985 Onwards / Celso Campilongo
12
Selected Bibliography / Celso Campilongo
14
ch. 2
Constitutional Law / Celso Campilongo
15
I.
The Brazilian Constitutional Experience / Luis Roberto Barroso
15
II.
The Brazilian Constitution of 1988: Convening of the Assembly, Drafting and Structuring of the Text / Luis Roberto Barroso
16
III.
Main Features and General Evaluation / Luis Roberto Barroso
17
A.
The Institutional Success / Luis Roberto Barroso
17
B.
The Structural and Institutional Difficulties / Luis Roberto Barroso
17
IV.
Fundamental Rights / Luis Roberto Barroso
18
V.
The Brazilian Federation / Luis Roberto Barroso
19
VI.
Separation of Powers / Luis Roberto Barroso
20
A.
The Executive Branch / Luis Roberto Barroso
21
B.
The Legislative Branch / Luis Roberto Barroso
22
C.
The Judiciary / Luis Roberto Barroso
24
VII.
Judicial Review / Luis Roberto Barroso
26
VIII.
Conclusion / Luis Roberto Barroso
28
A.
The Burden of the Past / Luis Roberto Barroso
28
B.
Perspectives for the Future / Luis Roberto Barroso
29
Selected Bibliography / Luis Roberto Barroso
29
ch. 3
Administrative Law / Luis Roberto Barroso
31
I.
Introduction / Alves Camargo e Gomes, Manoel Eduardo
31
II.
General Principles of Administrative Law / Alves Camargo e Gomes, Manoel Eduardo
31
A.
Public Administration / Alves Camargo e Gomes, Manoel Eduardo
31
B.
Direct Public Administration / Alves Camargo e Gomes, Manoel Eduardo
33
C.
Indirect Public Administration / Alves Camargo e Gomes, Manoel Eduardo
33
1.
Governmental Agencies / Alves Camargo e Gomes, Manoel Eduardo
33
2.
Public Foundations / Alves Camargo e Gomes, Manoel Eduardo
34
3.
State Companies and Mixed Capital Companies / Alves Camargo e Gomes, Manoel Eduardo
35
4.
Public Consortia / Alves Camargo e Gomes, Manoel Eduardo
36
III.
Administrative Reform: From 1998 Onwards / Alves Camargo e Gomes, Manoel Eduardo
37
A.
Regulatory and Executive Agencies / Alves Camargo e Gomes, Manoel Eduardo
38
B.
Social Organisations / Alves Camargo e Gomes, Manoel Eduardo
40
C.
Public Interest Organisations of Civil Association / Alves Camargo e Gomes, Manoel Eduardo
41
D.
Autonomous Social Services / Alves Camargo e Gomes, Manoel Eduardo
42
IV.
Public Administration in Transition: The National Privatisation Programme / Manoel Eduardo Alves Camargo e Gomes
43
V.
Public Administration in Transformation: Efficiency and Consensual Contract / Alves Camargo e Gomes, Manoel Eduardo
44
Selected Bibliography / Alves Camargo e Gomes, Manoel Eduardo
47
ch. 4
Family and Succession Law / Alves Camargo e Gomes, Manoel Eduardo
49
I.
Introduction / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
49
II.
Family Law / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
50
A.
The Foundations of the Law Concerning Man-Woman Relationships / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
50
B.
Marriage: Capacity, Impediments, Qualification, Proof, Effects and Invalidity / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
51
C.
Matrimonial Property Issues / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
54
1.
Asset Division and Marital Regimes / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
54
2.
Alimony / Claudia Lima Marques, Lucas Lixinski
56
D.
Cohabitation Out of Wedlock / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
57
E.
Termination of Marriage / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
57
F.
Family Law in Relation to Children / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
58
1.
The Basis for the Protection of Children as Vulnerable Beings / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
58
2.
Civil Code Rules and Supplementary Legislation / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
59
a.
Protection of Children / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
59
b.
Filiation / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
59
c.
Recognition of Children / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
60
d.
Adoption / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
60
e.
Administration of a Child's Assets by the Parents / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
62
f.
Guardianship / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
63
g.
Curatorship / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
64
h.
Alimony to Children / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
64
III.
Succession Law / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
65
A.
Attribution of Successor Status / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
65
B.
Legitimate Succession / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
65
C.
Testate Succession / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
66
D.
Succession Proceedings / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
67
1.
Probate / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
67
2.
Asset Division / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
68
Selected Bibliography / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
69
ch. 5
Property Law / Lucas Lixinski Claudia Lima Marques
71
I.
Introduction / José Isaac Pilati
71
II.
Possession / José Isaac Pilati
72
III.
Rights In Rem / José Isaac Pilati
73
A.
Ownership / José Isaac Pilati
73
B.
Neighbourhood Rights / José Isaac Pilati
76
C.
Condominiums / José Isaac Pilati
77
D.
Surface / José Isaac Pilati
77
E.
Servitudes / José Isaac Pilati
77
F.
Usufruct / José Isaac Pilati
78
G.
Promissor Buyers / José Isaac Pilati
79
H.
Pledge, Mortgage and Antichresis / José Isaac Pilati
79
IV.
Fiduciary Conveyance / José Isaac Pilati
82
Selected Bibliography / José Isaac Pilati
83
ch. 6
Contract Law / José Isaac Pilati
85
I.
Introduction / Luciano Benetti Timm
85
II.
Formation and Validity of Contracts / Luciano Benetti Timm
87
A.
Generally / Luciano Benetti Timm
87
B.
Formation of Contracts / Luciano Benetti Timm
88
III.
General Principles of Contract Law / Luciano Benetti Timm
90
A.
The Principle of Freedom of Contract (Freedom of Will) / Luciano Benetti Timm
90
1.
Sub-principle of Sufficiency of Consent / Luciano Benetti Timm
91
2.
Sub-principle of Sanctity of Contract / Luciano Benetti Timm
91
3.
Sub-principle of Privity of Contracts / Luciano Benetti Timm
91
4.
Sub-principle of Incompleteness / Luciano Benetti Timm
91
B.
Principle of Solidarity / Luciano Benetti Timm
92
1.
Sub-principle of Good Faith / Luciano Benetti Timm
92
2.
Sub-principle of Social Function of Contracts / Luciano Benetti Timm
93
3.
Sub-principle of Contractual Fairness / Luciano Benetti Timm
93
IV.
Classification of Contracts / Luciano Benetti Timm
94
A.
Typical and Atypical Contracts / Luciano Benetti Timm
94
B.
Unilateral and Bilateral Contracts / Luciano Benetti Timm
95
C.
Gratuitous and Onerous Contracts / Luciano Benetti Timm
95
D.
Commutative and Risk Contracts / Luciano Benetti Timm
96
E.
Consensual, Formal and Real Contracts / Luciano Benetti Timm
96
F.
Instant, Deferred and Long-Term Contracts / Luciano Benetti Timm
96
G.
Standard Contract Forms/Contracts of Adhesion / Luciano Benetti Timm
97
1.
Concept / Luciano Benetti Timm
97
2.
Characteristics / Luciano Benetti Timm
97
3.
Interpretation and Regulation / Luciano Benetti Timm
98
V.
Assignment of Contractual Rights and Obligations / Luciano Benetti Timm
98
A.
Generally / Luciano Benetti Timm
98
B.
Assignment of Credits / Luciano Benetti Timm
98
C.
Assumption of Debt / Luciano Benetti Timm
99
D.
Assignment of Contractual Position / Luciano Benetti Timm
100
VI.
Interpretation of Contracts / Luciano Benetti Timm
100
VII.
Termination of Contracts / Luciano Benetti Timm
101
A.
Termination by Performance / Luciano Benetti Timm
101
B.
Nullity and Avoidance / Luciano Benetti Timm
101
C.
Unilateral and Bilateral Termination / Luciano Benetti Timm
101
D.
Dissolution / Luciano Benetti Timm
102
E.
Termination by Excessive Onerousness / Luciano Benetti Timm
103
VIII.
Preventing Contract Termination / Luciano Benetti Timm
103
Selected Bibliography / Luciano Benetti Timm
104
ch. 7
Civil Liability / Luciano Benetti Timm
105
I.
Introduction / Cláudio Filkenstein
105
II.
Application / Cláudio Filkenstein
106
A.
The Obligation to Repair / Cláudio Filkenstein
106
B.
Causation / Cláudio Filkenstein
106
C.
Return to the Status Quo Ante / Cláudio Filkenstein
107
D.
Illicit Acts / Cláudio Filkenstein
107
E.
Damages Inflicted on Property / Cláudio Filkenstein
107
III.
Civil versus Criminal Damages / Cláudio Filkenstein
108
IV.
Contractual, Extra-Contractual, and Consumer-Related Liability / Cláudio Filkenstein
109
V.
Professionals' Liability / Cláudio Filkenstein
110
Selected Bibliography / Cláudio Filkenstein
110
ch. 8
Corporate and Insolvency Law / Cláudio Filkenstein
113
I.
Introduction / Fabiano Deffenti
113
II.
Enterprises and Partnerships / Fabiano Deffenti
114
A.
Partnerships (Sociedades) / Fabiano Deffenti
114
B.
Sole Traders (Empresários) / Fabiano Deffenti
115
C.
Personified and Non-personified Partnerships / Fabiano Deffenti
116
1.
Non-personified Partnerships / Fabiano Deffenti
116
a.
Partnerships in Common (sociedades em comum) / Fabiano Deffenti
116
b.
Partnerships in Participation (sociedades em conta de participação) / Fabiano Deffenti
117
2.
Personified Partnerships / Fabiano Deffenti
118
a.
Simple Partnerships (sociedades simples) / Fabiano Deffenti
118
b.
Partnerships in a Joint Name (sociedades em home coletivo) / Fabiano Deffenti
118
c.
Simple Commanditaire Partnerships (sociedades em comandita simples) / Fabiano Deffenti
119
d.
Limited Liability Partnerships (sociedades limitadas) / Fabiano Deffenti
119
e.
Corporations (sociedades anônimas) / Fabiano Deffenti
120
f.
Commanditaire Share Partnerships (sociedades em comandita por ações) / Fabiano Deffenti
129
g.
Cooperative Partnerships (sociedades cooperativas) / Fabiano Deffenti
129
D.
Branch Offices of Foreign Entities / Fabiano Deffenti
129
E.
Brazilian-Argentine Bi-National Companies / Fabiano Deffenti
129
F.
Stock Exchange / Fabiano Deffenti
130
G.
Registries / Fabiano Deffenti
130
1.
Companies Registries (Juntas Comerciais) / Fabiano Deffenti
130
2.
Civil Registries of Legal Persons (Registros Civis de Pessoas Juddicas) / Fabiano Deffenti
131
III.
Insolvency / Fabiano Deffenti
131
A.
Judicial Recovery (Recuperação Judicial) / Fabiano Deffenti
131
B.
Non-judicial Recovery (Recuperação Extrajudicial) / Fabiano Deffenti
134
C.
Bankruptcy (Falência) / Fabiano Deffenti
134
Selected Bibliography / Fabiano Deffenti
136
ch. 9
Taxation Law / Fabiano Deffenti
139
I.
Tax Law in the Brazilian Constitution / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
139
II.
The National Tax Code and General Taxation Rules / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
140
III.
Taxation on Industry, Trade and Services / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
142
A.
Income Tax on Legal Entities and Social Contribution on the Net Profits / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
142
B.
Excise Tax and State Tax on the Sale of Goods and Services / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
143
1.
Non-accumulation / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
143
2.
Selectivity / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
144
C.
PIS and Cofins (Employees' Profit Participation Program and Contribution for Social Security Financing) / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
144
D.
Services Tax / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
145
IV.
Taxation on Foreign Trade / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
146
A.
Import Tax and Export Tax / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
146
B.
Export Tax / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
146
C.
IPI on Imports / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
147
D.
ICMS on Imports / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
147
E.
PIS and COFINS on Imports (PIS-Importação and COFINS-Importação) / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
148
V.
Selected Taxes on Property and Assets / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
148
A.
Tax over Buildings and Land / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
148
B.
Rural Land Tax / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
149
C.
Intervivos Real Estate Transfer Tax / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
150
Selected Bibliography / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
150
ch. 10
Labour Law / Cristiano Carvalho Eurico Marcos Diniz de Santi
153
I.
Sources of Labour Law / Estêvão Mallet
153
II.
Scope of Application of Labour Law / Estêvão Mallet
154
A.
Governing Law / Estêvão Mallet
154
B.
The Contract of Employment / Estêvão Mallet
155
C.
The Employer / Estêvão Mallet
157
D.
The Employee / Estêvão Mallet
158
E.
Work Hours / Estêvão Mallet
159
F.
Night Work / Estêvão Mallet
160
G.
Breaks / Estêvão Mallet
161
H.
Weekly Day of Rest / Estêvão Mallet
161
I.
Vacation / Estêvão Mallet
162
J.
Payment of Employees / Estêvão Mallet
163
K.
Additional Pay / Estêvão Mallet
164
L.
Equal Pay / Estêvão Mallet
165
M.
Protection of Salary Rights / Estêvão Mallet
166
N.
Change in Working Conditions / Estêvão Mallet
167
O.
Unemployment Compensation Fund (Fundo De Garantia Do Tempo De Serviço) / Estêvão Mallet
168
P.
Termination of Employment Contract / Estêvão Mallet
169
Q.
Termination Notice / Estêvão Mallet
170
R.
Good Cause (Justa Causa) / Estêvão Mallet
171
S.
Job Tenure / Estêvão Mallet
173
T.
Non-competition Obligation / Estêvão Mallet
174
III.
Workers and Employers' Organisations / Estêvão Mallet
175
A.
Establishment of Workers' and Employers' Organisations / Estêvão Mallet
175
B.
Structure and Revenue of Workers' and Employers' Organisations / Estêvão Mallet
176
C.
Collective Bargaining / Estêvão Mallet
177
D.
Right to Strike / Estêvão Mallet
178
IV.
Resolution of Labour Disputes / Estêvão Mallet
179
A.
Labour Courts / Estêvão Mallet
179
B.
Hierarchy of Labour Courts / Estêvão Mallet
180
C.
Labour Court Procedure / Estêvão Mallet
181
Selected Bibliography / Estêvão Mallet
182
ch. 11
Civil Procedure and Arbitration / Estêvão Mallet
183
I.
Civil Procedure in Brazil and the Federal Constitution of 1988 / Welber Barral Rafael Bicca Machado
183
II.
The Code of Civil Procedure / Welber Barral Rafael Bicca Machado
184
III.
The Three Main Forms of Legal Proceedings: Recognition Proceedings, Enforcement Proceedings and Preventive Injunctions / Welber Barral Rafael Bicca Machado
185
A.
Recognition Proceedings / Welber Barral Rafael Bicca Machado
185
B.
Preventive Injunctions Proceedings (Processo Cautelar) / Welber Barral Rafael Bicca Machado
188
C.
Enforcement Proceedings (Processo de Execução) / Welber Barral Rafael Bicca Machado
189
IV.
Special Proceedings / Welber Barral Rafael Bicca Machado
192
V.
The Brazilian Appellate System / Welber Barral Rafael Bicca Machado
193
A.
General Appellate Principles / Welber Barral Rafael Bicca Machado
193
B.
Types of Appeals / Welber Barral Rafael Bicca Machado
194
1.
Appeal on the Merits (recurso de apelação) / Welber Barral Rafael Bicca Machado
194
2.
Appeal of a Decision on a Matter Other Than the Merits of the Case (recurso de agravo) / Welber Barral Rafael Bicca Machado
196
3.
Appeal Requesting Clarification of the Decision (Embargos De Declaração) / Welber Barral Rafael Bicca Machado
197
4.
Appeals to the STF and the STJ / Welber Barral Rafael Bicca Machado
198
VI.
Special Statutes Regulating Civil Procedure / Welber Barral Rafael Bicca Machado
199
VII.
Arbitration / Welber Barral Rafael Bicca Machado
200
A.
Introduction / Welber Barral Rafael Bicca Machado
200
B.
Changes Brought about by the Arbitration Law / Welber Barral Rafael Bicca Machado
200
Selected Bibliography / Welber Barral Rafael Bicca Machado
203
ch. 12
Criminal Law and Procedure / Welber Barral Rafael Bicca Machado
205
I.
Basic Principles of Brazilian Criminal Law / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
205
A.
Principle of Legality / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
205
B.
Principle of Criminal Liability / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
206
C.
Principle of Human Dignity / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
206
D.
Principle of Criminal Sanctions / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
206
E.
Principle of Minimum Punishment / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
207
F.
Principle of Exclusive Protection of Legal Interests / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
207
G.
Principle of Proportionality and the De Minimis Doctrine / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
207
II.
Brief Comments about Brazilian Criminal Law / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
208
III.
Elements of the Offences (Tipicidade Penal) and Unlawfulness / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
209
A.
The 'Tipicidade Penal' and the Subjective Element of the Conduct / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
209
B.
Unlawfulness and the Reasons for Its Exclusion / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
210
C.
Merger of Crimes / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
211
D.
Criminal Sanctions in the Brazilian Legal System / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
211
E.
Causes of Termination of Sanctions / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
212
IV.
Constitutional Guarantees Related To Criminal Procedure / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
213
A.
Due Process of Law / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
214
B.
No Court or Tribunal of Exception / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
214
C.
Adversary System / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
214
D.
Full Defence / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
215
E.
Prohibition of the Use of Evidence Obtained through Unlawful Means / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
215
F.
Presumption of Innocence / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
216
G.
Written Reasons and Publicity of All Court Decisions / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
216
V.
Criminal Investigation / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
217
VI.
Freedom and Imprisonment / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
218
VII.
Classification of Criminal Proceedings / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
220
A.
Criminal Proceedings: Obligations and Consensual Justice / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
221
B.
General Characteristics and Types of Proceedings / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
221
VIII.
Appeals and Other Means of Challenging Decisions Related To Criminal Matters / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
222
IX.
Enforcement of Criminal Punishments / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
224
Selected Bibliography / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
224
Index / Antônio Sérgio Altieri de Moraes Pitombo
227