The Supreme Federal Court is the supreme court of Brazil,serving primarily as the Constitutional Court of the country. It is the highest court of law in Brazil for constitutional issues and its rulings cannot be appealed. On cases involving exclusively non-constitutional issues,regarding federal laws,the highest court is,by rule,the Superior Court of Justice.
The Superior Electoral Court is the highest body of the Brazilian Electoral Justice,which also comprises one Regional Electoral Court in each of the 26 states and the Federal District of the country,as determined by the Article 118 of the Constitution of Brazil.
The Order of Attorneys of Brazil (National Bar Association of Brazil) (Portuguese:Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil) is the Brazilian Bar Association,founded in 1930. It is an organization of lawyers and responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in the country. Its national headquarters are in Brasília,Federal District. The OAB has 1,065,304 lawyers (2018).. This number rose to 1,211,309 as of early 2021.
The Superior Court of Justice is the highest appellate court in Brazil for non-constitutional questions of federal law. The STJ also has original jurisdiction over some cases. Its competence is described in Article 105 of the Brazilian Constitution of 1988.
Joaquim Benedito Barbosa Gomes is a former Justice of the Supreme Federal Court in Brazil. He served as the president of the court between 2012 and 2014.
Nelson Azevedo Jobim is a Brazilian jurist,politician and businessman. He held the positions as congressman,Minister of Justice,Minister of Defense,Minister of the Supreme Federal Court (STF),where he was also president between 2004 and 2006. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors and responsible for Institutional Relations and Compliance Policies at BTG Pactual Bank.
The National Council of Justice (CNJ) is an administrative and oversight organ of the Brazilian Judiciary created by constitutional amendment in 2004 as a part of judicial reform. Among its responsibilities are ensuring that the judicial system remains autonomous,conducting disciplinary proceedings against members of the Judiciary,and compiling and publishing statistics on the Brazilian court system. The Council has nationwide jurisdiction over all courts except the Supreme Federal Court,but makes no rulings on cases and does not review judgements of other courts. Its fifteen members are chosen by the Supreme Federal Court for two-year terms.
Gilmar Ferreira Mendes is a Brazilian Justice of the Supremo Tribunal Federal,appointed by then President Fernando Henrique Cardoso in 2002. Mendes was the Chief Justice of the Court for the 2008–2010 term. Earlier,he had been the Attorney General from 2000 to 2002.
The Judiciary of Brazil is the group of public entities designated by the Brazilian constitution to carry out the country's judicial functions.
Luiz Fux is a Brazilian judge and the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Federal Court. He is of Romanian Jewish descent,and the first Jewish Brazilian member of the Court. He was previously a minister of the Superior Court of Justice before assuming his position at the Supreme Court.
Marco Aurélio Mendes de Farias Mello is a Brazilian former justice of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil,appointed to the position by his cousin,former President of Brazil Fernando Collor de Mello.
Carlos Augusto Ayres de Freitas Britto is a Brazilian jurist and was a Justice of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil. He was appointed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and served from June 25,2003,to November 16,2012,when he faced mandatory retirement upon reaching the age of 70.
The Federal Government of Brazil is the national government of the Federative Republic of Brazil,a republic in South America divided into 26 states and a federal district. The Brazilian federal government is divided into three branches:the executive,which is headed by the President and the cabinet;the legislative,whose powers are vested by the Constitution in the National Congress;and the judiciary,whose powers are vested in nine organs,including the Supreme Federal Court and lower federal courts. The seat of the federal government is located in Brasília.
Lei da Ficha Limpa or Complementary Law no. 135 of 2010 is a Brazilian act that amended the Conditions of Ineligibility Act. It was the fourth bill proposed by direct people's initiative as law in Brazil. It was devised by Judge Marlon Reis and received about 1.3 million signatures before being submitted to the National Congress. The act makes a candidate who has been impeached,has resigned to avoid impeachment,or been convicted by a decision of a collective body ineligible to hold public office for eight years,even if possible appeals remain.
Luís Roberto Barroso is a Brazilian law professor,jurist,Justice of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil,having been nominated to the position by President Dilma Rousseff in 2013,and,since 25 May 2020,Barroso has also served as President of the Superior Electoral Court.
Paulo Brossard de Souza Pinto was a Brazilian jurist and politician. Born in Bagé,Rio Grande do Sul,he graduated in Law and served several terms as a parliamentarian in his state and in the National Congress as well. He also was a member of the Supreme Federal Court and the Superior Electoral Court of Brazil.
JoséAntonio Dias Toffoli is a Brazilian lawyer who has been a member of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil since 2009,nominated by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Toffoli was the president of the Supreme Federal Court for the 2018–20 term.
Luiz Edson Fachin is a Brazilian jurist and lawyer. On June 16,2015,he became a justice of the Supreme Federal Court. Before that,he was a professor of civil law of the Federal University of Paraná(UFPR).
Victor Nunes Leal was a Brazilian jurist,Minister of the Supreme Federal Court and professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).
Kássio Nunes Marques is a Brazilian magistrate,currently a Justice at the Supreme Federal Court.
