The federal court system of Brazil has all its organs and competences listed and defined in the Brazilian 1988 Constitution. The
National Justice Council
The National Justice Council ( pt, Conselho Nacional de Justiça ) is an organ of the Brazil
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is an exclusively administrative organ of the federal court system.
Courts
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Supreme Federal Court
The Supreme Federal Court ( pt, Supremo Tribunal Federal, , abbreviated STF) is the supreme court (court of last resort) of Brazil, serving primarily as the Constitutional Court of the country. It is the highest court of law in Brazil for consti ...
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Superior Court of Justice
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Superior Labor Court
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Superior Electoral Court
The Superior Electoral Court ( pt-BR, Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, TSE) is the highest body of the Brazilian Electoral Justice, which also comprises one Regional Electoral Court ( pt-BR, Tribunal Regional Eleitoral, TRE) in each of the 26 states ...
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Superior Military Court
The Judiciary of Brazil is the group of public entities designated by the Brazilian constitution to carry out the country's judicial functions.
Brazil's 1988 constitution has adopted a tripartite separation of powers, with a Legislative power, ...
*Second instance Courts
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Regional Labor Courts Regional Labor Courts ( pt, Tribunais Regionais do Trabalho) are Brazilian appellate courts of the Federal specialized court system for matters of labor law
Labour laws (also known as labor laws or employment laws) are those that mediate the relat ...
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Regional Electoral Courts
Regional Electoral Court ({{Lang-pt, Tribunal Regional Eleitoral) is a level of the electoral court system in Brazil. The regional courts are in charge of elections at the state level.
Responsibilities
The functioning of the regional electoral cou ...
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Regional Federal Courts
The Regional Federal Courts (in Portuguese, ''Tribunais Regionais Federais'', commonly called TRFs) are the courts of appeal of . They represent the second instance courts of the Brazilian Federal Justice system and are responsible not only for ap ...
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Labor Courts
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Electoral Courts
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...
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Federal Courts
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Military Courts
Military justice (also military law) is the legal system (bodies of law and procedure) that governs the conduct of the active-duty personnel of the armed forces of a country. In some nation-states, civil law and military law are distinct b ...
See also
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Judiciary of Brazil
The Judiciary of Brazil is the group of public entities designated by the Brazilian constitution to carry out the country's judicial functions.
Brazil's 1988 constitution has adopted a tripartite separation of powers, with a Legislative power ...
Judiciary of Brazil
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