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Headquarters of the Regional Federal Court for the Third Region, in São Paulo. The Regional Federal Courts (in Portuguese, Tribunais Regionais Federais, commonly called TRFs) are the courts of appeal in the Federal Courts of Brazil [], the second instance courts of the Brazilian federal justice system, responsible not only for appeals of trial court decisions, but also for writs of security ...
Court of Justice of São Paulo; Tribunal de Justiça de São Paulo: Established: 3 February 1874; 150 years ago () Jurisdiction: São Paulo: Authorised by: 1989 State Constitution of São Paulo: Appeals to: Superior Court of Justice: Website: www.tjsp.jus.br: President; Currently: Fernando Torres Garcia: Since: 8 January 2024
This is a list of ministers of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) of Brazil since its foundation as Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (Supreme Justice Court) the highest Brazilian court during the imperial period (1822–1889). Supremo Tribunal de Justiça – Brazilian Empire Name Provínce/State of origin Adriano José Leal Portugal Adriano José Leal Filho Bahia Afonso Artur de Almeida Albuquerque ...
Rio de Janeiro. Rousseff: 57 3 March 2011 26 April 2028 Prosecutor of Public Prosecutor's Office of Rio de Janeiro (1979–1982), judge of the state of Rio de Janeiro (1983–1997), desembargador of the Justice Court of the state of Rio de Janeiro (1997–2001), minister of STJ (2001–2011) 5 Luís Roberto Barroso. 11 March 1958 in Rio de ...
São Paulo's executive branch is headed by the governor. Since 1965, it has been based in the Bandeirantes Palace, built in the 1950s in Morumbi.The governor and vice-governor are elected by universal suffrage and direct and secret ballot by the population for 4-year terms, with the possibility of re-election for another consecutive term.
The operation of the regional electoral courts is governed by law 4.737 of 1965. [1] Each court consists of judges that are publicly elected or nominated by part of the judiciary, according to rules set independently by each regional court.
The Superior Court of Justice (Superior Tribunal de Justiça) is the highest Brazilian court for non-constitutional issues concerning both states and Federal ordinary courts, dealing mainly with matters of Common Justice. Its responsibility is to standardize the interpretation of federal in the country's territory.
Some states, such as São Paulo and Minas Gerais, used to have a Court of Appeals (Tribunal de Alçada in Portuguese) which had different jurisdiction. But the 45th Constitutional Amendment to the Brazilian Constitution , [ 42 ] in its article four, decreed their extinction in order to simplify the second instance structure.