Introduction to Brazilian Law, 2nd Edition

Author: Fabiano Deffenti; Welber Barral
Publisher: Kluwer Law International
ISBN: 9789041167835

Previous Edition ISBN: 9789041125064
Published In: November 2016
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Brazil ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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This is an updated edition of the only full-scale book in English on the law of a country that in recent years has emerged as a leading player on the world’s stage. Brazil’s markets have flourished as courts, legislators and a sophisticated legal elite have continuously adapted foreign rules to the country’s realities, giving Brazil a formidable edge in attracting foreign investors.

Sixteen notable Brazilian authorities describe and analyse the laws, regulations and jurisprudence in all the major fields of legal practice and administration, paying detailed attention to such elements as the following:

the multiple interwoven sources of Brazilian law;
administrative agencies and procedures;
Brazil’s unique ‘social function of contracts’ principle;
corporate and related structures;
the new Brazilian civil procedure code and arbitration rules;
constitutional principles and judicial review;
fiduciary transfers and insolvency issues;
complex rules of criminal procedure;
mandatory succession rules;
labour law compliance;
private international law; and
taxation.

Each chapter is followed by an up-to-date reference list of works both in English and in Portuguese.

This book provides practitioners with information more than sufficient to navigate through any area of Brazilian law. Lawyers and scholars will find here an overview that will continue to be useful as a resource in facing and overcoming the challenges inherent in engaging with Brazil’s economy and legal realities.

Editors

Contributors

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Acknowledgement

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1 History and Sources of Brazilian Law

Celso Campilongo

Chapter 2 Constitutional Law

Luís Roberto Barroso

Chapter 3 Administrative Law

Manoel Eduardo Alves Camargo e Gomes