In the previous article we tried to identify, based on the debate that revolves around the topic of the enforcement of the decision immediately after a judgment by a panel of judges  at the local courts (Court of Justice or Federal District Court), a new attempt to "relativize" res judicata. Unlike what happened about two [...]

Approximately twenty years ago, one of the most relevant debates among the Brazilian civil proceduralists became known as the relativization of res judicata. It arose from the detection that some decisions on the merits, although no longer appealable and not accessible by an action for relief from judgment, had been seriously spoiled by procedural defects [...]

A popular Brazilian proverb says that "In a house where it lacks bread, people fight and no one is right". It is not exactly today’s news that the idea seems to be applicable to the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court, not only from the internal perspective of the Court and the relationship among its members, but [...]

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Still on the hypotheses when filing an interlocutory appeal is admissible In the previous article, starting from the premise that the rule of art. 1.015 is a restrictive rule of rights (because it controls the appeals), we suggested an interpretation whose result would not be any restraining interlocutory appeal. To that end, we proposed the [...]