Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski (; born 11 May 1948) is a Brazilian

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and retired justice of the

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. He is the son of a Polish father and

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mother, who immigrated to Brazil after the

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. Lewandowski was replaced by Cármen Lúcia who was championed by Celso de Mello, Brazil's most senior jurist. Lewandowski was known for championing a reduction in oversight of judges and an increase in their remuneration. Lucia's champion gave a speech talking about the need to remove corruption despite the presence of a number of alleged suspects. On 10 January 2024, Lewandowski accepted president Lula da Silva's invitation to replace outgoing minister

Flávio Dino Flávio Dino de Castro e Costa (born 30 April 1968) is a Brazilian attorney-at-law, attorney, Supreme Court Justice, politician and professor. A former federal judge, Dino was elected to the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Chamber of Deputies in 2 ...

in the Ministry of Justice and Public Security.

Publications

*''Proteção dos Direitos Humanos na Ordem Interna e Internacional.'' Rio de Janeiro: Forense, 1984. *''Pressupostos Materiais e Formais da Intervenção Federal no Brasil''. São Paulo: Ed. Revista dos Tribunais, 1994. *''Direito Comunitário e Jurisdição Supranacional: o papel do juiz no processo de integração regional'' (ed.). São Paulo: Ed. Juarez de Oliveira, 2000. *''Globalização, Regionalização e Soberania''. São Paulo: Juarez de Oliveira, 2004. *''A influência de Dalmo Dallari nas decisões dos tribunais'' (ed.). São Paulo: Saraiva, 2011.

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