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 Council of Justice (CNJ) is an administrative and oversight organ of the Brazilian Judiciary created by constitutional amendment in 2004 as a part of judicial reform. Among its responsibilities are ensuring that the judicial system r ...
is an exclusively administrative organ of the federal court system.
Courts
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Supreme Federal Court
The Federal Supreme Court (, , abbreviated STF) is the supreme court (court of last resort) of Brazil, serving primarily as the country's Constitutional Court. It is the highest court of law in Brazil for constitutional issues and its rulings ...
*Superior courts:
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Superior Court of Justice
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Superior Labor Court
The Superior Labor Court (, TST), is the highest Brazilian appellate court for labor law issues. Its headquarters are located in BrasÃlia, near the American Embassy.
It is one of the five high courts in Brazil, the highest instance in the Braz ...
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Superior Electoral Court
The Superior Electoral Court (, TSE) is the highest body of the Brazilian Election Justice, Brazilian Electoral Justice, which also comprises one Regional Electoral Court (Brazil), Regional Electoral Court (, TRE) in each of the 26 states and th ...
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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.
Constitutional foundation
The Federal government of Brazil is defined by the 1988 constitution wh ...
*Second instance Courts
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Regional Labor Courts Regional Labor Courts () are Brazilian appellate courts of the Federal specialized court system for matters of labor law
Labour laws (also spelled as labor laws), labour code or employment laws are those that mediate the relationship between worke ...
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Regional Electoral Courts
Regional Electoral Court (, TRE) is the judicial body that is in charge of elections at the state level in Brazil. There are 27 TREs, one for each Brazilian state, plus one for the Federal District.
Responsibilities
The operation of the regional e ...
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Regional Federal Courts
The Regional Federal Courts (in Portuguese, ''Tribunais Regionais Federais'', commonly called TRFs) are the courts of appeal in the , the second instance courts of the Brazilian federal justice system, responsible not only for appeals of trial cou ...
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Labor Courts
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Electoral Courts
An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ...
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Federal Courts
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Military Courts
A court-martial (plural ''courts-martial'' or ''courts martial'', as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court. A court-martial is empowered to determine the guilt of members of the arme ...
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.
Constitutional foundation
The Federal government of Brazil is defined by the 1988 constitution w ...
Judiciary of Brazil
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