Abstract
This paper discusses the
democratization of the judiciary in Brazil considering its access for people
who live in favelas. We used a temporal and spatial analysis of the civil
decisions rendered by the Court of Appeals of the State of Rio de Janeiro
(TJRJ). The analysis takes two perspectives: (1) the access to justice –
whether individually or collectively; and (2) the response of judges to the
claims filed. The results suggest a connection between: (1) the increasing
access by favela dwellers to the judiciary and the improvement of social
development levels; (2) low incidence of collective claims and negligence by
judges regarding this kind of claim; (3) lack of consistency between the
precedents and the favela reality and social changes over the past few years;
and how these findings (4) challenged some academic common-sense beliefs on
"access to justice" in Brazil.
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