CNJ’s resolution 135 and the challenge of regulating the judiciary

The National Council of Justice (Conselho Nacional de Justiça - CNJ), created in 2004, is the administrative governing body of the Brazilian Judicial Branch (Article 103- B of the Constitution). It has the responsibility of editing rules that all the Brazilian courts must follow, except the Supreme...

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Main Author: Ivan Candido da Silva de Franco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rede de Pesquisa Empírica em Direito 2015-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
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Online Access:http://www.reedpesquisa.org/ojs-2.4.3/index.php/reed/article/view/61
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description The National Council of Justice (Conselho Nacional de Justiça - CNJ), created in 2004, is the administrative governing body of the Brazilian Judicial Branch (Article 103- B of the Constitution). It has the responsibility of editing rules that all the Brazilian courts must follow, except the Supreme Court (STF), and of exercising disciplinary control of judges. This article is a case study that explores a specific aspect of the CNJ’s mandate: the regulation of the disciplinary control of the judiciary. Our main goal is to understand the existing institutional dynamics and to understand how this issue was undertaken throughout the Council’s history: what kind of resistance was encountered in this process and which actors were involved in the ongoing debates. The institutional path, which begins with a fragile regulation from the CNJ’s Internal Regiment, and then gives rise to the first resolution of disciplinary matters, is described and analyzed.  Ultimately, this path results in the current regulation, the Resolution 135/2011, which promotes significant changes in the disciplinary rules and, because of that a Direct Action of Unconstitutionality (Ação Direta de Inconstitucionalidade -ADI) challenged it before the Brazilian Supreme Court.
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spelling doaj.art-05c88cf2591b49ad93fba9ccf0717c582022-12-21T19:13:04ZengRede de Pesquisa Empírica em DireitoBrazilian Journal of Empirical Legal Studies2319-08172319-08172015-01-012110.19092/reed.v2i1.6157CNJ’s resolution 135 and the challenge of regulating the judiciaryIvan Candido da Silva de FrancoThe National Council of Justice (Conselho Nacional de Justiça - CNJ), created in 2004, is the administrative governing body of the Brazilian Judicial Branch (Article 103- B of the Constitution). It has the responsibility of editing rules that all the Brazilian courts must follow, except the Supreme Court (STF), and of exercising disciplinary control of judges. This article is a case study that explores a specific aspect of the CNJ’s mandate: the regulation of the disciplinary control of the judiciary. Our main goal is to understand the existing institutional dynamics and to understand how this issue was undertaken throughout the Council’s history: what kind of resistance was encountered in this process and which actors were involved in the ongoing debates. The institutional path, which begins with a fragile regulation from the CNJ’s Internal Regiment, and then gives rise to the first resolution of disciplinary matters, is described and analyzed.  Ultimately, this path results in the current regulation, the Resolution 135/2011, which promotes significant changes in the disciplinary rules and, because of that a Direct Action of Unconstitutionality (Ação Direta de Inconstitucionalidade -ADI) challenged it before the Brazilian Supreme Court.http://www.reedpesquisa.org/ojs-2.4.3/index.php/reed/article/view/61regulamentaçãocontrole disciplinarmagistraturaConselho Nacional de Justiça (CNJ)Resolução 135/2011
spellingShingle Ivan Candido da Silva de Franco
CNJ’s resolution 135 and the challenge of regulating the judiciary
Brazilian Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
regulamentação
controle disciplinar
magistratura
Conselho Nacional de Justiça (CNJ)
Resolução 135/2011
title CNJ’s resolution 135 and the challenge of regulating the judiciary
title_full CNJ’s resolution 135 and the challenge of regulating the judiciary
title_fullStr CNJ’s resolution 135 and the challenge of regulating the judiciary
title_full_unstemmed CNJ’s resolution 135 and the challenge of regulating the judiciary
title_short CNJ’s resolution 135 and the challenge of regulating the judiciary
title_sort cnj s resolution 135 and the challenge of regulating the judiciary
topic regulamentação
controle disciplinar
magistratura
Conselho Nacional de Justiça (CNJ)
Resolução 135/2011
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