Institutionalisation, Reform and Independence of the Public Defender’s Office in Brazil
The aim of this article is to investigate the institutionalisation of the state Public Defender's Offices before and after the reform that granted independence and new functions to the Public Defender's Offices in Brazil. We attempt to understand these processes based on theories of judici...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Brazilian Political Science Association
2014-08-01
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Series: | Brazilian Political Science Review |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bpsr/v8n2/1981-3821-bpsr-8-2-0048.pdf |