<p>In this paper the authors are focusing on people that work in psychiatric acute care. How do they identify the individual that is in most need of acute care? How do they judge in this kind of cases? <strong></strong></p><p>   The foundation in this study is in the qualitative method. The material to this study has been collected by doing qualitative interviews with six people in different professions and positions in psychiatric acute care.</p><p>   The material that we collected from these six qualitative interviews has been analysed with help from Sherif’s and Hovland’s (1961) Social judgement theory. The theory describes people’s judgement based on certain criterions and how it affects them. </p><p>   It has been noticed that the individuals who asses first acute care are usually the ones that has a suicidal behavior. The resources are decreasing while the need for psychiatric acute care is increasing. The personell have to make decisions about which individual that are in most need of acute care<strong>. </strong>Their judgments are very important for the indiviuals in need of immediate care. This judgement can be depending on which individual who is doing the judgemet. This paper has given us comprehension for the immortance of good individual properties for doing judgements, and that they are made in several positions.</p>

La première source de la business judgment rule a été la jurisprudence. Celle-ci a été la source des codifications incitatives et contraignantes. Nos recherches ont mis en évidence deux types de formulations de la business judgment rule. Le premier type est la formulation prétorienne lato sensu et stricto sensu. Le second type est la formulation codifiée (Model Business Corporation Act, Corporate Director's Guidebook, Principles of Corporate Governance, lois limitant la responsabilité personnelle des dirigeants). De plus, nos recherches ont dégagé 9 types de termes qui se retrouvent dans tous les types des formulations. Les 4 premiers types de termes correspondent respectivement (1) aux pouvoirs des dirigeants et à leur discrétion, (2) au statut des dirigeants, (3) aux devoirs des dirigeants, (4) aux degrés de devoirs requis et à la gravité de la transgression de ces devoirs sanctionnée (standard of conduct). Les cinq types de termes suivants correspondent respectivement (1) au droit à l'erreur, (2) à la présomption de comportement/conduite, (3) au refus d'un contrôle judiciaire, (4) à la charge de la preuve, (5) à la justification de la business judgment rule (standard of revision). Les deux différences fondamentales entre les formulations de la business judgment rule sont les suivantes. La première différence se situe au niveau des conditions d'application de la règle et concerne la relation entre le standard de conduite, c'est-à-dire le type des devoirs, le degré des devoirs et la gravité de la transgression des devoirs, et le standard de responsabilité, c'est-à-dire les devoirs examinés quand la business judgment rule s'applique. La seconde différence fondamentale entre les formulations se situe au niveau des effets de la règle et concerne l'étendue d'un contrôle judiciaire sur le résultat de l'action ou de l'omission des dirigeants, c'est-à-dire le prix grossièrement inadéquat, l'abus de discrétion, le dépassement grossier, etc. / The first source of the « business judgment rule » is the jurisprudence. The jurisprudence was the source of the « soft law » and « hard law » codifications. The research showed two types of formulations of the « business judgment rule ». The first type is the jurisprudence formulation lato sensu_and stricto sensu. The second type is the codification formulation (Mode) Business Corporation Act, Corporate Director's Guidebook, Principles of Corporate Governance, lois limitant la responsabilité personnelle des dirigeants). The research showed nine types of terms which may be found in the formulations of the « business judgment rule». The first four terms correspond respectively to (1) the powers of the governors of the corporation and their discretion ; (2) their status ; (3) their duties, and (4) the degree of their duties. This first type of terms constitutes the standard of conduct. The next five types of terms correspond respectively to (1) the right to the error; (2) the presumption of the conduct; (3) the refusal of judicial review; (4) the burden of proof; (5) the justification of the « business judgment rule ». This second type of terms constitutes the standard of revision. There are two fundamental differences between the formulations of the « business judgment rule ». The first difference is situated at the level of the conditions of application of the « business judgment rule », and concerns the relations between the standard of conduct and the standard of revision. The second difference is situated at the level of the effects of the « business judgment rule » and concerns the scope of judicial review.

L'extinction du jugement civil désigne la privation des effets de l'acte juridictionnel, à la fois rouage technique commun aux différents procédés techniques extinctifs et moment choisi de la vie du jugement civil. La présente étude, qui propose une approche systématique des procédés techniques extinctifs, par la mise en lumière de leurs finalité et technique juridique, démontre leur irréductible diversité et leur complémentarité technique dans le droit du procès, qu'ils soient liés à une remise en cause de la chose jugée, à l'instar des voies de recours ou, au contraire, qu'ils soient indépendants d'une telle remise en cause, telle la prescription de la force exécutoire ou la caducité. L'analyse critique de la portée de l'extinction invite à vérifier, au-delà du jugement contentieux qui tranche définitivement en présence des parties leurs prétentions respectives et qui constitue l'archétype de l'acte juridictionnel, la résilience normative des autres jugements civils, en particulier des jugements provisoires et gracieux. Mis en lumière à partir des conditions plus ou moins restrictives auxquelles ces jugements civils peuvent être privés de leurs effets, leur degré variable de résistance à l'extinction à titre principal, dans le cadre des voies de recours, et à titre incident, en dehors d'elles, illustre les nuances de la force normative de ces autres jugements civils. La portée de l'extinction est encore révélatrice de la résilience des effets secondaires de l'acte juridictionnel. Elle est une mise à l'épreuve de leur qualification qui, jusqu'à présent, semble avoir été pensée sans autre perspective que la naissance du jugement civil et la permanence de ses effets. / The extinguishment of a civil judgment refers to the cancellation of the judgment’s effects, which is both a technical cog common to the various extinguishing technical processes and a crucial moment in the life of a civil judgment. This study, which proposes a systematic analysis of the extinguishing technical processes, by highlighting their purpose and legal technique, shows their irreducible diversity and technical complementarity in civil procedure, whether they involve challenging the res judicata (i.e. legal remedies) or not (i.e. time-barring of enforcement or lapsing). The critical analysis of the scope of the extinguishment entails checking, beyond the contentious judgment which definitively resolves the parties' respective claims (archetype of the civil judgment), the normative resilience of other civil judgments, in particular provisional and non-contentious judgments. The variable degree of resistance of the effects of civil judgments to their extinguishment, whether achieved via legal remedies or by other means, is highlighted by a consideration of the more or less restrictive conditions in which the judgments are deprived of their effects. This illustrates the nuances of the normative force of said civil judgments. The scope of the extinguishment is also indicative of the resilience of the secondary effects of the civil judgment. Examining such scope enables one to test the classification of the secondary effects which seem to have been considered so far only from the perspective of the issuance of the civil judgment and the permanence of its effects.

Submitted by Edileide Reis (leyde-landy@hotmail.com) on 2013-04-17T17:05:10Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Sabrina Dourado Andrade.pdf: 804408 bytes, checksum: f72e1fcbab7a88347da2658ae1fa9c39 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rodrigo Meirelles(rodrigomei@ufba.br) on 2013-05-09T17:36:38Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Sabrina Dourado Andrade.pdf: 804408 bytes, checksum: f72e1fcbab7a88347da2658ae1fa9c39 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-05-09T17:36:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sabrina Dourado Andrade.pdf: 804408 bytes, checksum: f72e1fcbab7a88347da2658ae1fa9c39 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / A morosidade processual desde há muito se constitui numa preocupação dos operadores do direito. A fim de pôr fim a tal problemática, o constituinte brasileiro, através da emenda 45/04, elevou (expressamente) o princípio da Brevidade Processual a status constitucional. A partir dessa emenda foi iniciada a denominada Reforma do Judiciário, a qual foi responsável por impulsionar a implementação de muitas alterações no Código de Processo Civil brasileiro, visando imprimir maior celeridade e efetividade à tramitação processual. Dentre essas modificações, em âmbito infraconstitucional, verificou-se a aprovação da lei 11.277/2006, que acrescentou o artigo 285-A do Código de Processo Civil, trazendo para o ordenamento brasileiro o denominado julgamento liminar de mérito em caso de demandas repetitivas. Tal instituto surgiu como uma possível solução ao problema da lentidão processual, uma vez que autoriza o juiz a proferir sentença de mérito quando a matéria controvertida for unicamente de direito e no juízo já houver sido proferida sentença de total improcedência em outros casos idênticos. Constatou-se se a nova técnica de agilização da prestação jurisdicional está de acordo com as garantias constitucionais do contraditório, da ampla defesa e do devido processo legal, tendo inclusive analisado os argumentos deduzidos pela ADIN 3695, ajuizada pelo Conselho Federal da OAB, que pede a declaração de inconstitucionalidade do dispositivo. Após discutir e rebater os argumentos contrários, sugere-se uma forma de interpretar o art. 285-A do CPC de acordo com a Constituição Federal, de modo a não prejudicar o demandado e de promover a concretização do direito fundamental à duração razoável do processo. / Salvador

Notre thèse se propose d’analyser l’expérience des jurés populaires en cour d’assises. À partir d’entretiens réalisés avec d’anciens jurés ainsi que des Présidents d’assises et d’observations de procès d’assises, nous souhaitons montrer que l’expérience du jugement déstabilise les certitudes des jurés. Le changement qui se produit chez ces jurés est analysé à partir de la notion de conversion démocratique. Cette analogie doit nous permettre d’expliquer le processus qui se met en place chez les jurés tout au long de leur expérience. Notre thèse analyse donc un dispositif de parole à portée démocratique. Sont ainsi étudiés le rituel de la procédure, la construction de l’intime conviction et le rôle du président dans la formation du jugement. Ces éléments, mis en parallèle avec l’expérience des jurés, permettent d’identifier les différentes étapes de leur conversion. La construction de leur intime conviction, analysée comme une véritable faculté de juger, est au cœur du processus de conversion démocratique. L’expérience du jugement s’avère donc être aussi importante pour les jurés que nous avons rencontré, que pour la démocratie elle-même. / Our thesis wishes to analyze the experience of juries inside criminal justice. From various interviews made with former jurors and Presidents of criminal justice as well as observations of real court sessions, we would like to show that the practice of judgement has a disturbing effect on the jurors’ convictions. The shift occurring inside the jurors’ mind is analysed through the concept of democratic conversion. This analogy will enable us to explain the process taking place inside each juror all along their experience. Our thesis analyses this “oral system” as a process heading towards democratization. Thus, we will study the ritual of penal process, the building of the absolute conviction and the Presidents’ contribution inside the final verdict. Those elements, compared with the experience of the jurors, give us the opportunity to identify the several steps of their conversion. All of these changes are strongly linked with the importance that the jurors give to the decision they have to make. The building of their absolute conviction, analysed as a true ability to judge, is at the core of the process of democratic conversion. The experience of judgement tends to be as crucial for the jurors we’ve met as for the democracy itself.

The thesis deals with the power in the Gospel of John, specifically with the term EXOUSIA, which means power or authority. This thesis engages in separate passages of the Gospel of John in which the evangelist uses the term EXOUSIA, it examines its context in which was the term used and tries to determine in which meaning it is used. Thereby,this thesis tries to answer the question what does the evangelist understand under the term power (EXOUSIA).

A través del presente trabajo, el autor busca introducir al lector en la problemática actual sobre las transacciones entre partes relacionadas. Teniendo en cuenta dicha finalidad, el reconocido experto en Derecho societario realiza un análisis de la regulación de los distintos instrumentos existentes que apuntan a mitigar o resolver los problemas ocasionados en base a dichas transacciones. El autor inicia describiendo el panorama normativo que se encuentra en el Derecho Comparado para, luego, teniendo ello como base, realizar el escrutinio de la normativa peruana sobre el particular.   Through this work, the author seeks to introduce the reader to the current problems on transactions between related parties. With this purpose in mind, the renowned expert in Corporate Law performs an analysis of the regulation of the various existing instruments that aim to mitigate or resolve the problems caused on the basis of such transactions. The author starts describing the regulatory landscape that is in Comparative Law. Then, having this as a basis; he carries out a scrutiny of the Peruvian legislation on the particular.

O Poder Judiciário brasileiro encontra-se em crise, sendo a excessiva morosidade dos processos seu principal ponto sensível. Diante disso, foram introduzidas alterações normativas destinadas a amenizar o grave cenário existente, como a Emenda Constitucional n. 45/04, que incluiu a razoável duração do processo no rol dos direitos e garantias fundamentais, e a Lei n. 11.232/05, que alterou a estrutura do processo civil de conhecimento e o conceito de sentença. A indigitada reforma processual implicou rompimento com o princípio da unicidade da sentença, possibilitando o fracionamento do julgamento de mérito, por meio de sentenças parciais. O presente estudo verificará as possibilidades e os limites de aplicação dessa técnica processual, bem como proporá solução a problemas surgidos no sistema recursal, o qual não foi adaptado à nova realidade processual existente. A cisão no julgamento do mérito também traz importantes reflexos no momento de formação da coisa julgada material, tema que foi recentemente objeto de análise pelo Superior Tribunal de Justiça. Analisar-se-á o acerto do posicionamento adotado pela jurisprudência, buscando-se alcançar conclusão que tenha o condão de extrair o máximo de efetividade do método estatal de resolução de conflitos. O tema é intrigante, apresentando diversas possibilidades. Não há dúvidas de que do fracionamento do exame do mérito decorrerão dificuldades e dúvidas, as quais devem ser solvidas pelos operadores do direito, em prol de um processo mais efetivo e capaz de produzir os resultados que dele se esperam / The Brazilian Judiciary is in crisis and the excessive length of proceeding isits main sore point. Therefore, legislative amendments were introduced,aiming at alleviating the serious existing scenario, as the Constitutional Amendment 45/04, which included the reasonable duration of the process (speedy trial clause) in the list of fundamental rights and guarantees, and Law 11.232/05, which changed the structure of civil procedure and the concept of sentence. The nominee procedural reform entailed breaking with the principle of unity of the sentence, allowing the fractionation of judgment, through partial sentences. This study will examine the possibilities and limits of application of this technique, and propose solution to problems arising in the appeal system, which was not adapted to the new reality. The split in judging the merit also carries important consequences on the formation of res judicata, a topic that has recently been examined by the Superior Tribunal de Justiça. The correctness of the position adopted by the jurisprudence will be analyzed, seeking to reach a conclusion that has the power to extract the maximum effectiveness of the state method of conflict resolution. The topic is intriguing, presenting several possibilities. There is no doubt that from the partial judgment of merits derives difficulties and doubts, which should be answered by law operators, in favor of a more effective process and capable of producing results that are expected of it.

Este estudo teve como objetivos criar um banco de itens para composição de testes para avaliação do raciocínio diagnóstico, a partir dos itens propostos por Gordon e Plunkett no Diagnostic Reasoning Test e descrever a proficiência no raciocínio diagnóstico de enfermeiras e estudantes de enfermagem. O referencial teórico assumido neste estudo foi a teoria de geração de hipóteses e a Psicometria foi o referencial metodológico utilizado para a seleção dos itens que compuseram o banco. Este estudo foi uma análise secundária das respostas a 35 itens de raciocínio diagnóstico, obtidas de 362 participantes de um estudo primário sendo 142 enfermeiras (39,2%), 212 (58,6%) estudantes de graduação em enfermagem e 8 (2,2%) sem informação; 93,4% mulheres; idade média de 29,5±9,4 anos. As enfermeiras tinham em média 13,9±8,1 anos de formadas e 84,8% dos estudantes cursavam do quinto semestre em diante. Os gabaritos das respostas aos 35 itens foram revisados e codificados, de acordo com o que as respostas do estudo primário foram pontuadas como variáveis dicotômicas. A análise pela TRI, modelo com dois parâmetros, usando o programa BILOG® indicou a exclusão de 4 dos 35 itens e forneceu os parâmetros de dificuldade e de poder de discriminação dos 31 itens restantes. Com esses parâmetros foi criada uma escala de proficiência em raciocínio diagnóstico e foram identificados os itens típicos de cada nível da escala. A análise qualitativa e comparativa dos itens típicos de cada nível permitiu descrever as habilidades diagnósticas requeridas em cada nível segundo a combinação dos seguintes fatores relacionados aos dados apresentados aos respondentes: especificidade das pistas para o diagnóstico mais provável; convergência de pistas em torno do diagnóstico mais provável; tradição do papel de enfermagem evocado pelos dados apresentados, especialização do contexto clínico e quantidade de dados disponíveis em cada item. A escala foi criada em torno de um valor médio igual a 200(±20). Os 31 itens selecionados posicionaram-se entre os níveis 200 e 340, com exceção dos níveis 220 e 340, que permaneceram sem qualquer item. A proficiência média dos enfermeiros da amostra do estudo primário foi 199,7(±13,6), a dos estudantes foi 200,3(±13,3) e não houve diferença estatística entre as duas categorias (t-student; p = 0,72). Não houve correlação significativa entre proficiência em raciocínio diagnóstico e anos de profissão para as enfermeiras (p = 0,97) e anos de graduação para as estudantes (p=0,204). O banco criado disponibiliza itens para avaliação de proficiência em raciocínio diagnóstico que podem ser aplicados a enfermeiras e estudantes de graduação em enfermagem em diversas situações de avaliação no ensino, pesquisa e assistência. Com a escala criada outros itens poderão ser desenvolvidos, especialmente para avaliar níveis de proficiência abaixo da média. A escala criada merece destaque pela discriminação das habilidades diagnósticas requeridas para o acerto dos itens de cada nível / The purpose of this study were to create an item bank for tests composition to assess diagnostic reasoning from the items proposed by Gordon and Plunkett in Diagnostic Reasoning Test and to describe the proficiency of nurses and nursing students\' diagnostic reasoning. The theory of hypothesis generation was the theoretical referential assumed in this study and Psychometry was the methodological referential used to select the items composing the bank. This study was the secondary analysis of the answers to 35 items of diagnostic reasoning, obtained from 362 participants in a primary study. The sample characteristics were: 149 (39.2%) nurses, 212 (58.6%) nursing students and 8 (2.2%) participants without information; 93.4% women; average age of 29.5±9.4 years old. The nurses had been graduated for 13.9±8.1 years on average and the students were at least at their fifth semester. The answers to the 35 items were checked and coded, according to what the answers from the primary study had been marked as dichotomous variables. The analysis by IRT, model with two parameters, using the program BILOG® indicated the exclusion of 4 out of the 35 items and provided the parameters of difficulty and discrimination power of the remaining 31 items. With these parameters, a scale of proficiency in diagnostic reasoning was created and the typical items of each level of the scale were identified. The qualitative and comparative analysis of the typical items of each level permitted describing the diagnostic skills requested in each level according to the combination of the following factors related to the data presented to the interviewees: the specificity of the clue for the most likely diagnosis; the convergence of the clue around the most likely diagnosis; tradition of the role of the nurse evoked by the presented data; specialization of the clinical context and the quantity of the data available in each item. The scale was created around an average value equal to 200(±20). The 31 selected items were between the levels 200 and 340, except for levels 220 and 340 which remained without any item. The average proficiency of the nurses assessed in the primary study\'s sample was 199.7(±13.6), while it was 200.3(±13.3) for the students, and there was no statistical difference between the two categories (t-student; p = 0.72). There was no significant correlation between the proficiency in diagnostic reasoning and years of work for the nurses (p=0.97) and years of graduation for the students (p=0.20). The created bank provides items to assess the proficiency in diagnostic reasoning which can be applied to nurses and nursing students in different situations of assessment in teaching, research and assistance. With the created scale, other items can be developed, especially to assess levels of proficiency below the average. The created scale is worth of note for its discrimination of the diagnostic skills required to mark the items of each level right

A presente Dissertação de Mestrado buscará analisar as origens, causas e implicações da crise que assola o Supremo Tribunal Federal há décadas, além de analisar de que forma o instituto da Repercussão Geral se propõe a tentar soluciona-la e se, de fato, tem conseguido. Originariamente concebido como guardião e garantidor da Constituição Federal, o STF sofreu graves distorções em sua função, ao ser constantemente chamado a adjudicar sobre matérias repetidas e de relevância duvidosa. No ano de 2007, aportaram ao Supremo Tribunal Federal Tribunal Federal mais de 56.000 (cinqüenta e seis mil) agravos de instrumento e quase 50.000 (cinqüenta mil) recursos extraordinários, provocando um enorme acúmulo de trabalho e uma verdadeira crise institucional. O surgimento e agravamento dessa crise tem muitas razões: (i) o contexto histórico-cultural em que a Constituição Federal de 1988 foi promulgada; (ii) a amplitude do espectro de questões passíveis de julgamento pelo STF, após a extinção dos obstáculos então existentes à interposição de recursos; (iii) a falta de aparelhamento técnico do Poder Judiciário e, ainda, (vi) a amplitude de nosso sistema recursal. Tal situação se explica pelo anseio de democratização do acesso à Justiça, que levou o constituinte a, de um lado, ampliar o quadro de competências do STF, aumentando enormemente o número de controvérsias passíveis de ser objeto de recursos extraordinários e criando uma séria desproporção entre o número de Ministros e de processos distribuídos; e, de outro lado, eliminar os critérios distintivos das demandas levadas à apreciação do Supremo Tribunal Federal, ao extinguir a então vigente arguição de relevância. Diante da ineficiência dos mecanismos adotados para solucionar essa crise, surgiu a necessidade de criar e implementar um verdadeiro filtro recursal, capaz de represar as demandas de pouca expressividade e permitir que o Supremo Tribunal Federal desempenhasse uma função mais assemelhada à de Corte Constitucional brasileira. Inúmeras tentativas foram feitas com o fito de estabelecer um critério distintivo de seleção das questões levadas à apreciação do Supremo Tribunal Federal. A arguição de relevância, criada pela Emenda Constitucional nº 7, de 1977, ainda na vigência da Constituição Federal de 1967, que vigorou por cerca de treze anos, e a transcendência, que vigora, hoje, como requisito de admissibilidade de demandas de revista trabalhistas, previsto pelo art. 896-A da CLT, foram os mais significativos instrumentos criados com o intuito de filtrar os recursos submetidos ao crivo do Supremo Tribunal Federal. Esses mecanismos foram inspirados em institutos bem-sucedidos em diversos ordenamentos jurídicos ao redor do mundo, tais como o writ of certiorari norte-americano, a rechtssache grundsätzlichen bedeutung alemã e a gravedad institucional argentina, além de institutos semelhantes presentes em outros países, como o Reino Unido, Canadá, Austrália e Japão. Assim, concebida a partir de experiências anteriores e inspirações internacionais, com o intuito de funcionar como um mecanismo seletor das demandas que aportam ao Supremo Tribunal Federal, foi instituída a Repercussão Geral da questão constitucional, um novo requisito intrínseco de admissibilidade dos recursos extraordinários. Esse novo instituto pretendeu criar um filtro de seleção dos recursos extraordinários a serem julgados pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal a partir dos critérios de relevância e abrangência do tema em discussão. Em outras palavras, apenas os temas que encontram ampla repercussão nos âmbitos jurídico, político, econômico ou social estão aptos a serem apreciados pelo STF. A despeito de todas as dificuldades hermenêuticas que a vagueza desses termos conceituais pode ensejar, a intenção declarada do instituto de Repercussão Geral é fazer com que o Supremo Tribunal Federal desempenhe uma função mais assemelhada à de Corte Constitucional, afastando de sua jurisdição temas de menor importância, para que seus Ministros possam se debruçar sobre as questões verdadeiramente relevantes à sociedade. É isso o que o presente estudo se propõe a realizar: uma análise crítica do instituto da Repercussão Geral, sua definição teórica e aplicação prática. Criado pela Emenda Constitucional nº 45 e regulamentado pela Lei nº 11.418/2006, o instituto da Repercussão Geral, por opção do próprio legislador, é de difícil conceituação concreta, por ser indeterminado e bastante vago. Como se verá, a ausência de conceito exato e bem delimitado parece permitir, no entanto, que os textos normativos acompanhem, de perto, a complexidade das relações humanas e sociais, além de restaurar a valorização das demais fontes do Direito, como formas de complementar e suprir as lacunas de cada caso concreto. Outro ponto analisado é a irrecorribilidade da decisão que afastar a alegada existência de Repercussão Geral. A previsão de tão radical consequência implica em cerceamento de defesa da parte recorrente? Contribuiu para o avanço de posições ditatoriais e autoritárias? Como solucionar, por exemplo, um erro de enquadramento de um determinado recurso extraordinário, reputado erroneamente como desprovido de Repercussão Geral? Há alguma forma de, ainda assim, alçar o tema ao conhecimento da Corte Suprema? As respostas a essas perguntas revelarão, além da dimensão de efetividade prática do instituto da Repercussão Geral, a potencial rejeição pela sociedade e a corrida a diversos mecanismos técnicos capazes de burlar as decisões proferidas pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal Tribunal Federal. Para que se tenha uma noção mais fiel da atual realidade do Judiciário brasileiro, este estudo apresenta a análise de dados, números e estatísticas fornecidos pelo próprio Supremo Tribunal Federal, em seus relatórios anuais e boletins periódicos, acerca da implementação do instituto da Repercussão Geral da questão constitucional. Com efeito, parece ser mesmo inegável que a quantidade de recursos submetidos à apreciação e julgamento do Supremo Tribunal Federal diminuiu e muito desde o efetivo funcionamento desse novo filtro seletor de demandas. Vemos, então, que este sistema de filtragem não terá apenas a tarefa de diminuir a carga de trabalho submetida aos Tribunais Superiores, mas também se revelará um instrumento de aperfeiçoamento da jurisdição constitucional, melhorando e acelerando a distribuição da Justiça. Estamos, portanto, hoje, diante de um novo cenário do Poder Judiciário brasileiro; com a paulatina adoção de uma estrutura apta a acolher as demandas formuladas e solucioná-las de forma mais efetiva e célere, o Supremo Tribunal Federal pode voltar a atuar como o verdadeiro guardião da Magna Carta. / This Masters Thesis will analyze the origins, causes and implications of the crisis involving the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court for decades, in addition to analyzing how does the general repercussion principle tries to solve it and if it has actually succeed to do so. Originally conceived as a guardian and guarantor of the Federal Constitution, the Federal Supreme Court (STF) has suffered serious distortions in its duties when being constantly called to judge repetitive matters of doubtful relevance. In the year 2007, more than fifty-six thousand (56,000) Interlocutory Appeals and almost fifty thousand (50,000) Extraordinary Appeals were filed with the Federal Supreme Court which, resulted in an enormous accumulation of work and an actual institutional crisis. The appearance and aggravation of this crisis has many reasons: (i) the historical and cultural context in which the 1988 Federal Constitution was enacted; (ii) the wide array of matters subject to trial by the STF after the extinguishment of the then existing hindrances to the filing of appeals; (iii) the lack of technical equipment of the Judicial Branch and, furthermore, (vi) the extent of our appeal system. Such situation is explained by the longing for democratization of access to Justice, which led the constitutional lawmaker to, on the one side, amplify the powers of the STF, highly increasing the number of disputes which may be subject to extraordinary appeals and creating a serious lack of proportion between the number of Justices and the number of cases assigned to them; meanwhile, on the other hand, eliminate the distinctive criteria of the actions submitted to the Supreme Court by extinguishing the motion of relevance then in effect. In view of the inefficiency of the mechanisms adopted to solve this crisis, there was the need to create and implement an actual filter for the appeals, which should be able to stop the flow of irrelevant actions and to allow the Supreme Court to resume its essential duties such as a Brazilian Constitutional Court. Many attempts at establishing a distinctive criteria for selection of the matters submitted to the analysis of the Federal Supreme Court have been made. The motion of relevance, created by Constitutional Amendment No. 7, of 1977, and which was effective for about thirteen years, and the transcendence, which is currently in effect as a requirement for admissibility of labor claims, as provided in article 896-A of the Consolidated Labor Laws (CLT) were the most significant instruments created to filter the appeals submitted to the Federal Supreme Court for analysis. These mechanisms were inspired in successful principles in several legal systems around the world, such as the North-American writ of certiorari, the German rechtssache grundsätzlichen bedeutung and the Argentinean gravedad institucional, in addition to similar principles existing in other countries, such as United Kingdon, Canada, Australia and Japan. Thus, the general repercussion of constitutional matters, conceived from previous experiences and international inspirations to operate as a mechanism to select the claims submitted to the Federal Supreme Court, was created as a new intrinsic requirement of admissibility of extraordinary appeals. This purpose of the new principle was to create a selection filter of the extraordinary appeals to be decided by the Federal Supreme Court based on the criteria of relevance and scope of the matters under discussion. In other words, only the matters with great repercussion in the legal, political, economic and social spheres may be analyzed by our Supreme Court. Irrespective of all interpretation difficulties resulting from the vagueness of such conceptual terms, the declared intention of the principle of general repercussion is to cause the Federal Supreme Court to resume its duties such as a Constitutional Court, removing matters of minor importance from its jurisdiction, so that its Justices may focus on the matters that are truly relevant to society. And this is the purpose of this study: a critical analysis of the general repercussion principle, its theoretical definition and practical application. The principle of General Repercussion, which as created by Constitutional Amendment No. 45 and regulated by Law No. 11.418/2006, is difficult to define due to the fact that it is undetermined and very vague. The inexistence of a well determined and exact definition allows the normative texts to closely follow the complexity of the social and human relationships, in addition to restoring the valorization of the other sources of Law as manners of supplementing and filling gaps of each specific case. Another issue to be carefully analyzed shall be the unappealableness of the decision which denies the claim of existence of general repercussion. Does the provision of such a radical consequence imply the denial of the opportunity of appellant to be heard? Has it contributed to the advance of dictatorial and authoritarian positions? How to solve, for instance, an error of classification of a certain extraordinary appeal wrongly reputed as devoid of general repercussion? Is there a way of, even so, submit the matter to the Supreme Court for analysis? The answers to these questions will reveal, in addition to the dimension of the practical effectiveness of the general repercussion principle, the potential rejection by the society and the reach to several technical mechanisms able to circumvent the decisions issued by the Federal Supreme Court. In order to have closer notion of the actual reality of the Brazilian Judicial Branch, this study presents the analysis of data, numbers and statistics supplied by the Federal Supreme Court itself in its annual reports and periodical bulletins regarding the implementation of the principle of general repercussion of constitutional matters. In fact, it is actually undeniable that the number of appeals submitted to the Federal Supreme Court for analysis and trial has been reduced a lot since the actual application of this new filter to select cases. Therefore, we note that this filtering system will not only have the task to reduce the load of work submitted to the Higher Courts, but it will also be revealed as an instrument of improvement of the constitutional jurisdiction, improving and accelerating the assignment of Justice. Thus, today we have a new scenario of the Brazilian Judicial Branch; with the slow adoption of a structure able to entertain the claims made and to resolve them in more effectively and swiftly, and the Federal Supreme Court may act again as the true guardian of the Brazilian Constitution.