Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:27:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DijoseteVCJ_DISSERT.pdf: 592942 bytes, checksum: ff5b545bfea8c57b9a2e42f8bdcbd615 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-11-08 / This scholarly work aims to investigate the feasibility and constitutionality of access to justice through the provision of full and free legal assistance by the Brazilian municipalities. Investigates the historical aspects of federalism in a global context, emphasizing the contributions left by American federalism. In the Brazilian context, emphasizing the importance of municipalities as federal entities and their outstanding characteristics, while addressing regional issues of federalism. Leanings to the more detailed analysis of the Brazilian municipalities, contextualizing its legal status, its independence and its constitutional powers. It is emphasized in the same way, the relevant transformations of Brazilian municipalities over the last twenty years of this Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil in 1988, especially the various constitutional amendments that affected the local autonomy and budgetary aspects, fiscal and skills, bringing significant changes to the municipalities. It is an approach to the concept of justice and deepening the studies on the fundamental right of access to justice in its various connotations. In this vein, it is a study on the legal advice provided in Brazil, especially the powers of the Public Defender of the States and Union, as well as the provision of such public service by Brazilian municipalities and its relevance to citizens in need. At this point, it deepens the relevance of the theme of this dissertation earning the implications of municipal performance in the provision of legal assistance provided to the needy, and the activity of the Municipal Attorney or legal counsel in conducting such a task and its implications for legal and procedural especially on the constitutionality or otherwise of the conduct of such public service, confronting the constitutional articles that are correlated with the subject. Within this context, evaluates the municipal legal assistance under the test of constitutionality, in particular the assistance given by the Executive, through the Municipal Attorney or specialized secretariats and that provided by the Legislature, although it only has the typical functions of legislating and control the municipal accounts, comes in a few municipalities in Brazil deploying sectors with the performance of legal services to the needy. At this point the thesis, one wonders if some important aspects of this activity such as political influence and patronage, very common in day-to-day municipal prosecutors and legal advisers, public employees or occupying commissioned positions within the municipal administrative structure in several municipalities throughout Brazil. Finally, there will be a conclusion as to the constitutionality of the service being done by presenting proposals and recommendations that may improve the municipal legal aid, allowing a constitutional backing to this important service is being provided in capital cities and municipalities throughout the length of Brazil / Esse trabalho acad?mico tem por objetivo investigar a possibilidade e a constitucionalidade do acesso ? justi?a atrav?s da presta??o da assist?ncia jur?dica integral e gratuita pelos munic?pios brasileiros, em especial, ao atendimento ao necessitado. Investiga-se os aspectos hist?ricos do federalismo, no contexto mundial, enfatizando as contribui??es deixadas pelo federalismo norte-americano. No contexto brasileiro, ressaltando a import?ncia dos munic?pios como entes federativos e suas caracter?sticas marcantes, sem deixar de abordar aspectos do federalismo regional. Envereda-se pela an?lise dos munic?pios brasileiros, contextualizando sua natureza jur?dica, sua autonomia e suas compet?ncias constitucionais. Ressalta-se as relevantes transforma??es dos munic?pios brasileiros nos ?ltimos vinte anos da vig?ncia da Constitui??o da Rep?blica Federativa do Brasil de 1988, em especial as v?rias emendas constitucionais que repercutiram na autonomia municipal e nos seus aspectos or?ament?rios, fiscais e de compet?ncias, trazendo significativas altera??es aos munic?pios brasileiros. Faz-se uma abordagem sobre o conceito de justi?a e aprofundando-se os estudos no direito fundamental do acesso ? justi?a. Neste diapas?o, faz-se um estudo sobre a assist?ncia jur?dica prestada no Brasil, destacando-se as compet?ncias das Defensorias P?blicas dos Estados e da Uni?o, bem como a presta??o de tal servi?o p?blico por Munic?pios brasileiros e sua relev?ncia para aos cidad?os necessitados. Neste ponto, aprofunda-se a relev?ncia do tema dessa disserta??o auferindo-se as implica??es da atua??o municipal na presta??o da assist?ncia jur?dica prestada ao necessitado, bem como a atividade do Procurador Municipal ou assessor jur?dico na realiza??o de tal mister e suas implica??es jur?dicas e processuais, especialmente quanto ? constitucionalidade ou n?o da realiza??o de tal servi?o p?blico, confrontando os artigos constitucional que tenham correla??o com o assunto. Neste ponto da disserta??o, questionam-se alguns aspectos importantes desta atividade, tais como as influ?ncias pol?ticas e o clientelismo, muito comum no dia-a-dia dos procuradores e assessores jur?dicos municipais, concursados ou ocupando cargos comissionados dentro da estrutura administrativa municipal em v?rios Munic?pios espalhados pelo Brasil. Por fim, realiza-se a conclus?o quanto ? constitucionalidade ou n?o do servi?o que vem sendo realizado, apresentando-se propostas e recomenda??es que possam aprimorar a assist?ncia jur?dica municipal