Brazil or the Federative Republic
of Brazil is the Portuguese speaking country being the largest country in both
South America and Latin America. It is the only single country in America
having Portuguese language as its official language. The Unique environmental
heritage having country is one of the seventeen megadiverse countries. The
country’s laws are based on Roman- Germanic traditions and civil law concept.
See its entire legal system and its Nationality, Separation of Power, Judicial
system, Legislative system, Legal sources, legal information, Legal research,
etc. at http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Brazil.html
You can also view and online read
about the legal system of Brazil, including its Constitution, Legislative,
Judicial, Executive, Legal Guide and General Guide at http://loc.gov/law/help/guide/nations/brazil.php
Learn about The Constitution of the Federative Republic
of Brazil:
The Constitution of Brazil is the supreme law of the country
and it is the foundation and also the most important and basic source of the
legal authority and also providing federal government structure for the
country. View and Download the Constitution here http://english.tse.jus.br/arquivos/federal-constitution
Links given below are the most important and useful for
understanding legal system of Brazil
Petroleum
Industry laws: http://www.anp.gov.br/brasil-rounds/round1/Docs/LDOC01_en.pdf
Waste
Policy: http://wiego.org/sites/wiego.org/files/resources/files/Pereira-Brazilian-Waste-Policy.pdf
Laws for
Drugs and Medical Device: http://www.fdli.org/docs/default-document-library/brazil-practical-book.pdf?sfvrsn=0
Anti-
Corruption law: http://www.bmalaw.com.br/arquivos/Artigos/New_Brazilian_Anti_corruption_Law_and_Regulations_famm_amd_ehc.pdf
Tobacco
Control law: http://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/country/brazil/laws
Criminal
Justice System: http://www.unafei.or.jp/english/pages/RMS/No92_07PA_Andrey2.pdf
Foreign Exchange
policy: http://www.bcb.gov.br/rex/legCE/Ingl/Ftp/International_Capitals_and_Foreign_Exchange_Market_at_Brazil.pdf
Competition
Law and Policy: https://www.oecd.org/daf/competition/45154362.pdf
Data
Protection Policy: https://www.dlapiperdataprotection.com/system/modules/za.co.heliosdesign.dla.lotw/functions/export.pdf?country=all
Financial
Regulation: https://www.math.nyu.edu/faculty/avellane/ArgentinaBrazilFinance.pdf
Banking
Self- Regulation System: https://conteaqui.org.br/pdf/Normativo%20011%20english.pdf
Employment
rules: https://www.marinemoney.com/sites/all/themes/marinemoney/forums/RIO10/Presentations/Sept17th/Pedro%20Calmon%20Neto.pdf
Money
Laundering Policy: http://www.track.unodc.org/LegalLibrary/LegalResources/Brazil/Laws/Brazil%20Money%20laundering%20Law.pdf
Oil and Gas
Regulation: http://www.justen.com.br/pdfs/IE64/IE64_not_Cesar_Petroleo_Gas.pdf
Education
policy: http://www.ibe.unesco.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Publications/WDE/2010/pdf-versions/Brazil.pdf
Las for
Petroleum industries: http://www.ogp.org.uk/pubs/426.pdf
Law for
defense in Brazil: http://defensewiki.ibj.org/index.php/Brazil
Real Estate
laws: http://www.brazilinvestmentguide.com/information/brazil-real-estate-legal-guide.pdf
Forced labor
policy: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/15session/A.HRC.15.20..Add.4_en.pdf
Occupational
Safe and Health: https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/working_papers/WR1100/WR1105/RAND_WR1105.pdf
Drug and
Drug Trafficking: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Miraglia-Brazil-final.pdf
Labeling,
Packaging and Marketing laws: http://www.sidf.gov.sa/En/MediaCenter/ResearchandStudies/ExportInformationExportStudyKnowledgeBase/2005-ES-Labelling%20Marking%20and%20Packaging%20Regulations-Part2.pdf
Health
Legislation: http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2014001102032
Pension
policy: http://www.abrapp.org.br/Documentos%20Pblicos/The%20Brazilian%20Pension%20System.pdf
Intellectual Property Laws:
Industrial
Property Law: https://www.jpo.go.jp/shiryou_e/s_sonota_e/fips_e/pdf/brazil/industrial_property_law.pdf
Industrial
Design law: https://www.jpo.go.jp/shiryou_e/s_sonota_e/fips_e/brazil/idr/chap1.htm#law1
Trademark
Regulation: https://www.jpo.go.jp/shiryou_e/s_sonota_e/fips_e/brazil/tr/chap1.htm#law1
Legal Articles and eBooks:
Brazilian
Judiciary and Judicial Review: http://www.stf.jus.br/arquivo/cms/sobreStfCooperacaoInternacional/anexo/Framework_of_the_Brazilian_Judiciary__Inglaterra_Final.10.2009.pdf
Environment
policy (Detailed): http://www.mma.gov.br/port/conama/processos/61AA3835/CONAMA-ingles.pdf
Judiciary
and Public Policy in Brazil: http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0011-52582008000100004
Transfer
Pricing Rules: http://www.taxjustice.net/cms/upload/pdf/Brazil_transfer_pricing_rules_1106_Falca771o.pdf
Investor’s
legal Guide: http://www.investexportbrasil.gov.br/legal-guide-foreign-investors-brazil-1?l=en
Foreign Direct
Investment in Brazil: http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2004/investment_country_report_brazil.pdf
Health and
Safety at Work: http://www.braziliannr.com/
The crisis
in Brazil’s prisons and criminal justice system: http://www.ibanet.org/Document/Default.aspx?DocumentUid=D6AAB956-DC90-4B77-A5D6-81A7EB6D7CAA
Brazilian
Drug Policy Situation: http://www.publichealthreviews.eu/upload/pdf_files/14/00_Ribeiro_etal.pdf
Religion and
Secular State in Brazil: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Miraglia-Brazil-final.pdf
Restorative
Justice in Juvenile Courts in Brazil: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/article/download/2875/3341
Oil and Gas
Industries in Brazil: A Brief History and Legal Framework: http://www.panoramaofbrazilianlaw.com/index.php/%20BrLaw/article/download/7/12
Water Law in
the United States and Brazil: http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1516&context=wmelpr
Brazil’s
Patent Reform: http://infojustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Brazilian_Patent_Reform.pdf
Legal Elites
and the Shaping of Corporate Law Practice in Brazil: A Historical Study: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2534348
Departments:
Brazil
Government News: http://www.brazilgovnews.gov.br/
Ministry of
Foreign Affairs: http://www.itamaraty.gov.br/en/
Central
Bank: http://www.bcb.gov.br/en/#!/home