Law

Public Health

Disarming Violence

Curbing Brazil’s homicide epidemic hinges on restricting access to firearms, fresh research suggests

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Interview

Silvia Pimentel: Women’s rights

The lawyer who chaired the most important international committee for the defense of women’s rights speaks about the more than four decades she spent in teaching, research, and activism

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LAW

Justice is delayed, but (apparently) isn’t failing

Combating corruption is studied from the vantage of police investigations and criminal prosecutions

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Law

Judiciary undergoing transformation

Opposing the trend of the 1990s, study identifies fewer women and working class among Brazilian judges

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COVER

Architecture of the Constitution

Three decades after its ratification, a scientific study reveals the uniqueness of the federal Constitution's construction and evidence of pioneering spirit in its codification of citizens' rights

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Good practices

The weight of Justice

Researchers debate whether scientific misconduct should be treated as a crime

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Patent War

Patent War

Researchers locked in legal battle for property rights linked to the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool

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Vídeo

Illegal Amazonia

Landowners in the state of Pará may be resorting to fraud to extract more timber than is allowed

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JUSTICE

A labyrinth of inconclusive decisions

86% of Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court decisions are responses to internal appeals

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COOPERATION

A catalyst for debate

For ten years, the Mobilization for Business Innovation has been guiding corporate strategies and coordinating the dialogue between government, the private sector, and universities

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LEGISLATION

Legal certainty

A new decree outlines measures to lift bureaucratic barriers and boost innovation in companies and universities

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LEGISLATION

A rainbow of demands

LGBT rights begin to gain respect through legal actions filed with the judicial branch

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Education

Fewer foreign students in the United States

A study highlighted a 7% drop in the number of foreign students starting at US universities in the 2016–2017 school year

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Retrospect

Providing a legal education

Law schools contributed to the development of a national identity

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retrospect

Innovation during the Empire

First patents law helped encourage innovation in Brazil in the 19th century

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Ethics

U.S. court levies a $15 million fine on websites that pirate journal articles

U.S. court levies a $15 million fine on websites that pirate journal articles

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JUSTICE

A labyrinth of inconclusive decisions

Most Federal Supreme Court decisions are responses to internal appeals

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Law

Congressmen versus anthropologists

The SBPC defends the Brazilian Association of Anthropology

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Careers

Law provides incentives for innovation

Law provides incentives for innovation

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COVER

Growing demands

Partnerships seek to understand judicialization of health

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PROFILE

From the fields to the courts

A self-taught botanist has already classified more than 350 species

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JUSTICE

Deficit of deliberation

Internal rules and practices can affect the debate of Supreme Court Justices

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law

No more primates

Import lab monkeys for clinical trials may be prohibited in Australia

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Legislation

SBPC criticizes draft bill

SBPC asks for changes to the draft bill on genetic resources

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homage

Lafer, Professor Emeritus

USP grants Celso Lafer Emeritus Professor title

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Cover

Where the Information Comes From

Files feed investigations into crimes committed by the dictatorship

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Human Resources

A Controversial Change

Law changes the career plan for faculty members at federal universities

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Transition Justice

The onset of remembering

Truth Commission shows how Brazil deals with human rights violations

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Strategies

Lafer receives the title of professor emeritus

Lafer receives the title of professor emeritus

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Electronic political platform

Contrary to myth, free advertising time works and helps voters

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