Website of MERCOSUR, the Southern Common Market, a South American trading bloc which includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela and Bolivia. The Treaty of Asunción 1991 and the Protocol of Ouro Preto 1994, the establishing treaties, are given on the site along with documents of MERCOSUR bodies - meeting minutes, reports, regulations and trade statistics. The site can be viewed in Spanish, Portuguese and English although information in English is limited.
Official Brazilian legislation portal, providing federal legislation and federal bills, together with links to state legislation, federal cases and treaties. The federal legislation section includes the Constitution, codes, laws, decrees and bills; there is a separate section for historical legislation, which goes back to the early nineteenth century.
Database of more than 12,000 Brazilian treaties, provided by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Contains instruments dating from 1822 to the present day, whether in force or not. Basic and advanced search facilities are available. The text of each instrument is available in pdf and/or html format, together with information about the status of each treaty. The interface and treaty documents are in Portuguese.
Online article providing an introduction to judicial power and the court systems in Latin America written by Gloria Orrego Hoyos who is Professor of Law and Legal Research at the Universidad de San Andrés and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires. The guide was published in 2021 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author provides an overview to judicial power in the region, the constitutional courts and the court system in each country along with links to relevant resources.
Site of the National Bank of Brazil, providing resources in Portuguese and English. In addition to background information about the role and work of the Bank, the site provides sections on the economy and finance, inflation targeting, exchange and foreign capital, the national financial system, supervision and the Brazilian payment system. Media formats used include text, video, photos and podcasts. Official publications of the Bank are available in full text.
Site of the Brazilian Ministry of Finance. Provides background information about the role and work of the department and a wide selection of relevant documents. These are in PDF format . Links are given to relevant full text legislation on other related sites. The department has a library with an online catalogue. A separate publicity section gives access to printed notices and recorded interviews which can be viewed and downloaded. All interviews , documents and notices are in Portuguese only.
Article explaining the writ of Amparo, a form of protection of individual human rights used in Latin American jurisdictions. The article was written by Gloria Orrego Hoyos who is the Legal Reference Librarian and Professor of Law and Legal Research at the Universidad de San Andrés in Buenos Aires. The article was published in 2013 (and updated in 2023) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law.
LexML Brasil is a Brazilian legal and legislative information portal providing free access to legal materials made available by a number of executive, legislative and judicial bodies including the Office of the Federal Solicitor General (AGU), the Office of the General Prosecutor, the House of Representatives and the National Justice Board among others. Brazilian legislation and case law can be searched and viewed in Portuguese only.
A comprehensive research guide explaining the legal system in Brazil with bibliographic details of sources and links to materials available on the internet. The guide was written by Monaliza Da Silva, International Legal Fellow at White & Case LLP in New York. The guide was published in 2015 (and updated in 2019) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.
Brazil section of WorldLII's Countries service. A full range of browse and search features are available on the site. Browse sections highlight links relating to: Courts, Government, Legislation and Parliament. Additional subject areas include Elections, Environment, Good Governance, Indigenous Law, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property and Poverty Reduction. A collection of stored searches will automatically search for materials relating to Brazil on all of WorldLII.
