Superior Court of Justice of Brazil

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The Superior Court of Justice of Brazil is the country’s highest non-constitutional court, responsible for standardizing the interpretation of federal law across the Brazilian judiciary.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
federal court ⓘ
superior court ⓘ
appointmentAuthority President of Brazil ⓘ
branchOf Judiciary of Brazil ⓘ
buildingType courthouse ⓘ
compositionMethod appointment by the President of Brazil with Senate approval ⓘ
confirmationBy Federal Senate of Brazil ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
decidesOn conflicts of jurisdiction between federal and state courts ⓘ
extradition requests ⓘ
homologation of foreign judgments ⓘ
special appeals on federal law ⓘ
establishedBy 1988 Constitution of Brazil ⓘ
excludesJurisdictionOver constitutional matters reserved to the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver uniform interpretation of federal statutes ⓘ
hasChambers private law chambers ⓘ
public law chambers ⓘ
special court ⓘ
hasNumberOfJudges 33 ⓘ
hasPresident President of the Superior Court of Justice of Brazil ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.stj.jus.br ⓘ
headquarters Brasília ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom Regional Federal Courts of Brazil ⓘ
State Courts of Justice of Brazil ⓘ
inception 1989 ⓘ
judgeTitle minister ⓘ
jurisdiction federal law of Brazil ⓘ
legalBasis Brazilian federal procedural law ⓘ
Constitution of Brazil ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
locatedIn Brasília ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Federal District ⓘ
mottoLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
nativeName Superior Tribunal de Justiça ⓘ
officialLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
partOf federal judiciary of Brazil ⓘ
predecessor Federal Court of Appeals of Brazil ⓘ
reasonForCreation to relieve the Supreme Federal Court of non-constitutional cases ⓘ
role court of last resort for non-constitutional federal matters ⓘ
highest non-constitutional court in Brazil ⓘ
standardization of the interpretation of federal law ⓘ
separatedFrom Supreme Federal Court of Brazil ⓘ
shortName STJ ⓘ
typeOfAppealHandled recurso especial ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brazilian government → judicialBody → Superior Court of Justice of Brazil ⓘ
Court of Justice of Sergipe → subordinateTo → Superior Court of Justice of Brazil (for federal law issues on appeal) ⓘ
linked to: Superior Court of Justice of Brazil
Superior Court of Justice → alsoKnownAs → Superior Tribunal de Justiça ⓘ
subject linked to: Judicial branch of Brazil
linked to: Superior Court of Justice of Brazil
Regional Federal Courts of Brazil → subordinateTo → Superior Court of Justice of Brazil ⓘ
Superior Court of Justice of Brazil → nativeName → Superior Tribunal de Justiça ⓘ
linked to: Superior Court of Justice of Brazil
State Courts of Justice in Brazil → notSuperiorTo → Superior Court of Justice of Brazil ⓘ
Court of Justice of Rio Grande do Sul → subordinateTo → Superior Court of Justice of Brazil (for federal law issues) ⓘ
linked to: Superior Court of Justice of Brazil
Court of Justice of Espírito Santo → subordinateTo → Superior Court of Justice of Brazil (for federal law issues) ⓘ
linked to: Superior Court of Justice of Brazil