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3.0 Jurisprudence
Cite cases by type of motion (see list of motions and their abbreviations below), number assigned
to the case by the court, deciding court (often the chamber), and publication date:
3.1 Courts
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AI 220.457, 5a. Câmara Cível do TJ/RJ, em 22.09.1990.
The most important courts in Brazil (and abbreviations) are:
Constitutional Ct: Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF)
High Court: Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ)
State Courts of Appeals: Tribunais de Justiça dos Estados (TJ)
Regional Federal Courts of Appeals: Tribunais Regionais Federais (TRF)
High Labor Court: Tribunal Superior do Trabalho (TST)
High Electoral Court:Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE)
High Military Court: Superior Tribunal Militar (STM)
3.2 Motions
The abbreviations for different types of motions and appeals in Brazil are:
Recurso Extraordinário (RExt.) [only for STF]
Recurso Especial (Resp.) [only for STJ]
Apelação Cível (Ap.) [all state appeals court]
Agravo de Instrumento (AI) [all high courts]
Medida Cautelar (MC) [all courts]
Mandado de Segurança (MS) [all courts]
4.0 Books
Cite books by name of the author(s) [family name (capitalized), first name, middle name or
initial], title (italicized), volume number (if appropriate), place of publication, publisher, year,
and page referenced:
TORRES, Ricardo L. Curso de Direito Financeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Renovar, 1996, 17.
4.1 Articles in Books
Cite articles in books by name of the author(s) [family name (capitalized), first name, middle
name or initial], title of the article (in quotations), “in” name of the editor(s) [first initial, family
name], title of the book (italicized), volume number, place of publication, publisher, year, and
page referenced:
VIEIRA, Jose Ribas. “A Constituição Federal de 1988 e um modelo de direitos
fundamentais incompleto” in M. Camargo (org.), Uma década de Constituição, Rio de
Janeiro, Renovar, 1999, 93-102.