German newspaper portrays abuses by the Supreme Court

An article in the German newspaper Handelsblatt criticized the Supreme Federal Court (STF) and exposed what it describes as a “culture of privilege” within the Brazilian Supreme Court. The article was published this Tuesday, 31. The text, signed by journalist Alexander Busch, details benefits considered excessive granted to magistrates, questions the independence of the Judiciary, and suggests that the Brazilian legal system would be shaped to g…

On December 31, the German newspaper Handelsblatt published an article criticizing the Brazilian Judiciary and the actions of Supreme Federal Court (STF) ministers. The publication states that the Brazilian justice system “was originally conceived based on the German model”, but that “the public service has become a caste full of privileges”. Handelsblatt questioned whether the Brazilian Judiciary needed a code of conduct and published a stateme…

An article published by Handelsblatt, Germany's leading business newspaper, highlights the privileges in the Brazilian judiciary and describes the proximity between the country's justice elite and private sectors, in addition to the concentration of power and the promotion of private interests. In the article, journalist Alexander Busch begins the text by talking about Gilmarpalooza, an event... The post German newspaper portrays abuses by the S…