Free justice as a presupposition of access to justice
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https://doi.org/10.19135/revista.consinter.00020.14Keywords:
free justice, access to justice, legal uncertaintyAbstract
The following work aims to unveil the criteria for granting free justice in the Brazilian legal system. Bearing in mind that there are no normative guidelines on how such a concession should be carried out, the research proposes to investigate in order to clarify possible paths that lead magistrates to grant or reject free justice to divide the population. It is also intended to observe how this impacts the process of granting access to justice and how the institution of free justice can encourage the resolution of conflicts in the Brazilian courts. The method applied is inductive in nature based on literature review research and specifications. The theoretical framework is represented by professor Mauro Cappeletti and his notable work on Access to Justice and professor Carlos Babo's book on Legal Assistance. The preliminary results of the research indicate that judges use an intimate and subjective truth to grant or reject gratuity, which promotes legal uncertainty in the justice system and prejudices the access to justice of several people, especially of under-sufficient jurisdictions who not provide proof of your vulnerability to cover the costs of a lawsuit.
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