LES CHEMINS MENANT À LA COUR: CARRIÈRES ET CRITÈRES DE RECRUTEMENT DES MINISTRES DES INSTITUTIONS MAJEURES DU POUVOIR JUDICIAIRE BRÉSILIEN (1829-2006)

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, André Marenco dos
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Da Ros, Luciano
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Sociologia e Política
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufpr.br/rsp/article/view/13857
• topic: carreiras jurídicas; padrões de recrutamento; Supremo Tribunal Federal; Supremo Tribunal de Justiça; juridical careers; recruitment patterns; carrières juridiques ; standards de recrutements

This article analyzes changes and continuities in recruitment patterns for high-level justices in theBrazilian court system between 1829 and 2006. For these purposes, we analyze data on: 1) socialorigin and 2) juridical, political and penal system careers for members of the Supreme Courts (SupremoTribunal de Justiça from 1829-1890; Supremo Tribunal Federal, 1891-2006). We take a separatelook at the social attributes of the individuals who have been recruited to these courts, identifyingthe characteristic traits of each generation of justices, emphasizing the importance of specificinstitutions of higher education for the prospects of a juridical career, states of origin and cases ofgeographical mobility within the different periods. We also look at the degree of differentiation inthe juridical sphere in relation to spheres that are of a specifically political character, a question thatis considered fundamental from the perspective of prospects for institutionalization. Our findingsoffer clues for comprehending the longitudinal changes that take place in career and recruitmentstandards for Brazilian supreme courts as well as the social, institutional and political requirementsthat pertain to the trajectories of this segment of the juridical field. Fundamentally, we have observeda gradual increase in individuals belonging to an exclusively juridical universe: people who havefollowed careers both in the juridical field and other arenas – whether political or linked to repressiveState apparatuses – prevail throughout the periods under consideration. Decreased geographiccirculation throughout the careers of future ministers, as well as the diversification of the institutionsof higher education where their degrees are obtained (both phenomena particularly pronouncedafter the first Vargas period) further suggest - although rather paradoxically - the increased autonomyof the Court.