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This unique and enriching academic opportunity is organized by the Center for Comparative Constitutional Studies at the University of Brasília (CECC/UnB), with the next edition taking place from May 13th to May 26th, 2024.
This intensive course offers international students a comprehensive insight into the Brazilian legal system. It covers crucial areas such as Constitutional Law, Labor Law, Human Rights, and Environmental Law, promising an immersive learning experience.
The course will be free of charge, with classes taught entirely in English by faculty members of the University of Brasília and affiliated professors. Our goal is to provide students with a welcoming environment open to the exchange of ideas, fostering a comprehensive and enriching learning experience in key areas of Brazilian law.
The Just Society, conducted by the Southern Denmark University in partnership with the University of Brasília (through the Center for Comparative Constitutional Studies), University of Johannesburg (South Africa), National Law School of India University, Bengaluru (India), and School of Arts and Sciences, Ilia State University (Georgia), is an interdisciplinary project aimed at promoting equality through strengthening the rule of law, access to justice, and redistributive public policies through teaching, research, and public engagement.
From legal, sociological, and political perspectives, we explore the intersection of institutions shaping encounters at the grassroots level between the state and individuals regarding access to justice and public services and redistributive benefits. Our goal is to strengthen responsible and inclusive institutions that uphold the rule of law and provide equal access to well-being.
For more information about the partnership and the course "The Rule of Law and Equal Access to Welfare," offered in partnership with SDU, click here.
Partnership with the Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University, where students from Ohio State University participate in the Brazilian Law Exchange Program promoted by CECC, and researchers from CECC are granted tuition waivers to attend the Moritz College of Law Foundations of U.S. Law & Practice Summer Program. For more information on the Program at Moritz College law, clique here.
Although the role of constitutional courts has gained prominence in society, few studies have conducted empirical analyses comparing the performance of these courts in specific areas of their operation. Through collaboration with research centers in Latin America and abroad with a tradition of comparative studies, the International Network on Constitutionalism in Latin America (INCO-LATAM) aims to fill this gap by creating a database of landmark decisions on constitutional cases related to fundamental rights from the constitutional courts of 18 countries in Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The collected data, appropriately classified and cataloged, and the analyses and interpretations thereof will be available to the public through a website. The research aims to facilitate easy access to comparative information about the performance of Latin American constitutional courts, not only through a robust methodology for classifying core constitutional themes in a comparative and transnational dimension but also by serving as a repository of primary (data) and secondary (analyses) sources for future studies on Latin American constitutionalism.
