Journal Article

Brazilian Anti-Corruption Structure

Ragazzo, Carlos, Freitas, Fernanda

2019

Overview

This article discusses the challenges of legislative systematization and inter-institutional coordination that have emerged as a result of the anti-corruption movement in Brazil in recent years. We contextualize the forthcoming discussion by presenting a brief history of Brazil’s normative framework on the subject, including elements that have proven important for combating corruption in the country. Later, we demonstrate that the formation of this national context on corruption has resulted in deficient legislative systematization, which causes difficulties in the application of the existing laws and rules. Moreover, it has hampered inter-institutional coordination, thus retarding processes, increasing the demands to the courts, elevating the insecurity of those who are subject to the institutions’ actions, and so on. In conclusion, although recent developments initiated by Brazil’s government and other ancillary institutions have attempted to address these issues, a deficiency is likely to exist in the foreseeable future, especially in terms of the proposed legislative agenda under discussion.

• Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH,Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG,Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH und Co KG
• Subject: ABHANDLUNGEN / ARTICLES / Coordination / Corruption / Courts / Insecurity / Security