The Public Defender as na Instrument of Guarantee of Access to Justice, Including Homeless People

The present study aims to show the public defender's institution duly captained in the Federal Constitution to give access to justice to the needy, so declare yourselves, and do not have conditions to establish private lawyer without the commitment of their own livelihoods, reaching, obviously,...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Lima, Marcos Feitosa, Sant Anna, Marília Mendonça Morais
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2015
Country:Brasil
Institution:Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Direito (CONPEDI)
Repository:Revista Cidadania e Acesso à Justiça
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.indexlaw.org:article/474
Online Access:http://www.indexlaw.org/index.php/acessoajustica/article/view/474
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Access to justice
Public defender's office
Homeless
Acesso à justiça
Defensoria pública
Moradia
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Summary:The present study aims to show the public defender's institution duly captained in the Federal Constitution to give access to justice to the needy, so declare yourselves, and do not have conditions to establish private lawyer without the commitment of their own livelihoods, reaching, obviously, people who live in street situation, which most often are ignored by society as a whole , passing by unnoticed or even to be labelled in invisible. We will discuss the three waves if designed for access to justice, as well as highlight the obstacles.