In the country's penal setting, a culture of punitivity is lived, whose roots are not only in the retributive function of punishment, but in its preventive function. The criminal principles of fragmentation, subsidiarity ...

Considering the whole evolution of the civil procedural science, there is no doubt about the importance of ensuring impartial judges to the exercise of judicial activity. In seat of arbitration, the concern could not be ...

After Galileo's argument for the autonomy of science is analysed and adapted to take into account later developments of scientific practices, we conclude that, in the final analysis, it is not compelling. Nevertheless, ...

Os valores culturais podem ter um impacto construtivo nas práticas científicas e levar a variações culturais legítimas nas abordagens sobre as mesmas. Segue-se que o conhecimento tradicional ou indígena não precisa opor-se ...