Judicial review of telecommunications policies in Brazil

Abstract

The paper aims to identify regulatory questions that have been challenged before the Brazilian federal justice system by entities representing regulated agents and consumers, and the courts’ decisions regarding public policies proposed or adopted by ANATEL [National Telecommunications Agency]. Understanding the way Brazilian judges and courts address policy issues in telecommunications may help move towards a better understanding of how the Brazilian regulatory state has been molded in recent years, and to what extent the roles attributed to the technocracy and the judiciary have promoted a rearrangement in the division of tasks among branches of government.

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Keywords

BRAZIL, FEDERAL LAW, TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY, COMMUNICATIONS POLICY, JUDICIAL SYSTEM, SOUTH AMERICA, CONSUMER PROTECTION, REGULATION, ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, COURTS, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

Citation

Faraco, A.D., da Silva Pereira Neto, C.M., & Coutinho, D.R. (2013). Judicial Review of Telecommunications Policies in Brazil. In Mariana Mota Prado (Ed.), Courts And ‘The Regulatory State of the South’: The Case of Brazil (chapter 6).

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