Sustainability for Governance, Brazilian Supreme Court and Conflict of Interest

Abstract

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2177-7055.2016v37n73p165 This paper intends to approach the theme involving the formation of the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) and the conflict of interest. The method used for accomplishment this work was the theoretician-documentary. In that context the currently constitutional rules to form the STF, having as parameter the rules involving the good governance practices, seems not to comply to the principals of Corporate Governance. The creation of public alliances between the applicants to the Justice position with the Executive and Legislative branches implies in a relation known as conflict of interest, causing prejudices to the independence of judicial decisions and to the sustainable.

Keywords

• Conflito de interesses
• Sustentabilidade para governança corporativa
• Supremo Tribunal Federal