Banca de DEFESA: Alberto Carvalho Amaral

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : Alberto Carvalho Amaral
DATE: 07/06/2024
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Sala de Defesa do PPGSOL
TITLE:

The New Unequals: The Public Defender's Office of the Federal District in
promoting access to justice for the needy (2012-2023)

KEY WORDS:

Brazilian Federal District Public Defender's Office; sociology of access to justice; needy
dispositive; socially vulnerable groups; institutionalization.

PAGES: 376
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Sociologia
SUMMARY:

This research focuses on the provision of access to justice by the Brazilian Federal District
Public Defender's Office, investigating how its institutionalization operates with the aim of
providing legal assistance to the destitute and socially vulnerable groups. It explores how the
selection of service recipients is conducted based on legal provisions, administrative
decisions, and defender’s office practice. The problem inquiry revolves around the definition of
individuals and groups eligible for assistance as "needy" and examines the practical effects of
this definition on the institution, its operations, and the recipients from 2012 to 2023. By
mapping the fields of study dedicated to analyzing the socio-legal phenomenon of access to
justice mediated by the state, the research aims to assess which elements contribute to the
construction of the sociological category of the "needy." It seeks to understand how the
institutionalization of the defense function, initially focused on purely economic aspects
(individual need) or legal imposition (legal need), allowed for the broadening of meanings to
encompass the protection of socially vulnerable groups situated in contexts of structural
inequality (collective need). The paradigms of judicial and juridical assistance, their
contemporary comprehension, and how their realization occurred in Brazil. The research
investigates the institutional trajectory of the Legal Assistance Center in the Brazilian Federal
District. The study employs a qualitative approach, particularly through documentary research
and fieldwork. It aims, through the theoretical approach of the dispositive by Michel Foucault,
Nicolas Dodier, and Janine Barbot, to gather heterogeneous elements of a technical, social,
organizational, and discursive nature. These mobilized characteristics configure the needy
dispositive. Consequently, legal provisions at the federal, state, and district levels, pertaining
to the Brazilian Public Defender's Office and its structure within the federated entities, will be
examined. The resolutions of the Higher Councils of the Public Defender's Office, which
establish criteria for access to the institution, and judicial decisions defining the defense
legitimacy for collective protection will also be considered. Additionally, interactions of the
served public will be investigated through the analysis of interactions occurring in focus groups
comprising community leaders of the Brazilian Federal District. This process aims to establish
the needy dispositive, which re-orients the institutional purposes of the organization.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Interna - 3173987 - ANALIA LAURA SORIA BATISTA
Externo à Instituição - ANTONIO HENRIQUE GRACIANO SUXBERGER - UNICEUB
Presidente - 2279253 - ARTHUR TRINDADE MARANHAO COSTA
Externo à Instituição - BRUNO AMARAL MACHADO - UNICEUB
Interna - 1668696 - HAYDEE GLORIA CRUZ CARUSO