Um laboratório para a diferença: emprego público, concurso e preparação na seleção de juízes no Brasil

Abstract

In the present work, I seek to identify how judges are selected in Brazil. For this, I examine the movement that involves the selection of judges in the country, addressing institutional aspects and macrosociological dynamics. Thus, I analyze the budgetary management and personnel policy of the Judiciary, its model and its experiences of public tenders, and the way candidates prepare for selections and see their career. The results indicate that these dimensions are interconnected, making the recruitment of judges in Brazil a medium to long-term process with high financial costs. In addition, it was found that their contests primarily select high-income social profiles and seek professional profiles linked to respect for legislation and jurisprudence. Given this, I investigate the consequences of the way the selections are currently organized, both in terms of social characteristics of the candidates, as well as the professional preferences of future judges.