Through some serendipity, I am spending this week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie at its Exchanging Hemispheres program. I'm helping teach a short course, Access to Justice and Clinical Legal Education Theory, Practice & Skills. My contribution
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Brazil: Supreme Court suspends acquisition of rural land in São Paulo by Brazilian companies controlled by foreign entities
By DLA Piper
The Brazilian Supreme Court recently suspended the permission granted by Normative Opinion No. 461/12E, issued by the General Internal Affairs of State of São Paulo (Corregedoria-Geral de Justiça de São Paulo) in December 2012, which had recently permitted the acquisition…
São Paulo Scenes
Sao Paulo Starts to Run Out of Water
The third largest city in the world is starting to have water troubles. From the Guardian:In Brazil, a land of immense natural riches and home to around 12% of the world’s fresh water, the very idea of a…
Virginity as requirement to teach in Brazil
By John Kang
According to Salon: Good luck getting a teaching job in São Paulo if you’re a woman who doesn’t want to undergo a pap smear or have a doctor certify your virginity in a written note. As outlined by a 2012…
Gay Rights Movement in Brazil
By John Kang
The story reads: SAO PAULO (AP) Gay rights advocates called for a Brazilian law against discrimination as they gathered by the hundreds of thousands in Sao Paulo on Sunday for one of the world's largest gay pride parades.And: Sao Paulo…
Domain Dispatches: NETmundial Day 1 – A Parade and then a Circus
NETmundial, the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance, opened Wednesday, April 23 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Around 800 participants representing governments, private sector, academia, civil society and the technical community filled the room, with at least twice…
Domain Dispatches: NETmundial Is Right Around The Corner
On Wednesday, April 23, 2014, Sao Paulo, Brazil will host NETmundial – the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance. Approximately 800 people will descend on Sao Paulo to spend two days and nights discussing, debating, arguing, cajoling,…
Faundes et al. on Brazilians’ Views on Abortion Legality
Anibel Faundes, et al., have posted Brazilians Have Different Views on When Abortion Should Be Legal, But Most Do Not Agree with Imprisoning Women for Abortion on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Unsafe abortions remain a major public health problem in…
A World Without Advertising
By propertyprof
Cord Jefferson looks at the aftermath of Sao Paulo's 2006 decision to ban every billboard, poster, and bus advertisment in the city:Five years later, have all the businesses in São Paulo gone under? Hardly. In fact, most citizens and some advertising…