The Relationship between Judicial Staff and Court Performance: Evidence
                        from Brazilian State Courts

Gomes, Adalmir de Oliveira; Guimarães, Tomás de Aquino; Akutsu, Luiz

doi:10.18352/ijca.214

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“…The available workforce has been mentioned as a positive factor to increase the judicial performance of courts (Chaparro & Jiménez, 1996;Gomes, Guimaraes, & Akutsu, 2016;Mitsopoulos & Pelagidis, 2007;Schneider, 2005). For instance, Chaparro and Jiménez (1996) found that a larger administrative workforce provides better working conditions for judges, while Mitsopoulos and Pelagidis (2007) found that good administrative support could help to speed the work of the courts.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For instance, Chaparro and Jiménez (1996) found that a larger administrative workforce provides better working conditions for judges, while Mitsopoulos and Pelagidis (2007) found that good administrative support could help to speed the work of the courts. In the Brazilian Judiciary, Gomes, Guimaraes, and Akutsu (2016) used longitudinal data (2003to 2012 for all state courts to investigate the impact of hiring new judges and administrative assistants on court performance. The main findings indicate that the number of judicial assistants has a positive influence on court productivity, and the number of assistants mitigates the positive relationship between court caseload and court productivity.…”

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Court Caseload Management: The Role of Judges and Administrative Assistants

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ResumoA gestão do acervo de processos pendentes em tribunais é essencial para garantir que os processos serão julgados de maneira célere, e isso depende de como juízes e assistentes administrativos lidam com suas cargas de trabalho. Resultados de diversos estudos indicam que um aumento no acervo de tribunais tende a gerar um aumento na produção judicial dos juízes. Entretanto alguns autores apontam que essa relação é mais complexa do que aparenta. No intuito de desenvolver um entendimento mais aprofundado dessa relação, é testado, neste trabalho, um conjunto de hipóteses diretas e de moderação. Foram utilizados dados secundários referentes a 566 juízes que trabalham em varas de primeira instância da Justiça Estadual de São Paulo, Brasil. Os resultados indicam uma relação direta e positiva entre o acervo da vara e a produção dos juízes, mas a força dessa relação varia de acordo com a especialidade da vara. Os resultados também mostram que a quantidade de assistentes administrativos, a experiência e os locais em que o juiz atua moderam a relação entre acervo e produção judicial. Os resultados contribuem para o desenvolvimento de estratégias gerenciais a fim de enfrentar o congestionamento de tribunais brasileiros.Palavras-chave: judiciário; gestão de tribunais; juízes; produção; acervo. AbstractCourt caseload management is of key importance for guaranteeing the adjudication of cases and depends on how judges and administrative assistants deal with their workload. Results from several studies indicate that an increase in court caseload tends to generate an increase in the judge's production. However, some authors argue that this relationship is far more complex. To develop a fuller understanding of this relationship we tested an array of direct and moderating hypotheses. We used secondary data from 566 judges working in first trial courts in the State Justice System of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The results indicate a direct and positive relationship between court caseload and judge production, but the strength of this relationship depends on court specialty. The findings also indicate that the number of administrative assistants, judge experience and the number of places a judge works all moderate the caseload-production relationship. The results contribute to the development of strategies to address the delays and congestion of courts, two of the main Brazilian Judiciary problems.

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“…Anything that falls outside the jurisdiction of the Federal or the Special Justice is handled by the State System. The organizational standards of the judicial branch are defined in the Federal Constitution [9,20].…”

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“…Currently, the Brazilian judicial system has the following courts: the Federal Supreme Court (STF), the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), the Superior Military Court (STM), the Superior Labor Court (TST), the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), five Federal regional courts (TRFs), 24 Regional Labor Courts (TRTs), 27 Regional Electoral Courts, three State Military Courts of Justice (TJMs), and 27 State Courts of Justice (TJs) [20].…”

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Challenges When Using Jurimetrics in Brazil—A Survey of Courts

2017

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Abstract:Jurimetrics is the application of quantitative methods, usually statistics, to law. An important step to implement a jurimetric analysis is to extract raw data from courts and organize that data in a way that can be processed. Most of the raw data is unstructured and written in natural language, which stands as a challenge to Computer Science experts. As it requires expertise in law, statistics, and computer science, jurimetrics is a multidisciplinary field. When trying to implement a jurimetric system in Brazil, additional challenges were identified due to the heterogeneity of the different court systems, the lack of standards, and how the open data laws in Brazil are interpreted and implemented. In this article, we present a survey of Brazilian courts in terms of readiness to implement a jurimetric system. Analyzing a sample of data, we have found, in light of Brazil's open data regulation, privacy issues and technical issues. Finally, we propose a roadmap that encompasses both technology and public policy to meet those challenges.

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“…Diversos estudos anteriores (Beenstock & Haitovksy, 2004;Castro, 2011;Gomes, Guimaraes, & Akutsu, 2016, 2017Souza & Schwengber, 2005) investigaram a relação entre força de trabalho e desempenho judicial, no entanto a relação entre congestionamento e força de trabalho praticamente não tem recebido atenção na literatura. Assim, a presente pesquisa busca suprir essa lacuna.…”

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Relação entre demanda judicial e força de trabalho nas Justiças Estaduais no Brasil

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Nunes

2019

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<p>A grande quantidade de processos peticionados – demanda judicial – e a incapacidade de resposta adequada a essa demanda é um dos principais problemas do Judiciário brasileiro e de boa parte dos judiciários de outros países. Embora os tribunais brasileiros tenham conseguido aumentar a capacidade produtiva nos últimos anos, a demanda crescente acaba gerando uma sensação de ineficiência e resultando no que ficou conhecido como "congestionamento dos tribunais". Diversos fatores estão relacionados ao congestionamento, e o presente estudo busca testar um desses fatores: a força de trabalho. O objetivo é descrever a relação entre a taxa de congestionamento de tribunais e a força de trabalho disponível. Os dados foram coletados na base Justiça em Números (CNJ), e referem-se à primeira instância das justiças estaduais no período de 2009 a 2016. Para analisar os dados, foram utilizadas técnicas de estatística descritiva e correlação linear. Os resultados do estudo apontam que a taxa de congestionamento está correlacionada positivamente com a força de trabalho absoluta nas justiças. No entanto, a correlação passa a ser negativa quando considerada a força de trabalho proporcional ao total de habitantes. Isso indica que a política de alocação de pessoal nas justiças estaduais brasileiras está desalinhada com a demanda judicial.</p>

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The Relationship between Judicial Staff and Court Performance: Evidence from Brazilian State Courts

Cited by 24 publications

References 11 publications

Court Caseload Management: The Role of Judges and Administrative Assistants

Court Caseload Management: The Role of Judges and Administrative Assistants

Challenges When Using Jurimetrics in Brazil—A Survey of Courts

Relação entre demanda judicial e força de trabalho nas Justiças Estaduais no Brasil

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