EFFICIENCY IN JURISPRUDENTIAL RESEARCH: AN ANALYSIS OF THE PORTAL OF THE FEDERAL REGIONAL COURT OF THE FIRST REGION

Abstract

In contemporary times, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play an essential role, highlighting the paradigm of broad access to information. In Brazil, transparency has become a duty of public entities with the enactment of Law No. 12,527 of 2011 (Access to Information Law). In this context, Brazilian courts faced the need to adapt to society's growing demand for access to judgments and administrative data. About judgments, it is crucial to examine the criteria defined for their disclosure on the courts' electronic portals. Thus, this study sought to evaluate to what extent the website of the Federal Regional Court of the First Region has tools that favor the search of jurisprudence. For this, a descriptive research was carried out, with an empirical character and a qualitative approach, analyzing the main functionalities available on the platform. The results indicated that, in addition to the summaries, the judges allow access to the vote of the rapporteur and, in cases of divergence, to the vote of the other judges. However, processes protected by secrecy of justice restrict public access only to the summaries.