Proposta de alteração da lei de assistência judiciária

Abstract

This article is a brief of a lecture by the authors during an official event promoved by the Law Office of USP Law School's Student Council. It is a general comment about a draft law concerning Legal Aid proposed in that opportunity to substitute the law that rules this subject. Legal Aid in Brazil is regulated since 1950 by a federal law that has been changed several times. In the opinion of the authors, the actual law should be reviewed deeply in order to better assure the new rights established in 1988 by the new Constitution. The proposed draft law is reproduced by the end of the article.