The autocomposition of conflicts in the context of civil neoprocessualism and the principle of consensus

Abstract

This research analyzes the impacts of fundamental norms present in the 2015 Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure – specifically those regarding consensual dispute resolution, which bases itself on the novel consensual procedural principle. Therefore, this paper explores the fundamental topics of jurisdiction, constitutional procedural principles, and fundamental norms of civil procedure and its transformations over time, in order to analyze their effects within the context of neo-proceduralism and neo-constitutionalism. Moreover, this study utilized the qualitative research method for descriptive and exploratory purposes, in order to investigate, explain and analyze related theories and their repercussion on the very essence of the judicial civil process. Furthermore, currently judicial policy gives priority to autocompositive solution of conflicts, which is impacted by the paradigm shift, now characterized as consensual. This, in turn, represents a deconstruction and reconstruction of the Brazilian legal culture, hence the term neoprocessalism. In this way, it has impacted the democratization of the Judiciary, as there is active participation of parts in the decision-making process, which can be interpreted as a true exercise of citizenship. In short, this study analyzes and defends the emergence of a novel constitutional procedural principle: the principle of consensuality.