Academic Production

25Dec
2014

Citizenship and human rights

The notion of citizenship presupposes the active political participation of each individual and is linked to fundamental rights such as freedom and equality. However, we can not think of citizenship only in an abstract way, ...

21Dec
2014

Tax collection in Brazil

The different levels of government in Brazil are responsible for the taxation of different fields of economic activities of individuals and businesses. Starting with the Federal Constitution, a significant volume of standards ...

01Dec
2014

The impact of bilateral investment treaties in international law

  The search for foreign investment around the world led many States to conclude thousands of Bilateral Investment Treaties, as well as multilateral treaties, setting out arbitrations schemes to settle disputes. These ...

01Dec
2014

Shale gas regulation in Brazil

Shale gas has emerged in recent years as an extremely promising source of energy, despite the controversy about the environmental and social impacts its exploitation entails. In 2013 Brazil put itself in the vanguard of ...

01Dec
2014

Investment in Rio de Janeiro

  The concept of foreign investment is one of the most discussed topics in the International Law of Investment, especially in international arbitrations. While the bilateral investment treaties usually brings their own ...