Brazil
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 622, Heft 1, S. 63-67
ISSN: 1552-3349
Brazil has led development of collective rights in Ibero-American states and has developed from consumer origins a general procedure on "public civil actions" largely brought by the attorney general. These have a two-stage process, involving a declaration on general liability followed by individuals bringing personal compensation claims.