PARA "REMOVER OS EMBARAÇOS QUE POSSAM RETARDAR [...] A ADMINISTRAÇÃO DA JUSTIÇA": a criação do tribunal da relação de Pernambuco e a composição de seus primeiros desembargadores (1821-1840)

Abstract

: Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, the nobility and people of the captaincy of Pernambuco claimed difficulties in appealing their claims to the Bahia Court of Appeal, and sent requests to the monarchs, asking for the installation of a Court of Appeal in the captaincy. On February 6, 1821, king D. João VI issued a permit, ordering the installation of a Court of Appeal in the village of Recife. The Court of Appeal of Pernambuco received the same rules as the Court of Appeal of Maranhão, established in 1812. The article proposes to discuss the political process that promoted the creation of the Court of Appeal of Pernambuco. We will also deal with aspects of the trajectory of the first justices appointed to the banks of the new Court, as well as the motivations that guided the choices of magistrates, by the royal administration. In the final remarks, in addition to reinforcing the argument presented in the text, we point to the need to expand the studies on the courts of justice, considering the need to deepen the understanding of the performance of these institutions in the formation of the Brazilian State.