Serventias extrajudiciais como instrumentos de resolução consensual de conflitos e de acesso à justiça no estado do Tocantins

Abstract

This paper is linked to the use of alternative means of conflict resolution, as appropriate mechanisms for the implementation in notaries office. Due to a constitutional imperative, it is Judiciary’s assignment to assess any threat or damage of law, guaranteeing the court not only the possibility to sue in court, but also ensuring effective means of access to justice. This theme is discussed in the light of the access to justice waves of Cappelletti and Garth, each associating the role played by other judicial institutions. Therefore, the Federal Constitution of 1988, popularly known as the Citizen Constitution, inaugurated a scenario of new rights and the improvement of mechanisms for accessing justice, triggering collaterally a culture of judicialization. Currently, more than 70 million cases are processed in the Brazilian Judiciary, and according to projections of the National Justice Council (CNJ), this number tends to increase progressively, causing a congested procedural stock. As a solution to reverse this situation, the CNJ elaborated Resolution 125 of 2010, which regulates the National Judicial Policy for the adequate treatment of conflicts of interest within the Judiciary, fostering the culture of self-composition of conflicts through conciliation and mediation, including implementing CEJUSCs in the judicial district. However, the deployment of such units does not demonstrate being sufficient to provide a broad access to alternative means of conflict resolution, since they are present in only 15 of the 42 districts of State of Tocantins. About this problem, the study on the use of notaries office as environments for conciliation and mediation procedures is developed, since they have sufficient attributes for the performance of such practices, have their activities audited by the Judiciary, and are located in most municipalities of state of Tocantins.