A produção de prova única em processos repetitivos

Abstract

This dissertation investigates the procedure to produce single evidence in repetitive cases through national judicial cooperation. The research consists of a study of the requirements, mechanisms, and limits of this procedural tool. To this end, the study pursues the following objectives: (i) to assess whether coordinated evidence-taking is advantageous; (ii) to identify the case-management mechanisms that may be employed during the evidentiary phase; (iii) to define the limits of single evidence through national judicial cooperation; and (iv) to examine a concrete case of single evidence in Brazil. The research method follows the structure outlined below: in the first two chapters, a legal-descriptive and legal-comparative approach is adopted in order to establish the premises of single evidence production and, subsequently, to propose a procedure that may be followed in a concrete case. The third chapter, in turn, is empirical and adopts a legal-exploratory approach to examine a practical case of single evidence production, extracting data to test the hypotheses advanced in the introduction.