
Brazilian jeitinho
An inherited culture of default, tax evasion, and resistance to paying taxesBy Sergio Ricardo Ferreira MotaLength6h 9m
About this audiobook
The original version of this book was published in Brazil (Jeitinho brasileiro, mazelas históricas e cultura jurídico-tributária. Florianópolis: Editora Insular, 2012), and a Spanish edition of this book was also published in Argentina (Jeitinho brasileño, lacras históricas y cultura jurídico-tributária: ensayo académico. Buenos Aires: Ediciones Ruinas Circulares, 2013).
There is a preface written by Letraduz for the English edition. The book also includes prefaces written by Professor Antônio Carlos Wolkmer and Professor Ubaldo Cesar Balthazar for the Portuguese edition, as well as a presentation written by journalists Raúl Fitipaldi and Tali Feld Gleiser for the Spanish edition.
Works by some of the main authors who wrote about this Brazilian jeitinho were consulted – Bernardino Leers, Fernanda Carlos Borges, Keith Rosenn, Lívia Barbosa, Lourenço Stelio Rega, Mériti de Souza, and Roberto DaMatta – as a theoretical framework to support the research, as well as works by some of the main authors who wrote about Brazil – Caio Prado Júnior, Carlos Guilherme Mota, Celso Furtado, Dante Moreira Leite, Darcy Ribeiro, Gilberto Freyre, Raymundo Faoro, Roberto Simonsen, Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, and Victor Nunes Leal – and, in particular, on the history of Law in Brazil – Antônio Carlos Wolkmer, Mauro de Albuquerque Madeira, Savério Mandêtta and Ubaldo Cesar Balthazar –, among others.
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GenrePolitics and Government
Length6 hrs 9 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 21, 2025
LanguagePortuguese
Table of contents
1Presentation written by Professor Ubaldo for the Portuguese edition
2Presentation written by Journalists Raúl and Tali for the Spanish edition
3Prologue written by the Author for the English edition
4Preface written by Letraduz for the English edition
5Preface written by Professor Wolkmer for the Portuguese edition
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6Introduction
71. A PECULIAR WAY OF DOING THINGS IN BRAZIL
81.1 Brazilian jeitinho
91.2 Historical Ills
101.3 National Culture
112. BRAZILIAN LEGAL CULTURE
122.1 Formation of the Uniqueness of the Brazilian Legal Culture
132.1.1 Colonial Brazil (1500–1808)
142.1.2 Empire of Brazil (1808–1889)
152.1.3 Republic of Brazil (1889–today)
162.2 Peculiarities of the Brazilian Legal Culture
172.2.1 Complex Legislation
182.2.2 Practices of Reinterpreting Legislation
192.2.3 Bureaucracy
202.2.4 Corruption and Patrimonialism
212.2.5 Inequalities and Historical Ills
223. BRAZILIAN JEITINHO AND THE BRAZILIAN LEGAL AND TAX CULTURE
233.1 Perpetuated Ills
243.1.1 Concentration of Income and Wealth
253.1.2 Social and Regional Inequalities
263.1.3 Unequal Distribution of the Tax Burden
273.2 Other Historical Phenomena
283.2.1 Fiscal Oppression
293.2.2 Tax Evasion
303.2.3 Distortions of the Political Tax Option
31Appendix