the Constituent Assembly of Brazil

“ Chapter I ― Preliminary Provisions Article 1 The United States of Brazil maintain, under the representative system, the Federation and the Republic [sic] . All power emanates from the people and shall be exercised in its name.
§ 1 The Union includes, in addition to the states, the federal District and the Territories. ”

“ VI. The remuneration of the judges shall be fixed an amount not inferior to that received, in any form, by the secretaries of State; and the other life-tenure judges, with a difference not to exceed thirty percent between one classification and another, and attributing to those of highest classification not less than two-thirds of the renumeration of the chief judges ”

“ IV. The promotion of judges shall be made from one classification to another by length of service and by merit, alternately, and, in the second case, shall be dependent upon a triplicate list organized by the Tribunal of Justice. An equal proportion shall be observed in accession to this Tribunal, except as provided in Item B on this article. For this purpose, in cases of merit, the triplicate list shall be composed of names selected among judges of any classification. ”