Mojo Justice.BRAZILIAN JUSTICE CAN RUN TO extremes--from the kangaroo kangaroo, name for a variety of hopping marsupials, or pouched mammals, of the family Macropodidae, found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. The term is applied especially to the large kangaroos of the genus Macropus. Kangaroos have powerful hind legs designed for leaping, long feet, short forelimbs, and long muscular tails. The hind legs are also used to deliver blows at enemies when the animal is cornered; the feet are sharply clawed. court, where a horde HORDE - Horizons of Rock Developing Everywhere (music group) of villagers fatally beat confessed murderers, to a cybercourt, where a jurist jurist n. although it means any attorney or legal scholar, jurist popularly refers to a judge. relies on a laptop in handing down decisions. Now one judge has built a kinder, gentler courtroom. Judge Roberto Portugal, nicknamed the "Zen Judge," keeps lights dim, the music mellow and the scent aromatic in his civil court in Brazil's southern city of Curitiba Curitiba (k  rētē`bä), city (1996 pop. 1,465,698), capital of Paraná state, SE Brazil. It was founded in 1654 but was of little significance until the late 19th and early 20th cent.. He maintains that the soothing green paint on his Walls puts defendants and plaintiffs in a negotiating mood. For good measure, he provides cookies and milk. Before Portugal gave his courtroom a makeover, about half his litigants litigant n. any party to a lawsuit. This means plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, cross-complainant, and cross-defendant, but not a witness or attorney. settled their differences without a trial. Now more than two-thirds do. Given that success, the casual court has attracted the attention of other judges who want the city to repaint their chambers, install new lighting and add stereo systems. |
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