Foreign Administrative Acts in Brazil

Abstract

The present work deals with administrative acts as studied in Brazil, with particular attention to foreign administrative acts, a subject still little known in Brazilian doctrine and practice. An administrative act in the Brazilian legal system arises when the public administrator expresses a Public Administration declaration of intent. It is always linked to a public purpose. The administrative act is foreign when it has the same elements of a national administrative act and also represents the manifestation of the will of the body or agent who is part of a foreign state. Brazil has no regulations about foreign administrative acts, which creates many problems related to recognition and enforcement of foreign administrative acts. The country has not ratified the Apostille Convention, as will be discussed in this work.