A GLOBALIZAÇÃO E O MERCADO JURÍDICO NO SÉCULO XXI O exercício profissional da advocacia além das fronteiras.

Abstract

This present paper - linked to the strictu sensu Post Graduation Program in Law, Foreign Affairs and Development of the Pontifical Catholic University of Goias State - intends to analyze the practice of the legal profession under the influence of globalization and the legal market . It is based on the assumption that the globalization and consolidation of economic blocks in detriment of the national borders are a 21st century reality. The free movement of people and the needs that result from it require the adaptation of the States and of societies, especially when speaking of the movement of goods and services. The legal service provision follows this world trend, resulting, within the Brazilian legal profession, in the incorporation of the term legal market . Nevertheless, the consolidation of this historic moment depends on the solidification of projects that allow greater flexibility for the practice of Law, through two main hypotheses: the transnationalization of the legal profession in the scope of MERCOSUR, allowing cross-border practice among State parties; and the association between Brazilian and foreign law firms, allowing foreigners to indirectly practice the legal profession in Brazil.