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摘要

WITH convicted criminals allowed multiple appeals and labour regulations that are a standing invitation to sue one's employers, you might have thought there would be plenty of work to go round for all the lawyers in Brazil. But behind the scenes some of the most powerful ones are agitating to make life harder for the 100 or so foreigners offering legal services in the country. Late last year the Sao Paulo chapter of the national bar association (oab-sp) said that formal alliances between foreign-trained and local lawyers were against its rules. It confirmed that opinion in February. The federal bar association in Brasilia is now considering the matter. If it agrees, all formal local-foreign legal alli-I ances may have to be dissolved.