Brazilian Superior Court Monocratic Decisions on Shopping Center Civil Liability

A dataset of monocratic decisions from Brazil's Superior Court of Justice (STJ) concerning the civil liability of shopping centers for violent crimes committed by third parties on their premises. It contains legal texts in PDF and DOC formats totaling 75.6 KB, published under a CC-BY-4.0 license by Renata Dantas de Oliveira Mercadante. The dataset was last updated on May 11, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing procedural limits in civil liability cases based on the court decisions.
• Studying adherence to legal precedents based on the case rulings.
• Classifying unpredictable events based on the case descriptions.
• Examining variation in case outcomes based on the legal status of victims.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
• Files are available in common document formats (PDF, DOC).
• The dataset has a specific legal focus on civil liability for violent crimes.

Limitations

• Dataset size is only 75.6 KB, indicating a very limited scope.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Decisions from Brazil's Superior Court of Justice (STJ).

Collection Method

Likely compiled for jurimetric research.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-11 18:39:54; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Brazil