Descrição do patrimônio documental judicial: processos da primeira república no Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

This study introduces an arrangement and description proposal for lawsuits of custody from the collection of the Archive of the Judicial Court of Rio Grande do Sul. This collection consists of documentary resources that enable social studies, cultural, legal and historical. For organizing and accessing information, the cases were arranged and described by applying the archival functions according to the needs and specificities of the court files. Considering the Brazilian Standard of Archival Description, were defined and described the description levels base, section, subsection, series and process, which were described as the evidence presented by the Standard. Contemplated, in the arrangement, the deep Judicial Power of Rio Grande do Sul, the 1st and 2nd degree sections, the subsections as document producer Counties all over the State and the series used in the classification procedure of the National Council of Justice. For the process level, was established a model considering the elements the Standard and basic procedural information to the monitoring and location of the files. The proposed description is being applied along the lawsuits representatives of the First Republic (1889- 1930). Among the processes initiated in this period, were randomly selected from statistical calculations, those being described. Analysis of the information described allows relations with facts and social, political and cultural aspects from the historical period considered, providing the scholars with numerous opportunities for research. The paper presents some of these possibilities of analysis, in addition to the proposed adoption of the model describing the processes in the computerized file from the Judicial Archive. In this regard, the objectives of defining and implementing the arrangement and description have been achieved, allowing access and research to relevant information contained in court documents.