A serious and unacceptable attack on the exercise of the profession of lawyer. Commentary on opinion 12.120-2019 of the Office

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Abstract

This paper critically analyzes the opinion 12.120-2019 of the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic, through which it changed its historical jurisprudence regarding the incompatibility and prohibition of public officials-lawyers to exercise civil actions against the Administration. It argues that this opinion is partly illegal and unconstitutional.

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General Comptroller of the Republic, Administrative Statute, university professors, civil actions, incompatibility, prohibition