Sumário:The Brazilian legal system -- The powers of the Brazilian judge -- The independence and the impartiality of the Judiciary in Brazil -- The guarantees of the judiciary as a whole -- The guarantees for the judges -- Guarantees of independence -- Impediments as guarantees of impartiality -- The relevance for Brazil of international standards of judicial independence -- The budget of the Judiciary -- The media and the Judiciary -- The judges' standards of conduct -- Contact with a party.