The deformation of the writ for the unification of case law

Abstract

The writ for the unification of case law in labor cases aims at satisfying the public interest in the regularity of case law. Its resolution by the Supreme Court removes the dispersion that justifies the filing of the writ. This does not mean that it has precedential force (stare decisis), but that it bars raising the same issue once again to the Court. The Court does not even recognize this limited effect of its own decisions. A statutory solution is needed in order to restore the functionality of the writ.