Res judicata: meaning and limits Autoridade do caso julgado: sentido e limites

ABSTRACT: In the judged case authority, sense and limits, we focus the judged case Authority‟s grounds of the authority investigated: scope, limits and effects; objective extension. If tried material and if tried formal. Elements to be considered in the resume. Identity of procedural subjects. Identity of the request. Identity of the cause of asking. The case tried and related figures alike. Prejuciality. The preclusion. The case tried against third parties. Legally indifferent third parties. Legally impaired third parties. Third parties on special schemes. The sense limits of judicial lawmaking. Moment of verification of the reasoning and its authority. Limits to the deducing judgment: notably, the exception of the extraordinary review appeal.

KEYWORDS: court case authority; sense; limits; exceptions.