Visualizing Brazilian justice: the supreme court 2.0 project

Abstract

The Brazilian Supreme Court is one of the largest in the world in terms of case load. Since 1988 more than 1.5 million cases have reached the court, which is comprised of eleven Justices, mostly through appeal. This study describes the Supremo 2.0 ('Supreme Court' 2.0) project, undertaken to allow fast and interactive visualization of this case load. We describe the technologies and algorithms employed and outline its general functioning. We discuss the benefits of intuitive visualization, cross-filtering and multiple-view systems for knowledge discovery.