Saul Tourinho Leal

Practice Areas

Post-doctorate in Constitutional Law from Humboldt, in Berlin (Germany), having been supervised by Professor Dieter Grimm. At PUC São Paulo, he defended his doctoral thesis “Right to Happiness”, which has been used by the Supreme Court to implement fundamental rights.

He was a foreign advisor to the Constitutional Court of South Africa (2016) and vice-president of the Supreme Court of Israel (2019). He is the author of books and articles.

For almost 20 years, he has participated in the construction of precedents in the Superior Courts, the Federal Supreme Court and others, such as the National Council of Justice.