Estudo exploratório da eficiência dos Tribunais de Justiça estaduais brasileiros usando a Análise Envoltória de Dados (DEA).

The main objective of this paper is to compare the relative efficiency of the States Justice Courts of Brazil. This is an exploratory study with a focus on quantitative and qualitative research with documentary and bibliography researches. They used data in the report Justiça em números, editions 2007 and 2008, published by the National Council of Justice. The data were analyzed using the model oriented for outputs using the technique of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to assess the efficiency of the Courts. There was an increase in the number of courts that have reached the maximum level of relative efficiency between 2007 and 2008. Some Justice Courts have been presented as benchmarks for all other Courts. In addition, it has presented the situation of the Justice Court of the State of Ceará together with an analysis of the factors that need to be adjusted to achieve its maximum level of efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]