STANDARDS OF PROOF AND EMERGENCY INJUNCTIONS/STANDARDS PROBATORIOS E TUTELAS DE URGENCIA

In view of the growing doctrinal and jurisprudential interest in standards of proof, this article examines their application in provisional injunctions. The study addresses relevant aspects of cognition as a basic assumption for the development of reasoning about evidentiary standards, and then deals with summary cognition, preparing the field to establish a relationship between provisional injunctions and standards of proof. The research carried out through the national and foreign bibliographic review, compared with the jurisprudential experience and with the examination of legal sources, resulted in the finding that the legislator expressly erected only the probability (logical) and that the severity of the injury suffered by the author and the intensity of the judicial measure eventually granted are factors that directly influence the establishment of the standards of proof. KEYWORDS: Due process of law; civil procedure; evidence law; standards of proof; emergency injunctions. Diante do crescente interesse doutrinario e jurisprudencial sobre os standards probatorios, o presente artigo examina sua aplicacao nas tutelas provisorias. O estudo aborda aspectos relevantes da cognicao como pressuposto base para o desenvolvimento do raciocinio acerca dos standards probatorios para, em seguida, tratar da cognicao sumaria, preparando-se campo para estabelecer uma relacao entre as tutelas provisorias e os standards probatorios. Da pesquisa realizada mediante a revisao bibliografica nacional e estrangeira, cotejada com a experiencia jurisprudencial e com o exame das fontes legais, resultou a constatacao de que o legislador erigiu expressamente apenas a probabilidade (logica) e que a gravidade da lesao sofrida pelo autor e a intensidade da medida jurisdicional eventualmente deferida sao fatores que influenciam diretamente na fixacao do standard probatorio. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Devido processo legal; processo civil; direito probatorio; standards probatorios; tutela provisoria.