Until the
Constitution of 1988, Brazil adopted a worldwide-common system: the legal representation of the Union (the federation), the states, the Federal District, and the municipalities, was attributed to the Public Prosecutor's Office, which had a main role as a public ministry of attorneyship and also would act in defense of weaker classes, such as poorer, elder and native people. Hence, the attorneyship was divided between public and private ministry, the first one considered a kind of magistracy. The Union (the federation) was represented by the Federal Public Ministry, and the States were represented by each State Public Ministry. Under the will to develop the protection to civil rights and improve the democratic control of the Government, however, the Constitution created a new system, advancing from the old theory of tripartition, bringing the Essential Offices to the Justice (articles 127 to 135). These Offices included the ''Public Prosecutor's Office
, the Public Procurator's Office, the Public Defender's Office'' and the attorneyship itself, which remained private. Although, the new Constitution established a new division of responsibilities, which can be synthesized as the following: • Society's Procuracy: the ''Public Prosecutor's Office''; • Nation's Procuracy: the ''
Public Procurator's Office''; • Weaker classes Procuracy: the ''Public Defender's Office''. Thus, the ''Public Prosecutor's Office
was put in charge of the defense of society in criminal and civil issues; the Public Procurator's Office was put in charge of the intern control of the Public Administration, policing the acts of the Government, such as the legal representation of the nation in intern and international issues; and the Public Defender's Office'' was put in charge of the defense of the weaker classes. Each Office is independent in its duty to guarantee democracy. ==Branches of the Brazilian Public Ministry==