39.Finally, in the late thirties the Supreme Court dealt with the issue of whether or not rebus sic stantibus was contrary to Brazilian Civil and Commercial legislation and concluded that it was not. Currently, the highest commercial and civil law court in Brazil, as determined by the 1988 Constitution, is the Superior Tribunal de Justica (STJ), which was created to reduce the enormous workload of the Supreme Court. The STJ has also admitted the application of rebus sic stantibus, but only under the argument that: