At a time of profound institutional tension, when the Supreme Federal Court faces unprecedented questioning regarding its legitimacy, independence, and ethical conduct, this collective work brings together legal scholars, professors, and criminal defense attorneys from across Brazil for a necessary and rigorous debate committed to the values of the democratic rule of law.
The article is an adapted version of a legal opinion discussing the interpretation of the expression “typical activity of public administration”, present in Article 327, § 1, final part, of the Penal Code.
The crimes outlined in articles 359-M and 359-L of the Penal Code, as analyzed by Raquel Scalcon, reveal essential interpretative challenges to the protection of democratic institutions.
This article is a continuation of the discussion on the topic of multiple offenses in the context of the charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro. In this second text, Raquel examines possible connections between the crime of aggravated damage and the crime of deterioration of listed heritage sites.
Raquel Scalcon’s article addresses the complex issue of multiple offenses in the context of the charges against Bolsonaro and others.
Discussions surrounding the error of prohibition, since its inclusion in the Penal Code in 1984.
The article examines the relevance of the theory of objective imputation in resolving concrete cases.
In corruption crimes, the status of being a public official serves as the “gateway” to the criminal protection of the Public Administration, shielding it from both internal and external attacks.
The Covid-19 pandemic has drawn attention to practical situations, such as the administration of public assets to manage crises in the health sector.
This article is an adapted version of an opinion piece that discusses the concept of judicial error and wrongful conviction in Brazilian criminal law, as well as the criteria for its compensation. It also addresses a procedural issue concerning the possibility of the Superior Court of Justice reviewing the topic.
“Concrete problems of economic and corporate criminal law” featuring new articles addressing topics from the General Part, Special Part, and Criminal Procedure.
Dissertations approved up to 2022 in the Economic and Business Criminal Law concentration area of the Professional Master’s Program at Fundação Getulio Vargas, São Paulo.
Concept, distinctions, and cases. Discussions that demonstrate the lack of obviousness in the interpretation of article 327 of the Penal Code. Criminal Law.
From legislative forecasts on the potential and concrete effects of criminal law to the duties of monitoring and improving criminal law. Constitutional Law.