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.
“Concrete problems of economic and corporate criminal law” featuring new articles addressing topics from the General Part, Special Part, and Criminal Procedure.
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.
This article aims to demonstrate how the theory of objective imputation of results enriches this examination, as well as to suggest ways of its application.
Raquel Scalcon talks with Gustavo Simon and Magê Flores about the aftermath of the chaos and the progress of the bill that reduces penalties for fraudsters (PL of dosimetry).
According to Raquel Scalcon, neither the Code of Criminal Procedure nor the Supreme Court’s rules require a qualified dissenting opinion, a gap filled by the justices based on the logic of proportionality.
According to Raquel Scalcon, neither the Code of Criminal Procedure nor the Supreme Court’s rules require a qualified dissenting opinion, a gap filled by the justices based on the logic of proportionality.
After five years of the non-prosecution agreement (ANPP) being in effect, Raquel Scalcon points out the practical problems of the law and proposes that negotiated justice be improved.
Lawyer and criminal law professor Raquel Scalcon sees no logic in altering the severity of the penalties for the crimes themselves in the Penal Code, pointing out that they are not high.
In the Edição do Meio-dia of Jornal da Globo News, Raquel Scalcon provides a legal analysis of the preventive detention of former president Jair Bolsonaro.
On Globo News’ “Em Ponto” program, Raquel Scalcon provides a legal analysis of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the coup plot.
Raquel Scalcon believes that the former president did not violate precautionary measures
Raquel Scalcon, a consultant and professor of Criminal Law at FGV, gave an interview to the program Cinco Continentes, on RTVE in Spain, about the start of the trial of former president Bolsonaro.
In an interview with Estúdio CBN, the professor of Criminal Law said that the annulment of former President Lula’s conviction represents a risk of the case becoming time-barred.
In an interview with Jornal CBN, the professor of Criminal Law stated that former minister Sérgio Moro’s testimony was strategic in order to avoid revealing information prematurely.