Criminal Law Journal Nº 32

The title of this journal, when we founded it, followed the advice—received as an injunction—given to us by the great master Roberto Lyra. As is well known, he held a broad conception of Criminal Law as a general science of crime and punishment across all dimensions, a view that can hardly be sustained today. From […]

Criminal Law Journal Nº 28

With this issue, we present to our readers a collection of works of the highest merit. The doctrine section opens with the “Open Letter to a Young Criminologist,” in which Professor Roberto Lyra Filho undertakes, with a master’s hand, a penetrating analysis of the current tasks of Critical Criminology. Next, we publish, in an excellent […]

Criminal Law Journal Nº 17 e 18

This issue includes a meticulous study by Prof. Alcides Munhoz Netto on putative factual grounds for justification, in which the illustrious master demonstrates, once again, his refined qualities as a legal scholar with complete mastery over the subject matter. This work, like so many others authored by him, will become essential reading for all those […]

Criminal Law Journall Nº 11 e 12

To the question of punishment—its foundations and limits—which today undeniably stands at the forefront of concerns for all Criminal Law scholars, we devote special emphasis in this issue, featuring two original works of the utmost importance and significance. The first is by Prof. CLAUS ROXIN, on culpability as a limiting criterion of punishment, in which […]