Criminal Law Journal Nº 33

The Brazilian National Group of the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP) and the Instituto de Ciências Penais of Rio de Janeiro held a national colloquium in Rio de Janeiro, from October 20 to 23, 1982, in preparation for the 13th International Congress of Penal Law, to be held in Cairo in 1984. The colloquium […]

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 26

In this issue, we publish the contribution written by the director of this journal for the festschrift in honor of Alfonso Quiroz Cuarón, to be published in Mexico, on the science and practice of Penal Law, highlighting the discrepancies between the appearances and the realities of the system. It stands as a tribute to a […]

Criminal Law Journal Nº 25

The jurist’s position regarding the State’s punitive system today is eminently critical. The Criminology of social reaction, by subjecting to analysis the police-judicial system itself and the mechanics of drafting penal laws, sparked a remarkable impact, necessarily imposing upon the jurist a critical re-evaluation of their activity. It is to this subject that the study […]

Criminal Law Journal Nº 24

Manuel Lopez Rey is undoubtedly one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Criminology today. We have welcomed several works from the old master, and in this issue, we publish his important “Criminological Manifesto,” which is destined to have a major impact. Also included in our doctrine section is a study presented by the director […]

Criminal Law Journal Nº 23

With this issue, a new chapter begins in the life of this journal, immediately reflected in the refreshed graphic presentation of this edition. From now on, responsibility for this journal passes to a major publishing house, Forense, which will handle its production and distribution—a fact that in itself guarantees the high-level continuity of this publication. […]

Criminal Law Journal Nº 21 e 22

Criminal Law Journal Nº 19 e 20

After a brief hiatus, the Revista de Direito Penal makes its reappearance at the precise moment its governing Institute takes on a new organization as a center for Criminal Law study and criminological research within the Cândido Mendes University Complex. Now established at its new headquarters—located at Rua Paulino Fernandes, 32, 1st floor, in Rio […]

Criminal Law Journal Nº 15 e 16

This journal has been disseminating important works by eminent foreign scholars in our country, always striving to do so through carefully prepared translations. In this issue, we are pleased to include two such contributions: first, a paper by Prof. GIUSEPPE BETTIOL on Criminal Law and inner behavior (*Direito Penal do comportamento interior*), revisiting a theme […]