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 29

The study opening this edition is dedicated to the important topic of alternatives to custodial sentences (pena privativa da liberdade), a matter currently at the forefront of legal discussion. The complete failure of custodial sentences has led modern legal systems to seek alternatives to avoid incarceration across the various stages of the criminal justice process. […]

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 04

With this issue, the Revista de Direito Penal completes its first successful year of publication, fulfilling the program it set out to accomplish. In order to facilitate the binding of the volume, a detailed alphabetical index covering all four issues of this first year was prepared, with particular emphasis on the jurisprudence section. In this […]