Comentários ao Código Penal

The most important work in the history of Brazilian criminal law literature—authored almost entirely by Justice Nelson Hungria—provides an article-by-article commentary on the 1940 Penal Code. Heleno Fragoso updated certain volumes (Volume I, Tomes I and II; Volume V; Volume VI; and Volume VII—all originally by Hungria) without altering the original text, instead adding supplementary […]

Lei de Segurança Nacional: uma experiência antidemocrática

This work was prepared for the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) and adopted by it as its official position during the debate on reforming the National Security Law then in force. The author examines the doctrine of national security and addresses the concepts of political crimes and crimes involving the expression of […]

Direitos dos Presos

This volume contains a study by Heleno Fragoso regarding the legal and criminological perspectives of the subject, as well as a research report by Yolanda Catão and Elizabeth Sussekind on the situation of inmates, based on fieldwork in male penitentiaries in Rio de Janeiro. Published at a time when the country did not even have […]

Direito Penal e Direitos Humanos

Collection of legal writings on various criminal law topics. Articles can be found there on “Legal aspects of social marginality,” “Equality and inequality in the administration of justice,” “The object of the crime,” “Notes on the concept of crime in Soviet law,” “Subjective elements of the offense,” “Notes on Anglo-American criminal law,” and “Human rights […]

Abuso de Drogas na Legislação Brasileira

This work was co-authored with sociologist Yolanda Catão as part of the research program of the Institute of Penal Sciences at the Cândido Mendes Law School during 1975. The study is divided into two parts. The first presents general considerations regarding the research subject and the problem of drug abuse, along with information on the […]

Primeiras linhas sobre o direito penal e o processo penal

Text originally prepared for publication in French in a collection organized by Professor Marc Ancel under the auspices of the Institute of Comparative Law (Paris), and produced in accordance with criteria established by Sebastian Soler, who coordinated the preparation of the volume covering South America. It was an exposition on the fundamental aspects of criminal […]