In this issue, we publish one of the most recent contributions by Prof. Hans-Heinrich Jescheck on International Criminal Law, a field in which he is undoubtedly one of the most prominent specialists today. His leadership of the Max Planck Institute in Freiburg im Breisgau and his manifold responsibilities in international associations enable the German master to offer us a broad and current perspective on the severe problems facing international criminal law. In the Doctrinal section, additional works are featured, including one by the young professor Juarez Tavares, from Paraná—currently completing a fellowship at the Max Planck Institute, on intent (dolus) and other subjective elements of the offense, focusing on the subject through a modern lens; one by Professor Raphael Cirigliano Filho on putative crime; and an exhaustive analysis by Professor Manoel Pedro Pimentel on the offense and civil reparation in the Draft Civil Code.In the Legal Opinions section, we have two pronouncements by the master Roberto Lyra: one on the crime of extortion under color of office (*concussão*) in ordinary law and Military Criminal Law; another on voluntary abandonment (*desistência voluntária*) in the crime of homicide. Among the commentaries and communications, the reader will find studies by Waldemir de Oliveira Lins (on the role of the Public Prosecution Office in crime suppression); by Prof. Miguel Reale Júnior (on the ever-timely issue of drunk driving); by Prof. João Mestieri (on the directions of Criminology); and by Prof. Gilberto Macedo, on Criminal Sociology.In addition to our regular sections, this issue also includes the full text of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft and Law No. 5,786 of June 27, 1972, which gave it effect, criminalizing acts that were previously unknown to our penal legislation.