The Force of Judicial Precedents in Criminal Procedure: A Pursuit for Equality and Legal Certainty
This paper is the result of an analysis of the approach of judges and courts in criminal matter, in view of this relevance about the possibility of state intervention in the sphere of individual freedom. The issue that has brought up this research is based on the fact that similar cases are receivin...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Direito (CONPEDI) |
| Repositorio: | Revista de Direito Penal, Processo Penal e Constituição |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.indexlaw.org:article/849 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://www.indexlaw.org/index.php/direitopenal/article/view/849 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Judicial precedents Criminal procedure Stability of decisions Equality Legal certainty Precedentes judiciais Processo penal Estabilidade das decisões Igualdade Segurança jurídica |
| Sumario: | This paper is the result of an analysis of the approach of judges and courts in criminal matter, in view of this relevance about the possibility of state intervention in the sphere of individual freedom. The issue that has brought up this research is based on the fact that similar cases are receiving different legal treatment through individualized judicial decisions. Thus, this article sustains the hypothesis that is possible to apply the judicial precedents system, as disciplined in the new Civil Procedure Code, to criminal procedure, especially as an instrument able to ensure equal treatment and legal certainty for jurisdictional. |
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