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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Autores: Neri, Bianca Garcia, Lima, Barbara Gaeta Dornellas de
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
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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.