EXPECTATION VERSUS REALITY: NOTES ON A GUARANTIST CONSTITUTION IN A PUNITIVE LEGAL SYSTEM

This essay aims to present considerations regarding the landscape of disputes between the progressive and conservative currents within the context of the National Constituent Assembly and the penal system in Brazil prior to 1988, the year when the Citizen Constitution was promulgated. It is assumed...

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Autores: COSTA, ANA PAULA MOTTA, LAMARE, BRUNO JACOBY DE, PELLEGRINI, CAROLINA DE MENEZES CARDOSO
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Faculdade Autônoma de Direito (FADISP)
Repositorio:Revista Pensamento Jurídico
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.ojs.unialfa.com.br:article/730
Acceso en línea:https://ojs.unialfa.com.br/index.php/pensamentojuridico/article/view/730
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Assembleia Nacional Constituinte
Progressismo
Conservadorismo
Sistema Penal
Constituição Federal de 1988
National Constituent Assembly
Progressivism
Conservatism
Penal System
Federal Constitution of 1988
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Sumario:This essay aims to present considerations regarding the landscape of disputes between the progressive and conservative currents within the context of the National Constituent Assembly and the penal system in Brazil prior to 1988, the year when the Citizen Constitution was promulgated. It is assumed that such disputes require hermeneutical interpretation, adaptation of infraconstitutional legislation, and the assistance of doctrine in order not to undermine the effectiveness of the promulgated text. From the research conducted, it is evident that the State of Art of Criminal Law prior to the Federal Constitution was marked by authoritarian characteristics, compatible with the exceptional regimes in which the Penal and Criminal Procedure Codes were forged (and to which they served). The Constituent Assembly, however, demonstrated a progressive stance in the field of criminal law, seeking to solidify, albeit implicitly, principles such as the presumption of innocence, due process of law, and the accusatorial procedural model as individual rights and guarantees. However, there are various cultural and infraconstitutional obstacles that prevent the 1988 Constitution from imposing the rights and guarantees established therein, ultimately hindering the realization of the democratic order as conceived.