The Crisis of Criminal Legality and the Role of the Superior Court of Justice in the Interpretation of Criminal Types

Authors

  • Bruno Queiroz Oliveira Unichristus
  • Nestor Eduardo Santiago PPGD Unifor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/redes.v6i2.3717

Keywords:

Principle of Legality, Expansion of Criminal Law, Standardize the Interpretation ofFederal Legislation, Function of the Superior Court of Justice.

Abstract

It addresses the crisis of the principle of legality in contemporary constitutionalism, especially because of the new criminal frameworks introduced by the legislature, which delegate to the interpreter the final conformation of prohibited conduct. The purpose of the research is to analyze the role of the Superior Court of Justice in the standardization of the interpretation of criminal types, with a view to offering the juridical person greater legal certainty in the application of Criminal Law. It is concluded that the Superior Court of Justice does not satisfactorily carry out the task of safeguarding the principle of legality in the national legal system, since there are many issues of high controversy in the organs of the Judiciary Branch of first and second instances still pending of better standardization, with serious repercussions to maximize the expansion of criminal law.

Author Biographies

Bruno Queiroz Oliveira, Unichristus

Doutorando em Direito Contitucional pela Unifor. Mestre em Direito pela Universidade Federal do Ceará. Professor de Direito Penal na Unichristus. Presidente da Comissão de Estudos Penais da OAB/CE. Membro Titular do Comitê de Prevenção e Combate à Tortura no Ceará.

Nestor Eduardo Santiago, PPGD Unifor

Doutor em Direito. Professor do  Curso de Pós-Graduação Stricto Senso em Direito da Unifor. Professor da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal do Ceará. Membro do Conselho Penitenciário do Estado do  Ceará.

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Published

2018-09-26

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 2 (2018)

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