A perda do direito de sufrágio ativo como efeito da condenação penal: uma abordagem comparativa entre Brasil e Portugal

Cristina Rego Oliveira; Stella Furlanetto Mattos Cunha

doi:10.5433/1980-511X.2013v8n2p197

Loss of the right of suffrage as effect of criminal sentence: a comparative approach between Brazil and Portugal

Authors

Cristina Rego Oliveira Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra
Stella Furlanetto Mattos Cunha Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1980-511X.2013v8n2p197

Keywords:

Dignity, Political rights, Citizenship, Universal suffrage, Right to vote, Sentenced person, Automatic and assessory penalty.

Abstract

The text will make a comparison between the legal regime of the right to political participation that sentenced people in Brazil and Portugal. Initially, we’ll introduce the concepts of dignity, citizenship, suffrage and popular participation. Then it will be noted that, in order Portuguese, the restriction of voting rights is not automatically applied to the sentence, thus meeting, before cases and in a reasoned manner, the logic of proportionality and the functions of punishment. Then the problem will be addressed to our legislative system, in which, as is well known, the cassation of political rights is automatically applied. In the end, will be detach the situation of the prisoner provisional that, despite not having a final decision has curtailed their rights.

Author Biographies

Cristina Rego Oliveira, Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra

Master of Criminal Law from the University of Coimbra. Specialist European Economic Criminal Law by the European Economic Criminal Law Institute - the same institution. Specialist in Criminal Law and Criminology at UFPR. Specialist in Constitutional Law from ABDCONST. Specialist in Political Sociology, UFPR.

Stella Furlanetto Mattos Cunha, Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra

Master of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra. Post-graduation level of specialization in Public Law - Concentration Area in Tax Law from the same institution. Postgraduate in Law and Labour Procedure Anhanguera University.

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Published

2013-09-02

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Oliveira, C. R., & Mattos Cunha, S. F. (2013). Loss of the right of suffrage as effect of criminal sentence: a comparative approach between Brazil and Portugal. Revista Do Direito Público, 8(2), 197–220. https://doi.org/10.5433/1980-511X.2013v8n2p197

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2013)

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