Dossier Criminal and Civil Liability: interdisciplinary themes

Initially, liability consists of the obligation to repair the damage that one person causes to another. Furthermore, the word liability should be understood as the restitution or compensation of something that was taken from someone, therefore, the purpose is to restitute or even compensate something, which can be in the civil or criminal sphere. Criminal liability has always been the subject of much debate in the doctrinal field and mainly in the jurisprudential sphere.

The “ex delict” action has its origins in Roman law, and at that time specific rules were already being discussed to deal with unlawful acts and their legal consequences. Roman law already made a clear distinction between obligations that arose from contracts (obrigationes excontractu) and those that arose from crimes (obrigationes ex delicto).

This distinction was maintained and developed over the centuries in the legal traditions that gave rise to Roman law, significantly influencing contemporary legal systems. In modern law, this distinction continues to exist, being incorporated into several civil and criminal codes, including the Brazilian civil code. However, when it comes to “ex delict” actions, Brazil still has a long way to go.

The initiative to compose the dossier is to seek to overflow technical, doctrinal and interdisciplinary knowledge between the two institutes, Action ex contracto and Action ex delict. To this end, the objective is to publish and disseminate articles by national and international researchers, seeking to contribute to academic and social research in the field.

Number of articles: 20 (twenty) articles will be published, divided into two editions.

Submission deadline: 10/31/2024