Formação e evolução dos processos criminais havidos no Brasil português

• Main Author: Rogerio da Silva Tjader
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Universitário de Valença 2012-06-01
• Series: Revista Interdisciplinar de Direito
• Online Access: http://revistas.faa.edu.br/index.php/FDV/article/view/517/401

The present article aims at analyzing the evolution of the Law, since its origins and the fi rst Legal Codes, the infl uence of the Roman law, and the arrival at the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages until it set itself in Portugal in the 12th century. Around that time, the Iberian common laws were grouped and were mixed with the Canon Law. Th is blending originated the Afonsina, Manuelina and Philippine Ordinations. Th ese Ordinations constituted the fi rst Laws to be used in Brazil and, even after the independence, for lack of a national law, continued to be used for a long time. A shocking example took place in 1825 and it is mentioned here as a way of fi nal elucidation at the end of this article.