Justice in People's hands: A Study About the History, the Etymology and the Motivation of Lynching.

The acts of lynching have gradually gained the cover of periodicals and journals in Brazil, which can be related to the increasing crisis of legitimacy of the State. This makes the population have a disbelief in the institutions of Justice and start to solve their disputes privately. In this context...

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Main Authors: Humberto Ribeiro Júnior, Felipe Machado Veloso
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Direito (CONPEDI) 2015-12-01
Series:Revista de Teorias e Filosofias do Estado
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Online Access:http://www.indexlaw.org/index.php/revistateoriasfilosofias/article/view/667