Call for papers 2023

CALL FOR PAPERS – DOSSIERS 2023

In order to broaden its scope and the quality of the scientific articles published, the editorial board of Brazilian Journal of Criminal Procedure announces this public call for authors to thematic dossiers that will be published on the issues of the review in 2023, according to the following list of themes, associated-editors and deadlines:

 

Deadlines for submission

Periods of evaluation and corrections

Estimated publication

Vol. 9 n. 1

Dec. 15, 2022

Jan. and Feb. 2023

March 2023

Vol. 9 n. 2

Mar. 19, 2023

Apr. and May 2023

June 2023

 

The submission of articles must be done in the online system of RBDPP, indicating the addressed dossier. Any doubt or request can be sent to: revista@ibraspp.com.br or vinicius.vasconcellos@ueg.br. The paper must comply with all the rules established in the Editorial Policies and Authors Guidelines of the RDBPP, so that their inattention will lead to preliminary rejection

Along with the other requirements (see https://revista.ibraspp.com.br/RBDPP), the work must be original, unpublished and compatible with the subject matter of the indicated dossier; it should count between 15 and 25 pages; it can be written in Portuguese, English, Spanish or Italian; the submitted file must contains title, abstract and keywords in the language of the text and in English, and a list of bibliographical references at the end.

There will be evaluation through the double-blind peer review system. The guidelines of Qualis/CAPES-Brazil, Scielo and Scopus apply, besides the scientific publishing parameters adopted, such as the exogeny of authors and referees, which limits the participation of researchers linked to the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) to 25% of the total and ensures preference to articles with author/s with a PhD title and not written in Portuguese (especially written in English).

In addition to the specific call for papers for those dossiers, the call for the general sections of the RBDPP is always open.

 

  • v. 9, n. 1 – “Epistemic Injustice in Criminal Procedure”
    • Associated-editor: Janaina Matida (Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Santiago, Chile)
    • Associated-editor: Andrés Páez (Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia)
    • Summary: The correct treatment of facts is a necessary condition for an adequate and fair legal response. The way in which evidence is produced and assessed has a direct impact on the outcome of the process. In this context, it is relevant to introduce the concept of epistemic injustice, set forth in the writings of Miranda Fricker, with further contributions by José Medina, Jennifer Lackey, and others. Epistemic injustice can be either testimonial or hermeneutical. According to Fricker, a testimonial injustice occurs when a speaker’s credibility is diminished due to an implicit identity prejudice on the part of the hearer. Negative attributes associated with race or gender cause the hearer to undermine the speaker’s condition as an epistemic agent: a person is less credible for being Black, for being a woman, for being a Black woman. In this way, the content of a person’s testimony is discarded without being rationally analyzed. An epistemic injustice, in its hermeneutical variant, occurs when a person lacks an important concept for his or her understanding of the facts surrounding him or her and is unable to communicate them to others. The origin of hermeneutical injustice lies in the relations of power within a society, which have important implications for the way in which people make sense of their own reality and for their ability to communicate it. Developing Fricker’s ideas in the context of criminal procedure would be a valuable goal in itself, especially from a critical perspective. The usefulness of the concept for those interested in error reduction during preliminary investigations and during criminal procedures is undeniable, something that the Brazilian STJ has recognized in sentence AgREsp 1.940.381/AL. But there are further applications of the concept that deserve to be explored, such as epistemic injustices that arise from giving excess credibility to police officers or legal experts, the different cases of hermeneutical injustice, epistemic injustices in trial by juries, etc. Beyond the effects of epistemic injustice in criminal law, this issue also seeks contributions on a wider context that includes the design and implementation of public policies in criminal law.
    • Deadline for submissions of articles: until December 15, 2022;
    • Period of evaluation: January and February, 2023;
    • Prediction for publication: March, 2023.

 

  • v. 9, n. 2 – “Criminal proceedings for legal entities and internal corporate investigations”
    • Associated-editor: Ana María Neira (Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, España)
    • Summary: The generalization of the criminal liability of legal entities in many European and Latin American countries has given rise to highly relevant debates regarding criminal proceedings posed by judicial prosecution of companies or other associative entities. In this context, the phenomenon of internal corporate or intra-corporate investigations arises, which is also an effect of compliance obligations that gradually grow within legal entities. Intra-corporate investigations are procedures that companies develop internally to investigate irregular or criminal acts that may have occurred within their organization. Through these investigations, the company may collect elements of information to enforce a disciplinary response to the possible irregularities committed by its agents or can even collect evidence to collaborate with Justice, presenting itself as a good corporate citizen. The phenomenon of internal corporate investigations involves privatization of the investigation activity, following the trend of privatization of public functions in which the activity of compliance is in general framed. In addition, as these investigations usually lack legal regulation, the treatment that the private organization may impose on the individual under investigation deserves special attention. The purpose of this dossier is to publish articles focused on the phenomenon of internal corporate investigations. In that regard, among other aspects, we are interested in: comparative experiences regarding this phenomenon – either at a practical level or at a regulatory level -; reflections on the advantages and risks that the generalization of this type of investigation may entail, both for the State and criminal justice system, as well as for the organization and its agents; the lawfulness and judicial viability of evidence obtained under internal business investigation and the applicability of the rights of the agents investigated in the framework of an intra-corporate investigation.
    • Deadline for submissions of articles: until March 31, 2023;
    • Period of evaluation: April and May, 2023;
    • Prediction for publication: June, 2023.