THE CRIMINAL DOUBLE JEOPARDY AS A FUNDAMENTAL GUARANTEE OF THE ACCUSED: A BRAZIL – USA COMPARATIVE VIEW

This paper aims to present the institution of criminal “res judicata” as a fundamental guarantee of the defendant, in the light of a comparative analysis of the characteristics of the acquittal´s inviolabity in Brazil´s and United States of America´s criminal procedural rules. To this end, the main...

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Main Author: Flávio Mirza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 2016-12-01
Series:Revista Eletrônica de Direito Processual
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Online Access:https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/index.php/redp/article/view/26603/18965