The Jury Trial as a Model of the Adversarial System
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15497406Keywords:
Jury Trial, Adversarial system, Criminal procedure, Democratic justice, Judicial legitimacyAbstract
Since Uruguay adopted the adversarial system in 2017, Brazil has become the only country in the Americas to retain an inquisitorial criminal procedure. This editorial addresses the Brazilian Judiciary’s legitimacy crisis and proposes the Jury Trial as a paradigmatic model for democratizing criminal justice. By emphasizing features such as orality, publicity, community participation, and the sovereignty of verdicts, it argues that the jury is the most advanced expression of the adversarial system in Brazil. The editorial advocates for its expansion and strengthening as a necessary step to overcome the authoritarian legacy that persists in national criminal procedure.
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INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA SOCIAL, POLÍTICA E ECONÔMICA (IPESPE). A democracia que temos e a democracia que queremos: pesquisa IPESPE – dezembro de 2024. 2024. Disponível em: https://ipespe.org.br/a-democracia-que-temos-e-a-democracia-que-queremos-pesquisa-ipespe-dezembro-2024/. Acesso em: 14 abr. 2025.
LOPES JR., Aury. Direito processual penal. 20. ed. São Paulo: Saraiva, 2023.
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