Pedro Caeiro

• PhD
• Professor (Associate) at University of Coimbra

This article looks at how and why the EU has been/can be endowed with powers over criminal matters, within the framework of the theory of jurisdiction. It examines the extent to which the specific responsibility of the EU for the protection of certain legal interests justifies the establishment of a (peripheral) jurisdiction. Member States (MS) can...

European Criminal Law has developed into a complex, jagged subject matter, which at the same time has become increasingly important for everyday criminal law practice. On the one hand, this work aims to do comprehensive justice to the complexity of the matter without sacrificing readability. In order to achieve this, the book's structure enables le...

This comment on Ermioni Xanthopoulou's insightful article starts by revisiting the nature and role of trust in the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) procedure, considering the recent developments in the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) (from Aranyosi/Căldăraru to Bivolaru/Moldo...

SUMÁRIO: 1. A relevância do problema; 2. O corpo antes da supernova: a caracterização do trá- fico de influência como um crime contra a autonomia intencional do Estado; 3. O corpo depois da supernova: a complementação/substituição da autonomia intencional do Estado por uma miríade de (putativos) bens jurídicos; 4. O vestido: a oportunidade e a pers...

This study delves into the influence of positivism on Portuguese criminal law between 1852 and 1936, particularly concerning the treatment of dangerous offenders, specifically those who are insane. The positivist doctrine challenged the classical notion of criminal justice based on free will, asserting that offenders are abnormal individuals, influ...

This article addresses the preventive custodial measures provided for by Portuguese law. First, the authors describe penal sanctions, with a special focus on the ‘relatively indeterminate sentence’, which can be regarded as a hybrid between punishment and security measures, drafted by the legislator as a tool to control individuals who have offende...

Análise das implicações dos acórdãos do TJUE ML / Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Bremen (2018) e Dorobantu (2019) relativamente à prestação de garantias de respeito pelos direitos fundmentais nos procedimentos de entrega de pessoas em execução de um mandado de detenção europeu

O presente artigo examina criticamente alguns aspectos das propostas legislativas em discussão na Assembleia da República sobre a revisão do regime das obrigações declarativas dos agentes públicos e, em particular, sobre a criminalização da chamada «ocultação de riqueza», que se traduz numa omissão de justificação da origem de acréscimos patrimonia...

This chapter provides an analysis of the Portuguese legal system insofar as concerns judicial protection in transnational criminal proceedings. After depicting some of the essential features (normative as well as organic) of Portuguese criminal procedure, the chapter addresses the rules that govern cooperation in criminal matters with other states,...

As normas contidas no n.º 1 do art. 68.º e nos n.os 1 e 2 do art. 69.º do Regime Jurídico da Concorrência podem ser interpretadas de duas maneiras: ou os 10% do volume de negócios do exercício anterior à condenação mencionados no n.º 2 constituem um limite exterior, uma «cláusula de bloqueio» da coima determinada nos termos do n.º 1, ou integram o...

This is a short comment on the recent decisions of the CJEU (ML, Dorobantu) regarding the provision of assurances of respect for human rights in the execution of a European arrest warrant and the role of those assurances in the context of mutual trust. It conveys a reflection on three questions raised by the said decisions: whether or not the execu...

This chapter provides an updated and comprehensive description of the Portuguese system of criminal sanctions. It encompasses an analysis of the legal structure of the sanctions, the sentencing procedure and the application of alternative sanctions. The last part of the text assesses the relations of the Portuguese system of criminal sanctions to E...

This article analyses the way in which the EPPO Regulation has dealt with the tension between unification and heterogeneity regarding the competence of the EPPO. In fact, there are several factors that lead to a fragmented competence within a complicated legal framework. In the first place, the Regulation does not apply to all Member States (enhanc...

Revisão da doutrina das imunidades parlamentares e análise do modo da respectiva aplicação, em combinação com as imunidades de direito internacional, aos procedimentos de extradição / entrega de pessoas que tenham o Estado português por parte requerida / entidade de execução.

As presentes observações foram enviadas ao Grupo de Trabalho — Alterações Legislativas — Crimes de Perseguição e Violência Doméstica, da Comissão de Assuntos Constitucionais, Direitos, Liberdades e Garantias, da Assembleia da República, como complemento da audição que teve lugar no dia 31‑05‑2019 sobre os dezoito projectos de lei apresentados no in...

Este editorial descreve, a traços largos, a relevância actual da cooperação judiciária em matéria penal, nomeadamente no que diz respeito à sua relação com o incremento da protecção dos direitos e garantias individuais e à sua reconfiguração em espaços politicamente integrados, com particular ênfase na União Europeia. Seguidamente, procede-se a uma...

This article uses the legal construct ‘joint criminal enterprise’ (JCE) as a focal point of the tensions between international criminal law (ICL) and common criminal law. Drawing on the assumption that an over-arching concept of the criminal law in genere is plausible, and that ICL is a special branch stemming therefrom, the authors start by charac...

This article analyses the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on detention and the possible evolution of the understanding of mutual recognition stemming therefrom. In the Lanigan, JZ, and Ognyanov decisions, the CJEU assimilated mutual recognition with the effectiveness of cooperation, which should be understood as maximu...

This commentary analyses the impact of the CJEU's Judgment in Advocaten voor de Wereld on the legal orders of the Member States, especially in what concerns the following topics: a) the distribution of the competence to assess possible violations of the principle of legality by a framework decision (or, by extension, a directive) between the CJEU a...

The expression “recognition of foreign penal judgments” (RFPJ) can be used in a broad or in a strict sense. In the broad sense, it encompasses, generally, the effects that a penal judgment passed by a given state might produce in the legal order of other states, both negative (e.g., ne bis in idem) and positive (e.g., for the purpose of establishin...

This chapter aims at assessing whether or not the Code Pénal of 1810 (the Code) bore any influence on the “general part” of the Portuguese Penal Code of 1852 (PC1852)—and, if so, to what extent. To that effect, it is necessary to understand how the reform of the penal laws developed in Portugal from the late 18th century to 1852, the first mileston...

1. In previous works, I have tried to characterise, in general terms, the role of the European Union (EU) as a holder of sui generis prescriptive jurisdiction in criminal matters . Such endeavour has been pursued by taking the state on board, both as a (formal) reference category as well as a (material) reality embodied in the concrete entities tha...

The full study is available at http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/system/files/publications/3573/Trafficking-penalties.pdf

E-book. Crítica da criminalização do enriquecimento ilícito / injustificado

O presente artigo procede a uma análise da Proposta de Diretiva do Parlamento Europeu e do Conselho relativa à proteção do euro e de outras moedas contra a contrafação e que substitui a Decisão‑Quadro 2000/3831JAI do Conselho (2013), desdobrada em três tópicos: a legitimidade e legalidade da Proposta à luz dos Tratados; o impacto das alterações pro...