A condição do “menor” no Direito Criminal segundo Tobias Barreto

Abstract

Tobias Barreto, jurist and philosopher, published in 1884 one of his main works: Minors and Fools in Criminal Law, and this book is considered to be a landmark that initiated the movement for the defense of the rights of children and teenagers in Brazil. This work aims to analyse how the Criminal Code of 1830 relates to the infancies according to the jurist’s view, comprehending Tobias Barreto’s ideas on minority and punishments and how these thoughts fit into the situation of Children’s Rights in 19th Century Brazil, bringing light to the birth of a movement for the protection of the country’s infancies.