Princípio constitucional do juiz natural e a competência penal da Justiça Eleitoral

Abstract

The study of the natural judge constitutional principle (art. 5th, XXXVII and LIII, of FC), right and fundamental human warranty, that constitutes indispensable value of the modern Democratic State of Right, is the core of the present work. Under a constitutional perspective, it analyzes other constitutional principles strictly interlinked, such as the due process of law, contradictory, wide defense and innocence presumption. It searches the concept of penal competence, especially of the penal competence of the Electoral Justice, as well as the several criteria that delimitate the competent forum in the ambit of the Electoral Judiciary Power, besides of the special venue by function prerogative, passing by the creation, evolution, definition and composition of the Electoral Justice, as well as the modus operandi and the peculiarities of that branch of the Specialized Justice. It presents the definition of electoral crime and its unfoldings and singularities, the rules of penal delimitation of the competence of the Electoral Justice, besides several suggestions of improvement of the Electoral Penal Justice, as well as some scathing critics on the predominant jurisprudence in the interpretation of sharp subjects turning on competence and electoral crimes, making the necessary comparison with the natural judge constitutional principle. It concludes seeking to enhance the indispensability of the use and development of the inherent contours of the natural judge constitutional principle for the invigoration of the Democratic State of Right