O bem jurídico-penal tributário: Uma releitura do sistema punitivo brasileiro em matéria fiscal à luz de seu objeto de tutela

Abstract

To answer the question of what the State intends to do with the criminalization of tax evasion the penal doctrine argued that the objective of the law could only be the protection of a legal good. In accord to this premise, the academic texts pointed numerous definitions for the violated object in tax crimes. Recognizing the problem, this study proposes to assess the importance of the legal good in dogmatic, its contours and its current applicability. In this scenario, it is possible to discern why the search for an object of protection and criteria for their identification is so important. With these tools, the dissertation passes to the survey and critique of the foundations and definitions suggested by the national and international doctrine, culminating in an alternative proposal appropriate and consistent with constitutional requirements. Finally, with the aim of strengthening the position taken in previous topics and highlight its advantages, are discussed certain controversial issues in tax criminal law from the perspective of the legal good proposed. The analysis focuses at the first contributions that can provide a new grounding in the current Brazilian punitive system.