POLITIC DISPUTES AND REACTION CENTRALIZING IN THE GOIÁS IN THE FIRST REPUBLIC – 1890-1905

Abstract

The proclamation of the Republic in 1889, put on the agenda, as well as Independence in 1822 had made the need for organization of a new political-legal structure for the Brazilian nation. Under the aegis of federalism was instituted under the system of justice that the split in the Federal Courts and state. The legislation that established this new organization, particularly the Penal Code of 1890, was, however, criticized by many supporters of the positive school of criminal law. To these critics, the new Code has exceeded born before the criminal-legal theories of the time, as well as the historical transformations undergone by the country in recent decades of the Empire. The First Republic was marked, so the tension between a classical liberal-oriented legislation and the proposals for institutional and social reforms, coming from the supporters of the new criminology. Accordingly, we seek in this paper to analyze the legislation which governs Goiás, in the period 1890 to 1905, the organization and functioning of justice in the state. Interested us in particular to understand how the issues were addressed regarding the organization of state court and the application of procedural law. Concomitantly, we discuss the speech of the State Executive, which sought to justify the changes occurring in it.