Law, madness and literature: the antiasylum movement and the legal developments in the light of Law 10.216/2001 and Resolution n. 487/2023 of the National Council of Justice

Authors

  • Caroline Gonçalves de Lima Universidade do Contestado (UNC)
  • Paulo Silas Taporosky Filho Universidade do Contestado (UNC)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24302/acaddir.v6.5590

Keywords:

alienation, imputability, insanity, asylum, mental health

Abstract

This article deals with how literature and law can understand the world of madness and the existing legal reflexes. For this, Law 10.216/2001 and CNJ Resolution n. 487/2023 will be analyzed, in addition to the works "The Alienist" by Machado de Assis and "Brazilian Holocaust" by Daniela Arbex and Foucault's critical view on the subject of madness, power, labeling and marginalization by legal and psychiatric institutions. The objective of the study is the rights of people with mental disorders, addressing the criminal imputability, that is, the inability of individuals with mental illnesses to understand their actions, which despite the advances of the Psychiatric Reform, there is a stagnation in the treatment and understanding of individuals with mental disorders involved in crimes. Stigmatization and marginalization continue to indicate the need for in-depth interdisciplinary reflection. Thus, through research in doctrine, articles and journals, this article aims to contribute in the field of study between Criminal Law and mental health to bring new perspectives when talking about the unaccountable agent, characterizing an exploratory research, of bibliographic review.

Author Biographies

  • Caroline Gonçalves de Lima, Universidade do Contestado (UNC)

    Acadêmica do curso de Direito da Universidade do Contestado (UNC). Campus Canoinhas. Santa Catarina. Brasil. 

  • Paulo Silas Taporosky Filho, Universidade do Contestado (UNC)

    Mestre em Direito (UNINTER); Especialista em Ciências Penais; Especialista em Direito Processual Penal; Especialista em Filosofia; Pós-graduando (lato sensu) em Teoria Psicanalítica; Bacharelando em Letras (Português); Professor de Processo Penal e Direito Penal (UNC e UNINTER); Advogado; Membro da Comissão de Prerrogativas da OAB/PR; Membro da Comissão de Assuntos Culturais da OAB/PR; Membro da Rede Brasileira de Direito e Literatura; Diretor de Relações Sociais e Acadêmico da Associação Paranaense dos Advogados Criminalistas (APACRIMI); 

Published

2024-12-13

Issue

Section

Artigos

How to Cite

LIMA, Caroline Gonçalves de; TAPOROSKY FILHO, Paulo Silas. Law, madness and literature: the antiasylum movement and the legal developments in the light of Law 10.216/2001 and Resolution n. 487/2023 of the National Council of Justice. Academia de Direito, [S. l.], v. 6, p. 3701–3718, 2024. DOI: 10.24302/acaddir.v6.5590. Disponível em: https://www.periodicos.unc.br/index.php/acaddir/article/view/5590. Acesso em: 7 may. 2025.