BACKGROUND

Paulo Barrozo is an Assistant Professor of Law at Boston College Law School in the areas of international and comparative law, constitutional criminal justice, criminal law, and jurisprudence.

He received an S.J.D. from Harvard Law School and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Rio de Janeiro University Research Institute. Before coming to Boston College Law School, Professor Barrozo was a Clark Byse Teaching Fellow, a Landon H. Gammon Fellow, and a Graduate Fellow in Jurisprudence at Harvard Law School. As a Lecturer at Harvard University, Professor Barrozo was a ten-time recipient of the Distinction in Teaching award and the first recipient of the annual The Stanley Hoffman Prize for Excellence in Teaching

EDUCATION

S.J.D., Harvard Law School; Ph.D., Rio de Janeiro (IUPERJ); M.Jur., Rio de Janeiro (PUC); LL.B., Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

RECENT ACTIVITIES

Work in Progress:

“Four Legal Conceptions of Cruelty.” (article)
“The Right Not to be Punished Cruelly: Theory and Remedies.”  (article)
“The Structure of Constitutional Criminal Procedure.” (article)
Law as Moral Imagination (book)

Presentations:

“Individuals, Families, Communities, or Cultures? An Analysis of the Hague System Safeguards.” 2009 Adoption Policy Conference, sponsored by Harvard Law School Child Advocacy Program, Center for Adoption Policy, and Justice Action Center, New York Law School, New York, NY (2008)

“Eighth Amendment: Theory and Remedies.” Guest Lecture to Eighth Amendment Seminar, Harvard Law School (2008)

“The Great Alliance: Rationalism, Historicism, and Positivism in the Formation of Modern Law.” Paper presented at the European Law Research Center and Harvard European Law Association, Harvard Law School (2007)

“Four Legal Conceptions of Cruelty in American, Comparative, and International Law.” Presentation to the Faculty Workshop, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard University (2006)

“The Jurisprudence of Cruelty: Punishment, Rights, and Welfare.” Paper presented at the Faculty of Law, Oxford University (2006)

Discussant for “Towards a European Legal Method.” Harvard Law School (2006)

“Rationalist and Historicism in Law and Politics.”  Presentation at the Rio de Janeiro University Research Institute (2006)

“A Theory of Constitutional Equality.” Presentation in the Graduate Program Colloquium, Harvard Law School (2005)

HONORS AND AWARDS

Clark Byse Fellowship
Landon H. Gammon Fellowship
Graduate Fellowship in Jurisprudence
The Stanley Hoffman Prize for Excellence in Teaching
Ministry of Education Scholarship for Academic Excellence
Selected for the National Strategic Program on Excellence
Public Service Merit Award

COURSES

Fall '09: Criminal Law
Spring '10: Criminal Procedure


PUBLICATIONS

• "Punishing Cruelly: Punishment, Cruelty and Mercy." Criminal Law and Philosophy 2, no.1 (January 2008): 67-84.
• "The Idea of Equality and Affirmative Actions."   Lua Nova 63 (2004): 103-141.