SÁ, F. B.; SÁ, Filipe Batista de.
Resumen:
Technological advances have the power to transform society, or rather the social relations.
Without any doubt, the spread of the Internet has brought improvements to the man, and a
wave of problems, which therefore deserve the protection of Juridical Science. Currently, the
way the Internet has been used to practice all kinds of crimes, where hackers, using his
intelligence on the computer to the crime. Having therefore a variety of criminal activities
without proper legalization, since our legal system has not fully absorbed this criminally
virtual reality, so there is some legal vacuum. Although, it was aim to examine closely the
issue of crimes against the honor on the Internet, raising questions about the need to create
new criminal, considering the perspective of the principle of legality. The honor is depicted as
one of the most important assets for humans, having traces protective constitutional and
infraconstitucional. But in modern times, the honor of the persons who may be the unborn, the
most wicked thief, the teacher, the shoeshine boy, businessman, and even someone who has
already faded, all are worthy, and have their honor, and to have it both respected,
immaculately guarded. The research was guided by the development review of the literature,
and legislation, with the pillar to the deductive method, starting with the crime in general and
by contributing to crimes against honor. Linking to this method of procedure based on the
historical context, and legal hermeneutics. In light of the applicant to research the use of
documents, jurisprudence, law. To play well the goals of the research, which tracks the search
for understanding the advent of the Internet as a backdrop for crimes against honor, and seek a
finding about constitutional institutions such as state sovereignty against the transnational
nature of cybercrime, and central issue in check, i f the honor crimes already listed in the Penal
Code, a case of libel, defamation and libel can be used in an extension of the Internet, or i f
only a few settings for the penalty is sufficient. This scientific study is guided by the light of
constitutional concepts, and set of principles, analyzing in particular the principle of legality.
