Legal protection of the ludopath and liberation of gambling

a comparative analysis between Brazil, Colombia and Spain

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1676-6288.prolam.2021.185613

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Gambling, Pathological gambling, Brazil, Colombia, Spain

Abstract

he objective of this work is to analyze the tutelage of the ludopath based on the treatment of gambling observed by the Brazilian, Colombian and Spanish legal systems, deepening, from the method of comparative law, the contrast between health and criminal policies aimed at individuals.  Diagnosed with so-called pathological gambling. In these terms, initially, we will work with the theme of liberation of games of chance and the use of pathological gambling as an argument in favor of the imposition of limits on its economic exploitation, if not of the prohibition of the practice. Then, we will analyze the treatment of gambling and ludopaths observed by the selected countries, highlighting the contrast between incentive and banning gambling policies and their consequences for the health policy aimed at treating pathological gambling. Finally, we will analyze, from the foregoing, the argument of pathological gambling used to the promotion of criminal policies, at times as a matter of public health. In conclusion, we will seek to present the disconnection of the health policy from the criminalization of economic activity.

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Author Biographies

  • Lucas Fernandes da Costa, Universidade de São Paulo

    PhD in Sciences from the Postgraduate Integration Program in Latin America at the University of São Paulo and Candidate for the Postdoctoral in Law at the Faculty of Law at the University of São Paulo. Contact: lucasfdacosta.adv@gmail.com.

  • Víctor Gabriel Rodríguez, Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Direito de Ribeirão Preto

    Professor at FDRP-USP. Master and Doctor in Criminal Law from the University of São Paulo. Specialist in Criminal Law from the University of Coimbra/IBCCrim. Scholarship researcher at the University of Valladolid - Spain. Contact: victorgabriel@usp.br

  • Eduardo Saab Marchiori, Universidade de Ribeirão Preto (Unaerp)

    MD graduated from the University of Ribeirão Preto (Unaerp). Candidate for a scholarship in the Residency Program in Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas de Ribeirão Preto, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (HCRP-FMRP-USP). Contact: edusaabmarchiori@gmail.com

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Costa, L. F. da, Rodríguez, V. G., & Saab Marchiori, E. (2021). Legal protection of the ludopath and liberation of gambling: a comparative analysis between Brazil, Colombia and Spain. Brazilian Journal of Latin American Studies, 20(41), 210-236. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1676-6288.prolam.2021.185613