Fernando Bracaccini

Assistant Professor


Email: fbracaccini@stl.pku.edu.cn

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COURSES TAUGHT

  • Jurisprudence

  • Criminal Procedure

EDUCATION

  • LLM and JSD, Yale Law School

  • BA in Law, University of Buenos Aires

BIO

Fernando Bracaccini is an Assistant Professor at Peking University School of Transnational Law. His research lies at the intersection of philosophy and criminal law. In particular, he focuses on the limits over the state in criminalizing behavior, the grounds for the state’s authority to hold wrongdoers accountable, and the role of blame and forgiveness in criminal law. His recent work has been published in Criminal Law and Philosophy. Prior to joining STL, Fernando taught at University Torcuato Di Tella, KU Leuven, University of Palermo, and University of Buenos Aires. Fernando got a J.S.D. at Yale Law School and was a PhD researcher at KU Leuven in Belgium, where he is currently a doctoral candidate in philosophy. He also holds a BA in law from University of Buenos Aires.


Publications

Papers and Book Chapters:

  • Bracaccini, Fernando, “Procedural Public Wrongs”. Criminal Law and Philosophy (Forthcoming)

  • Bracaccini, Fernando, “On David Brink’s Fair Opportunity”. Journal of Moral Philosophy (Forthcoming)

  • Bracaccini, Fernando, “Retribution and Disenfranchisement” [in Spanish]. Revista Argentina de Teoría Jurídica 24 (2023), 36-56. 

  • Bracaccini, Fernando “The Authority of the State to Punish: A Question That is Still Seeking for an Answer” [In Spanish] in Castigo, Proceso, y Teoría Política, G. Beade, F. Bracaccini, and S. Mollis, (Eds.),(Madrid: Marcial Pons, 2023).

  • Bracaccini, Fernando “Drugs and Privacy in Prisons: The Supreme Court’s ‘Rodriguez’ and ‘Salvini’ rulings” [in Spanish]. Jurisprudencia Penal de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación 33 (2023) 134-168.

  • Bracaccini, Fernando “Rethinking the General Attorney’s Office from a democratic perspective” [In Spanish] in Las deudas y promesas incumplidas de la Constitución de 1994. A 25 años, M. Benente (Ed.), (Buenos Aires: EDUNPAZ, 2019)

  • Bracaccini, Fernando, “Punishment for crimes against humanity, a matter of costs and benefits?” [in Spanish]. En Letra Penal 6 (2018) 88-123.


Books:

  • Bracaccini, Fernando, Punishment, Procedure, and Political Theory [In Spanish], co-edited with G. Beade and S. Mollis (Madrid: Marcial Pons, 2023).


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