Abstract
The article deals with the rationality of criminal dogmatic and its importance, according to a reading based on systems theory, as a normative framework that fulfills the social function of guaranteeing freedoms and containing the advance of punitive power. Starting from the epistemological debate about the scientific condition, through the bibliographic review, the objective is to analyze the importance that criminal dogmatic assumes as a criterion of rationalization, conditioning the construction of knowledge to the observance of theoretical assumptions that equate the need for the protection of legal assets. It is concluded that there is relevance in recognizing its scientific character as a strategy to give it greater legitimacy.
Keywords:
Penal-dogmatic; Scientificity; Guarantee of freedoms