A Lei Maria da Penha e a sua efetividade em relações conjugais de namoro e convivência íntima e relacionamentos findos

Abstract

This paper has as its object of study Law 11.340 of August 7, 2006, Maria da Penha Law, which penalizes domestic violence against women. It will analyze the causes and consequences and the effectiveness of the law in cases of relationships, dating and intimate relationships in order to understand the scale of the law in women´s lives victims of domestic violence. The advances brought by the new law, especially in ending relationships. The aim of the present work, in a broad sense, is to demonstrate that domestic violence against women occurs daily and not necessarily in juridical married couples, but also in recurrence of sickeningly hostile relationships. It is a social problem that needs to be remedied, because it causes irreparable damage to many women around the world, creating health problems for the rest of life. It aims to demonstrate the performance of Domestic and Family Violence, regarding the effective implementation of the Law, one of the foundations of the Brazilian democratic state.