As we have changed! Mutations of criminal law

Abstract

A look at the evolution and transformation of Spanish criminal law from the text of the dictatorship to the latest reforms of 2022. Paradigm shift and international context. From minimum Criminal Law to maximum Criminal Law. From the "good old liberal criminal law" to the new punitive populism of neoconservative ideology. Increase in penological severity. Loss of enlightenment values: facts and reasons.