Jurisprudência sobre a extensão do escopo da Lei Maria da Penha a homens heteroafetivos vítimas de violência doméstica e familiar: análise pragmático-cognitiva.

We analyze in this article the jurisprudence about the extension of the scope of the Law 11.340/06--Maria da Penha Law--to encompass heterosexual men as victims of domestic and family violence. We apply the goal-conciliation and relevance-theoretic descriptive and explanatory apparatus on five selected cases of jurisdiction conflicts from the courts of justice of the southern region of Brazil since 2010. The results suggest a categorical interpretation according to which the Law should be applied only in cases where the passive subject of domestic and family violence is female (sex), in such a way the cases should not be judged in special courts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]