Evandro Cavalcanti Lins e Silva (18 January 1912 – 17 December 2002) was a Brazilian lawyer, journalist, writer and politician.

He was Prosecutor General of the Republic, Chief of Staff, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Justice of the Supreme Federal Court.

Lins e Silva graduated at the Faculty of Law of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) on 19 November 1932.

[1][2] As a writer, he published many books, such as A Defesa tem a Palavra, Arca de Guardados and O Salão dos Passos Perdidos.

He also coined the expression legitimate defense of honor (Portuguese: legítima defesa da honra) to justify the murder of Ângela Diniz by his client Doca Street.