La responsabilidad civil subsidiaria de la administración por los delitos cometidos por miembros de las fuerzas y cuerpos de seguridad = Government subsidiary civil liability for crimes committed by law enforcement officers

This paper analyses the government’s subsidiary civil liability for crimes committed by law enforcement officers. The police need to use firearms to carry out their duties in line with the Constitution and the law but, although this is in society’s interest in the vast majority of cases, there are s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Surroca Costa, Alfons
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/13947
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/13947
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Policia -- Responsabilitat professional
Police -- Malpractice
Responsabilitat civil
Liability (Law)
Dret civil
Civil law
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Sumario:This paper analyses the government’s subsidiary civil liability for crimes committed by law enforcement officers. The police need to use firearms to carry out their duties in line with the Constitution and the law but, although this is in society’s interest in the vast majority of cases, there are some specific instances where substantial risks are involved. From the perspective of legal doctrine and case law, we analyse how the public authorities respond to these and other cases, of torture and illegal detention, for example, distinguishing between unlawful and wrongful acts that officers commit while on duty or not since, in the latter case, it is more difficult to specify the authorities’ subsidiary civil liabilit