Versus: Is it possible to talk about an error? The culturally induced error in the Peruvian legislation

Cultural diversity is one of the biggest challenges that contemporary Law is facing. From this state of things, the penal regulation takes particular relevance, due to its burdensome towards who has committed a crime. A question arises about if it is possible to condemn someone due to the valoration...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Villavicencio, Felipe, Meini, Iván
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2015
País:Perú
Recursos:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositório:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:espanhol
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/15581
Acesso em linha:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/themis/article/view/15581
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Criminal Law
Cultural diversity
Culturally induced error
Derecho Penal
Diversidad cultural
Error culturalmente condicionado
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Resumo:Cultural diversity is one of the biggest challenges that contemporary Law is facing. From this state of things, the penal regulation takes particular relevance, due to its burdensome towards who has committed a crime. A question arises about if it is possible to condemn someone due to the valoration that a different culture made about a specific behavior.In the present versus, there is a discussion about how to understand article 15 of the peruvian Criminal Code, and if the option chosen by the national system of justice is suitable to face the aforementioned problem.