Renewal of law by hermeneutics: The case of mens rea

This article seeks to renew the understanding of civil mens rea through hermeneutics. It poses the need and usefulness of the application of the circumstantial evidence, as well as its evidentiary standard, to the civil mens rea. In short, this work does not intend to make an objective turn in the u...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Pérez Lasserre, Diego
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2018
Country:Uruguay
Institution:Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Repository:LIBERI
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:liberi.ucu.edu.uy:10895/7222
Online Access:https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/revistadederecho/article/view/1708
https://hdl.handle.net/10895/7222
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:civil mens rea
hermeneutics
cincunstantial evidence
dolo civil
hermenéutica
prueba incidiaria
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Summary:This article seeks to renew the understanding of civil mens rea through hermeneutics. It poses the need and usefulness of the application of the circumstantial evidence, as well as its evidentiary standard, to the civil mens rea. In short, this work does not intend to make an objective turn in the understanding of mens rea. Instead, it proposes a model that facilitates the proof of this element without modifying its subjective character.