Vol. 49 No. 2 (2017)
Derecho Penal

Communicability in chilean criminal law from their practical interpretation. Critical view to its formulation as “principle of law”

Alejandro Andrés Leiva López
Universidad del Desarrollo
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Published 2017-12-01

Keywords

  • Communicability,
  • principles,
  • rules,
  • special crimes,
  • perpetrators - participants

How to Cite

Leiva López, A. A. (2017). Communicability in chilean criminal law from their practical interpretation. Critical view to its formulation as “principle of law”. Pro Jure Revista De Derecho - Pontificia Universidad Católica De Valparaíso, 49(2). Retrieved from https://www.projurepucv.cl/index.php/rderecho/article/view/1143

Abstract

The paper analyzes the principle of communicability in Chilean criminal law, especially from a recent conviction verdict of the chilean Supreme Court that erroneously condemns the participants in a “staff member crime” as direct perpetrators. The article criticizes the principle category of communicability and raises hypotheses for its categorization as a rule.