Legal Medical Considerations about Guilt Ability

Authors

  • Frank Harbottle Quirós Universidad de Costa Rica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/derecho.v0i22.4578

Keywords:

Criminal liability, diminished criminal liability, non-imputability, judge, expert

Abstract

This article contains a study from a forensic perspective on the ability of guilt, specifically, on the criminal liability, diminished criminal liability and non-imputability. In the first section, these categories are analyzed within the context of freedom vs. determinism. Then they conceptualized as integral elements of the theory of crime. Subsequently, the document presents the main causes of exclusion and diminished the ability of guilt established in different laws. Finally, the article analyzes the empirical and normative components and their importance for the delimitation of the work of the expert and the judge.

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Published

2017-08-15

How to Cite

Harbottle Quirós, F. (2017). Legal Medical Considerations about Guilt Ability. Revista De Derecho, (22), 19–35. https://doi.org/10.5377/derecho.v0i22.4578

Issue

No. 22 (2017)

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