Main theories of the interpretation of criminal law

Abstract

The penal norms do not consist of a pure "recipe book" or mere "formulas" that simply apply to the specific case. On the contrary, the criminal norms, before being able to apply them to a specific case as well as the constitutional, civil, mercantile, family, labor norms, etc., need to be interpreted setting the scope of the texts in which they are formulated.
The need for interpretation of the law is not a problem that depends on whether the text is "unclear", "obscure" or "contradictory", it would be a mistake to accept that only in those cases do the legal texts need to be interpreted.