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- Title
LA IMPRESCRIPTIBILIDAD DE LOS DELITOS. ORÍGENES, FUNDAMENTOS Y REGULACIÓN EN EL DERECHO COMPARADO Y EN EL DERECHO ESPAÑOL.
- Authors
Cerrada Moreno, Manuel
- Abstract
The principle of applying a statute of limitations to criminaloffences has traditionally been based on there being no need for a penalty when a certain period of time has elapsed following the commission of the crime, which is complemented by the argument for the need for legal certainty. However, when it comes to criminal offences that have no statute of limitations, originating in the Nuremberg trials and now reflected in internal legal systems, the principles of the so-called fight against impunity become involved, which seek the imposition of a penalty in all cases, irrespective of the time that has elapsed since the criminal offence was committed. Different legal systems envisage different scopes for the possibility of criminal offences with no statute of limitations. This work reviews the origins, grounds, and current regulation of criminal offences with no statute of limitations, with particular attention being paid to Spanish Law.
- Subjects
LIMITATION of actions; CRIMINAL act; NUREMBERG War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1949; INTERNATIONAL criminal law; JUSTICE administration
- Publication
Cuadernos de Política Criminal, 2016, Issue 120, p309
- ISSN
0210-4059
- Publication type
Article