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On the functional connection between intention and wrongdoing-wareness in Chilean Criminal Law

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  • Juan Pablo Mañalich Raffo Abogado, Doctor en Derecho, Profesor asociado del Departamento de Ciencias Penales de la Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Chile
No. 16 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.5354/rej.v0i16.29491
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Abstract

The article provides a brief review of the traditional dispute between the so-called intention theory ("teoría del dolo") and the so-called culpability theory ("teoría de la culpabilidad"), conveying their different implications as alternative frameworks for the interpretation of Articles 1 and 2 of the Chilean Criminal Code. The author suggests the acknowledgment of an analytical-functional connection between wrongdoing ("injusto") and culpability. Afterwards, the author clarifies the relationship between intention and wrongdoing-awareness ("conciencia de la antijuridicidad"). The central thesis hereby is that only in an attribution of culpability defined by wrongdoing-awareness is the intentional character of a given token of wrongdoing properly expressed. This leads to a reconstruction of the legal regulation governing liability and sanctions in cases of avoidable mistake of law ("error de prohibición vencible"). The conclusion reached can be characterized as a defense of the solution postulated by the intention theory throught the conceptual framework of the culpability theory.    

Keywords:

offense , wrongdoing , culpability , intention , mistake of law
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Mañalich Raffo, J. P. (2012). On the functional connection between intention and wrongdoing-wareness in Chilean Criminal Law. Revista De Estudios De La Justicia, (16), pp. 15–30. https://doi.org/10.5354/rej.v0i16.29491
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