Criminal law: from liberal ideas to electoral manipulation
Criminal law, due to the severity of its prescriptions, must arise from thoughtful and inclusive analysis, and based on a serious and responsible discussion of its convenience, to promote the adoption of wise provisions. Unfortunately, this situation is completely contrary to what happens in reality...
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Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
2014
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| description | Criminal law, due to the severity of its prescriptions, must arise from thoughtful and inclusive analysis, and based on a serious and responsible discussion of its convenience, to promote the adoption of wise provisions. Unfortunately, this situation is completely contrary to what happens in reality, as punitive measures are taken by action committees and political advisers, driven by thirst for revenge, the electoral interests and the use of the constant state of anxiety of citizens. For these reasons, are repeatedly promulgated populist and politicized criminal laws that aim at repression and concealment of social problems; circumstance that places the interests of the few over the majority and that, in turn, sacrifices instrumental function of criminal law to give it a merely symbolic function. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-45632021-07-12T07:39:58Z Criminal law: from liberal ideas to electoral manipulation El derecho penal: de las ideas liberales a la manipulación electoral Saavedra-García, Joao Alejandro Symbolic function, punitive populism, fear, policy, democracy, penalties, prison, criminal law “función simbólica”, “populismo punitivo”, miedo, política, democracia, penas, prisión, derecho penal Criminal law, due to the severity of its prescriptions, must arise from thoughtful and inclusive analysis, and based on a serious and responsible discussion of its convenience, to promote the adoption of wise provisions. Unfortunately, this situation is completely contrary to what happens in reality, as punitive measures are taken by action committees and political advisers, driven by thirst for revenge, the electoral interests and the use of the constant state of anxiety of citizens. For these reasons, are repeatedly promulgated populist and politicized criminal laws that aim at repression and concealment of social problems; circumstance that places the interests of the few over the majority and that, in turn, sacrifices instrumental function of criminal law to give it a merely symbolic function. La legislación penal, debido a la gravedad de sus prescripciones, debe quirúrgico de análisis reflexivos, incluyentes y fundamentados en una serie y responsable discusión de su conveniencia, que favorezca la adopción de disposiciones sensatas. Desafortunadamente, esta situación es completamente contraria a lo que sucede en la realidad, pues las medidas punitivas son tomadas por comités de acción y consejeros políticos, impulsados por el sed de venganza, los intereses electorales y el aprovechamiento del estado constante de zozobra en el que se encuentra la ciudadanía. Por tales razones, reiteradamente se sancionan leyes penales populistas y politizadas que tienen como objetivo larepresión y el ocultamiento de los problemas sociales, circunstancia que coloca los intereses de unos pocos por encima de los de la mayoría y que, a su vez, sacrifica la función instrumental del derecho penal para recibir una meramente simbólica. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2014-05-23 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/derecho_realidad/article/view/4563 10.19053/16923936.v1.n23.2014.4563 Derecho y Realidad; Vol. 12 No. 23 (2014): Enero - Junio; 176-180 Derecho y Realidad; Vol. 12 Núm. 23 (2014): Enero - Junio; 176-180 Derecho y Realidad; v. 12 n. 23 (2014): Enero - Junio; 176-180 2619-5607 1692-3936 10.19053/16923936.v1.n23.2014 spa https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/derecho_realidad/article/view/4563/4258 Derechos de autor 2014 Derecho y Realidad |
| spellingShingle | Symbolic function, punitive populism, fear, policy, democracy, penalties, prison, criminal law “función simbólica”, “populismo punitivo”, miedo, política, democracia, penas, prisión, derecho penal Saavedra-García, Joao Alejandro Criminal law: from liberal ideas to electoral manipulation |
| title | Criminal law: from liberal ideas to electoral manipulation |
| title_alt | El derecho penal: de las ideas liberales a la manipulación electoral |
| title_full | Criminal law: from liberal ideas to electoral manipulation |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Criminal law: from liberal ideas to electoral manipulation |
| title_short | Criminal law: from liberal ideas to electoral manipulation |
| title_sort | criminal law from liberal ideas to electoral manipulation |
| topic | Symbolic function, punitive populism, fear, policy, democracy, penalties, prison, criminal law “función simbólica”, “populismo punitivo”, miedo, política, democracia, penas, prisión, derecho penal |
| topic_facet | Symbolic function, punitive populism, fear, policy, democracy, penalties, prison, criminal law “función simbólica”, “populismo punitivo”, miedo, política, democracia, penas, prisión, derecho penal |
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