Abstract

SANCHEZ ZAPATA, Sebastián Felipe. Punishable behavior in the Colombian criminal law: analysis of Article 9 of the Penal Code. Rev. Derecho [online]. 2014, n.42, pp.33-64. ISSN 0121-8697.

Article 9 of the Criminal Code defines, as system governing principle, the punishable behavior concept. The following text, questioning the uncritical reception of foreign theories to the legal system, (also Codes, rules, etc.) presents some of the most important items of crime's theory (behavior concept, negative and result sense, causation and ascription, malice systematic location and imputable liability) through Colombian criminal doctrine's interpretation.

Keywords : Colombian Criminal Code; punishable behavior; causation; liability and foreign doctrine.

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