El empleo (debido) de la fuerza letal policial en el ordenamiento jurídico español: Una aproximación dogmática
Can a criminal law system legitimately impose a duty of protection whose compliance may require, in an extreme situation, killing a citizen? This paper aims to answer this question within the framework of the Spanish criminal law system. To this end, I first examine the legitimacy requirements of po...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | Spanish |
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2022
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Eguzkilore
Year: 2022, Volume: 8 |
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Summary: | Can a criminal law system legitimately impose a duty of protection whose compliance may require, in an extreme situation, killing a citizen? This paper aims to answer this question within the framework of the Spanish criminal law system. To this end, I first examine the legitimacy requirements of police duties whose fulfillment requires the use of force. Then, I specifically address the problem of the legitimacy of a duty of protection whose fulfillment requires in the specific case to kill a citizen. Can a criminal law system that claims to be liberal force police officers to shoot a citizen to death? This paper concludes with a final section devoted to condensing the main theses defended in what follows. |
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