PP019
Analítico de Periódico
P89_14
P89_14
BURGOA, Elena
Hacia una nueva regulación de la prescripción en los delitos contra la administración pública : un debate de actualidad / Elena Burgoa
THEMIS - Revista da Faculdade de Direito da UNL, Coimbra, n.14 (Ano VIII.2007), p.139-180
Estante n.º 13
ADMINISTRAÇÃO PÚBLICA, CRIMES, PRESCRIÇÃO
Texto elaborado para integración de la obra "Administración pública y responsabilidad penal" en prensa, organizada y dirigida por Luis Reyna Alfaro, Universidad San Martín de Porres e Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Lima, Perú. In this article one will assess the legitimacy and the purpose of the periods of prescription (extensions of the criminal statute of limitations) to commence proceedings and also the ongoing periods of prescription reformation proposals within the fight against corruption taking place in several jurisdictions. By analysing the mechanics underlying this legal concept, one will recall that ther are circumstances (e.g. the suspension of the statute of limitations) which serve as checks and balances within the system, provided that thse are all constrained, thus enabling one to reinstate the system's fairness. By increasing legal time, by disregarding periods of prescription (imprescriptibility) or causing its eternal delay one does not achieve any forestalling of the effects of time. As Dali's imagery and Proust's prose demonstrate, time is no forgiver. Without the legal concept the applicability of the criminal statute of limitations, State power will simply turn out to be aggression once more.