Legislative Interpretation on Criminal Law

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the legal interpretation of criminal law. To this end, both the principles and rules underlying the interpretive methods and the concepts used by judges are examined in order to understand the logical processes involved in the application of criminal law. Also, the decisions of the Supreme Court of Justice of Peru are analyzed in order to understand the axiological process followed by the judges. The conclusion is that the judges have the obligation of clarifying the meaning of the rule in accordance with the literal meaning of the legal text, and that the judges have the obligation of clarifying the meaning of the rule in accordance with the literal meaning of the legal text.