Should the economic capacity of the debtor be taken into account in the prosecution of the crime of omission of family assistance?

Authors

  • Renzo Antonio Vinelli Vereau Payet, Rey, Cauvi, Pérez Abogados

    Abogado por la Universidad de San Martín de Porres. Máster en Derecho penal por la Universidad de Sevilla. Abogado Senior del área penal de Payet, Rey, Cauvi, Pérez Abogados.
  • Aitana Sifuentes Small Universidad de Lima

    Estudiante de Derecho de la Universidad de Lima.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18800/iusetveritas.201901.003

Keywords:

Criminal Law, maintenance obligation, economic capacity, omission of family assistance, crime typification, Peru

Abstract

In this paper, the authors discuss the maintenance obligation recognized by Peruvian civil laws, which the civil judge analyzes taking into account the economic capacity of the debtor. On the other hand, the Peruvian law typifies the crime of omission of family assistance, which is verified by the sole breach of the obligation by the debtor. However, criminal jurisprudence has not taken into account the concept of economic capacity as an objective element of this offence, unlike their civil counterpart. Thus, the authors discuss the need to include the economic capacity of the debtor in the analysis of the crime of omission of family assistance.

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Published

2019-10-16

How to Cite

Vinelli Vereau, R. A., & Sifuentes Small, A. (2019). Should the economic capacity of the debtor be taken into account in the prosecution of the crime of omission of family assistance?. IUS ET VERITAS, (58), 56–67. https://doi.org/10.18800/iusetveritas.201901.003

Issue

No. 58 (2019)

Section

General Section

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