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Mexican law review
versión On-line ISSN 2448-5306versión impresa ISSN 1870-0578
Resumen
MARTINEZ-VILLALBA, Lucas. The Application of Blank Criminal Law and the Principle of Legality: The Guatemalan Example. Mex. law rev [online]. 2018, vol.10, n.2, pp.67-88. ISSN 2448-5306. https://doi.org/10.22201/iij.24485306e.2018.20.11893.
The following article aims to assess the applicability of “blank criminal laws” under positive legal systems, as well as the threat it represents for the nullum crimen sine lege principle. It discusses the approaches to this concept taken by different legal systems in Latin America, particularly in Guatemala, where this technique was recently used to include in a flagship sentence several Conventions in which the State is involved but which are not fully transcribed into the corresponding codes. “Blank criminal laws” are understood as incomplete laws that only establish a penalty, leaving it to another judicial rule the broader definition, and analysis. The article compares the application of such laws in different Latin American countries, and how each country addresses the possible collision with the principle of legality.
Palabras llave : Blank criminal law; principle of legality or criminality; Constitutional Court; war crimes; crimes against humanity; criminal conduct.