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<journal-id>1870-0578</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Mexican law review]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Mex. law rev]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-0578</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-05782018000100067</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/iij.24485306e.2018.20.11893</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The Application of Blank Criminal Law and the Principle of Legality: The Guatemalan Example]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez-Villalba]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lucas]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Iberoamericana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>10</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>67</fpage>
<lpage>88</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-05782018000100067&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-05782018000100067&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-05782018000100067&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: The following article aims to assess the applicability of &#8220;blank criminal laws&#8221; 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. &#8220;Blank criminal laws&#8221; 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.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: El presente ensayo pretende evaluar la aplicabilidad del derecho penal en blanco en el marco de los sistemas jurídicos de naturaleza positiva, particularmente el conflicto que tal aplicación representaría frente al principio de legalidad. El artículo expone las distintas aproximaciones realizadas por destacadas legislaciones en América Latina, acentuando el caso de Guatemala, donde esta técnica legislativa fue recientemente usada para incluir, en una decisión emblemática, el contenido de distintos tratados de los que el Estado forma parte, pero que no aparecen completamente descritos en su legislación penal. De esta manera, el artículo compara la aplicación del derecho penal en blanco en distintos sistemas legales en América Latina y la manera en que estos se enfrentan a la posible contradicción con el principio de legalidad. En los términos del presente ensayo, una ley penal en blanco consiste en aquellas leyes incompletas, que se limitan a fijar una determinada sanción, dejando a otra norma jurídica la misión de completarla con la determinación del precepto.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Constitutional Court]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[war crimes]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[criminal conduct]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Derecho penal en blanco]]></kwd>
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