Understanding Antijuricidad: Definition and Defense
Antijuricidad: Definition and Types
Antijuricidad refers to typical behavior that harms or endangers a legal right and is not authorized by law. There are two types of antijuricidad:
- Material Antijuricidad: Focuses on the social harm caused by the behavior.
- Formal Antijuricidad: Focuses on the behavior's contradiction with civil mandates and prohibitions, specifically the absence of express statutory authorization (justification) for the harmful conduct.
Absence of Illegality
Legal grounds for justification generally involve:
- Lack of interest (e.g., Section 141).
- The existence of an overriding interest (e.g., defense of necessity, duty, legitimate exercise of a position, authority, or office, and failure of just cause).
Justification: Legitimate Defense
Legitimate
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