Total or combined application of criminal rules? For the purpose of a plenary (dis) agreement

• Autor: Figueroa Navarro, Aldo Martín
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2008
• Institución: Poder Judicial del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Poder Judicial del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.pj.gob.pe:article/119
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.pj.gob.pe/revista/index.php/ropj/article/view/119
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: unit or combination of laws; legality; artificial security; integrative interpretation; unidad o combinación de leyes; legalidad; seguridad jurídica; favorabilidad; interpretación integradora

The Supreme Court, by means of a Plenary Agreement for majority, it has consecrated the principle of combination of criminal statutes. Formally, the adopted decision does not have normative effectiveness because it does not reflect a sufficiently motivated and explanatory unanimous position of its content; being its practical scope very restricted. Materially,  the established principle does not respond to the national legislative tradition; it is not accepted in the comparative legislation; it contradicts the normal use of the language; and it is not adapted to a systematic, logical, progressive and appropriate interpretation of the Constitution, since it allows the judge to create a third law that harms the principle of separation of powers; it violates the principle of legality; it generates juridical insecurity and is not comfortable to the ends of prevention of the sanction.