Natural Law and the Constitutionality of Crimes against Humanity: Basis for an Approach to the Obligation to Obey the Law in the Simón Case

Authors

  • Luciano Damián Laise Author CONICET-Universidad Austral/ Universidad de Buenos Aires

Keywords:

Natural right, duty to obey the law, Supreme Court of Argentina, crimes against humanity.

Abstract

The article looks at the "Simon" case in which the Supreme Court of Argentina declared the Full Stop Law (23.492) and the Law of Due Obedience (23.521) unconstitutional and void. These laws waived prosecution of crimes against humanity, supposedly for the sake of peaceful social coexistence. The perspective adopted in this article focuses on defending the notion that the decision of the Argentine court rests on a trans-positivist vision of the law. More specifically, it is based on a concept of obedience of the law that would be compatible with one of the central hypotheses of the iusnaturalist tradition.

DOI: 10.5294/dika.2015.24.2.6

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Author Biography

Luciano Damián Laise, CONICET-Universidad Austral/ Universidad de Buenos Aires

Becario de finalización de doctorado (CONICET-U. Austral)

Jefe de Trabajos Prácticos de "Teoría General del Derecho" (Universidad de Buenos Aires)

Ayudante Diplomado de Filosofía del Derecho (U. Austral)

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Published

2016-06-10

How to Cite

Laise, L. D. (2016). Natural Law and the Constitutionality of Crimes against Humanity: Basis for an Approach to the Obligation to Obey the Law in the Simón Case. Díkaion, 24(2), 336–352. Retrieved from https://dikaion.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/dikaion/article/view/5448

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 2 (2015)

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Articles

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