Punitive damages for the non-property damage derived from the crime of corruption: Constitutional and efficient?
| Autor | Oscar Sumar Albujar - Julio Orellana Presentación |
| Cargo | Dean of the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Científica del Sur - Law School at the Universidad Científica del Sur |
| Páginas | 205-221 |
Sumar, O.; Orellana J. Punitive damages for the non-property damage
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Revista Facultad de Jurisprudencia RFJ No.13 Junio 2023
Punitive damages for the non-property
damage derived from the crime of corruption:
Constitutional and efficient?
Daños punitivos para el daño no patrimonial derivado
del delito de corrupción: ¿constitucional y eficiente?
Oscar Sumar Albujar
Dean of the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Científica del Sur
City: Lima
Country: Peru
Julio Orellana Presentación
Law School at the Universidad Científica del Sur
City: Lima
Country: Peru
Original article (research)
RFJ, No. 13, 2023, pp. 205 - 221, ISSN 2588-0837
RESUMEN: Este artículo analiza la constitucionalidad y
justificación económica sanción del supuesto daño no
patrimonial a favor del Estado en los casos de delitos de
corrupción. Los autores llegan a la conclusión de que los daños
punitivos tienen muchos problemas en general que resultan en
su inconstitucionalidad e ineficiencia, especialmente cuando es
derivada de un proceso penal.
PALABRAS CLAVE: Daños punitivos, responsabilidad civil,
daño moral, daño no patrimonial, delitos de corrupción,
justificación económica.
ABSTRACT: This research analyzes the constitutionality and
economic justification of the use of punitive damages for the
sanction of the supposed non-patrimonial damage in favor
DOI 10.26807/rfj.vi.464
Sumar, O.; Orellana J. Punitive damages for the non-property damage
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Revista Facultad de Jurisprudencia RFJ No.13 Junio 2023
of the State in the cases of crimes of corruption. The authors
conclude that punitive damages have many problems that result
in their unconstitutionality and inefficiency, especially when it
is derived from a criminal proceeding.
KEYWORDS: punitive damages, tort law, moral damage, non-
patrimonial damage, corruption crimes, economic justification.
JEL CODE: K14, D63.
INTRODUCTION
On September 21, 2020, the ad hoc prosecutor’s office
of the famous LavaJato case identified more than $394,400.00
US dollars as patrimonial damage to the State in the main process
where the irregularities of the Interoceánica Sur highway,
sections 2 and 3, are being investigated. What the Attorney
General’s Office did, in a manner compatible with the doctrinal
and jurisprudential criteria currently prevailing in Peru, is to use
punitive damages to punish the alleged violation of the right to
the image of the Peruvian State. We consider this to be of great
academic interest or even from a public policy perspective, not
only because of its economic and social implications but also
because it is a relatively virgin topic.
The relationship between punitive damages and other
systems such as administrative and criminal law has received
little attention in the civil and economic literature (Sustein
& Schkade, 1997, p. 57). Specifically, we have not found any
work that addresses the problem concerning civil liability for
non-pecuniary damages derived from criminal proceedings for
corruption offenses.
The use of punitive damages for these cases, as is
obvious, is intended to punish the perpetrators; but also, to deter
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