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Delitos particulares y especiales

English translation: special crimes found outside the Penal Code

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Spanish term or phrase:Delitos particulares y especiales
English translation:special crimes found outside the Penal Code
Entered by: Martin Boyd

13:49 Oct 19, 2012
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Spanish term or phrase: Delitos particulares y especiales
A course offered in the Bachelor of Laws program at a Mexican university. No further context given, and although I've found some definitions of "delitos especiales" in Mexican law, I can't find anything on "delitos particulares". Would it just be referring to specific types of offences?
Martin Boyd
Canada
Local time: 13:55
special crimes found outside the Penal Code
Explanation:
After some research, it seems that first you study 'Delitos en Particular' and then you study 'Delitos Especiales' in Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. I found manuals for these modules and it turns out that both of them refer to:

DELITOS EN CONTRA DE LA SALUD PÚBLICA, LOS SEXUALES, LOS COMETIDOS POR LOS SERVIDORES PÚBLICOS, LOS ELECTORALES Y EN MATERIA DE REGISTRO NACIONAL DE CIUDADANOS, ASÍ COMO LOS TIPIFICADOS EN LAS LEYES ESPECIALES DE NATURALEZA ECOLÓGICA Y FISCAL

El programa de Delitos Especiales explica que a medida que las sociedades avanzan, el Derecho a creado nuevas leyes y sanciones que caen fuera de los codigos penales.

I think these terms are very local and would be impossible to translate with a single term, which is why I have opted for a paraphrase as also used at:
http://www.centrorisorse.org/election-offenses.html
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Ana Gutierrez
Local time: 18:55
Grading comment
Thank you, Ana! I agree your paraphrasing is necessary. Phil, just for the record, the fact that I post a question in ProZ does not mean I am not also researching it (indeed, my question does indicate as much).
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3 +2special crimes found outside the Penal Code
Ana Gutierrez
Summary of reference entries provided
private crime/offences
Richard Hill

  

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special crimes found outside the Penal Code


Explanation:
After some research, it seems that first you study 'Delitos en Particular' and then you study 'Delitos Especiales' in Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. I found manuals for these modules and it turns out that both of them refer to:

DELITOS EN CONTRA DE LA SALUD PÚBLICA, LOS SEXUALES, LOS COMETIDOS POR LOS SERVIDORES PÚBLICOS, LOS ELECTORALES Y EN MATERIA DE REGISTRO NACIONAL DE CIUDADANOS, ASÍ COMO LOS TIPIFICADOS EN LAS LEYES ESPECIALES DE NATURALEZA ECOLÓGICA Y FISCAL

El programa de Delitos Especiales explica que a medida que las sociedades avanzan, el Derecho a creado nuevas leyes y sanciones que caen fuera de los codigos penales.

I think these terms are very local and would be impossible to translate with a single term, which is why I have opted for a paraphrase as also used at:
http://www.centrorisorse.org/election-offenses.html


    Reference: http://www.derecho.duad.unam.mx/guias/pdfs/Optativas/Area11/...
    Reference: http://www.derecho.duad.unam.mx/guias/pdfs/Optativas/Area11/...
Ana Gutierrez
Local time: 18:55
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Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16
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Thank you, Ana! I agree your paraphrasing is necessary. Phil, just for the record, the fact that I post a question in ProZ does not mean I am not also researching it (indeed, my question does indicate as much).

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adrian MM. (X): delito especial: statutory crime; violation of a statute or code other than the penal code, such as tax evasion: Tom West III's dictionary.
1 hr
  -> Thanks Tom
agree  philgoddard: Good answer. I feel the asker could have done this research though.
1 hr
  -> Thanks Phil
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Reference comments


1 hr
Reference: private crime/offences

Reference information:
What is a private crime?
Private offenses are those which cannot be prosecuted except upon complaint filed by the aggrieved party. Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as a private offense since all offenses are an outrage against the State. They are denominated as private offenses only to give deference to the offended party who may prefer not to file the case instead of going through the scandal of a public trial.
http://legalnotes.wordpress.com/2012/07/02/rule-110-prosecut...

Richard Hill
Mexico
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 473
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