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The rise of the willful blindness doctrine in the Spanish legal system implies a structural change in the subjective imputation system, given that according to this doctrine, it is posible to punish as intentional act a conduct which may be described as ignoring elements of crime that could and should have been known by the perpetrator. This new approach entails the equalization of effective knowledge of the elements of a crime with the duty to know them, therefore understanding the ascertainment of intent in criminal law as an act of attribution, and leading to a complete normativization of the concept of intent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When used in legal terms such as human dignity, equality, prohibition of inhuman or degrading etc. the duty actually incorporates moral standards or the moral argument? Negative responses are diverse and there are several ways to answer positively, both modes will be discussed in this article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article deals with the intention principle of family mediation from doctrine and in legal regulation. Intention principle of several participants of the process is reviewed. The article tackles the relationship between mediator's intention and other mediation principles. Eventual exceptions and limitations to the principle are analyzed, such as mediation with domestic violence the well-known "preventive or mandatory mediation." Finally, the article describes the force of the intention principle after the agreement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the legality principle, a rule applied to administrative proceedings and related to due process, in Colombia. The authors give particular focus to Law 1333 of 2009, which is concerned with the environment. They consider the relationship between this environmental law and the presumption of intentionality, the presumption of innocence, and the legality principle.