Abuse of Office
Abuse of Office

Author(s): Valentina Avramescu
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Criminology, Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption
Published by: Scientia Moralitas Research Institute
Keywords: abuse of office; legitimate interest; civil servant; injury; defective act;
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the topic regarding the crime of abuse of office, a crime provided by the current Criminal Code in Chap. II - Offenses service, Title V - Crimes of corruption and service. The paper presents the legal definition of this crime, its legal object, with the two aspects: special and material, the subjects of crimes and criminal participation. It also talks about the constitutive content, consisting of the objective side, the material element of the objective side, the causal link between the action or inaction provided by the legislator and the immediate consequence, the form of guilt in terms of the subjective side, and the forms, modalities, sanctions and procedural aspects of this type of crime.

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