Legítima defensa en caso de violencia de género. Análisis de un caso

Abstract

This work will focus on the Theory of Crime, specifically in the category of unlawfulness, legitimate defense or self-defense as a cause of justification, its application in the administration of justice without omitting the requirements contemplated by the legal norm and the contextualization of an effective protection, all of this supported by tools that allow the application of legal standards that do not forsake the guarantees and protection of rights by who went from being a victim to a victimizer or aggressor. What is intended to transmit through this work is to participate in reflections regarding the operation and application of the standards of the legal institution of legitimate defense as an exemption of responsibility, specifically in situations related to illegitimate attacks carried out in the context of gender violence, analyzing the application of legitimate defense in regard to the female victim, understanding herself as the one who has suffered violence, without it being necessary to have other assumptions and / or generic structure in addition to those contained in the legal norm regarding the justification causes