The Disrespect for corpses in the Colombian criminal legislation: a crime against eternal rest.

Abstract

Within the discipline of Criminal Law, the constant study of legislation is of paramount importance to achieve its purpose. That is, if it is to achieve the effective protection of juridical goods through the punishment of human actions considered by the legislator as crimes and, in this way, procure an orderly social coexistence1, it is indispensable that a considerable sector of the persons subject to the criminal law -and who also exercise it- dedicate their efforts to analyze it by means of the dogmatic exercise that is developed in three intimately connected moments: interpretation, systematization, and criticism.