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AIDING ABETTING [2 records]

Record 1 2016-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

Assisting in or otherwise facilitating the commission of a crime.

CONT

Aiding and abetting generally means to somehow assist in the commission of a crime, or to be an accomplice. It involves a plan to commit a crime or to commit acts, the probable consequences of which are criminal.

OBS

Complicity: term reproduced from "Glosario provisional de terminos juridicos" with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
DEF

Participation par assistance intentionnelle à la faute, au délit ou au crime commis par un autre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
OBS

Reproducido del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorizacíon de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 2 2015-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Copyright
CONT

The proposed EU [European Union] directive would make aiding and abetting infringement a basis for liability. In light of the above, it is permissible to conclude that there is no consensus on this issue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Droits d'auteur
CONT

[...] un arrêt de la Cour d’Appel d’Aix en Provence du 10 mars 2004 a estimé que les liens hypertextes constituaient une complicité de contrefaçon par fourniture de moyens au mépris des droits d’auteur.

Spanish

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