Who does it, pays it? Civil servants and personal liability

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https://doi.org/10.14409/redoeda.v7i1.9727

Keywords:

Personal liability, civil service, harm, guilt, prevention of arbitrary power

Abstract

This paper explains the reasons to improve the regulation of personal liability of civil servants, balancing the legal security and public interest. The right understanding of the differences between criminal, administrative and accounting responsabilities is very important to achieve these goals and to prevent arbitrary power.

Author Biography

  • Ricardo Rivero Ortega, , Universidad de Salamanca,

    Rector y Catedrático de Derecho administrativo en la Universidad de Salamanca (Salamanca, España). Doctor Honoris Causa por las universidades Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Perú), Panamá, San Agustín de Arequipa (Perú), Tecnológica de Santiago (República Dominicana) y la Barra Interamericana de Abogados (México). Medalla Isidro Fabela de la UNAM (México). E-mail: ricriv@usal.es

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Published

2020-09-30

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2020): January / June

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Who does it, pays it? Civil servants and personal liability. Euro-Latin American Journal of Administrative Law, Santa Fe, v. 7, n. 1, p. 53–66, 2020. DOI: 10.14409/redoeda.v7i1.9727. Disponível em: https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/Redoeda/article/view/9727. Acesso em: 29 apr. 2026.