CAMAGÜEY.- In a particular context promoted by the adoption in Cuba of a new Constitution of the Republic that bounds to update the legal and legislative mechanisms, the court system in the province developed today their scientific meeting. Three panels debated about how to improve their work, which is nothing more that to do justice.
The scientific administration is a property for the Courts System, it is a way to keep us updated and in direct contact with theory, said in the opening speech the vice president of the Provincial Court in Camagüey, Belsaida Pérez Rodríguez.
Daniel Pérez Legón, professor of the University of Camagüey and chief of the department of Laws, unraveled three myths about Cuban justice in the Inaugural Conference of the Event. According to the experts in the matter, there is no jurisprudence in the country; however, practice says otherwise. “it is the same with analogy, we say that each case is a case, but in reality, when it is time to enforce the law and rule a judgment, we consider other cases, like a sort of precedent. Likewise, even if it is said that if the law does not make a distinction, we should not make one either, there are plenty examples in the practice that say that in certain contexts you do make a distinction”, explained.
A first panel talked about the diachrony of theory and praxis in the 21st century, challenges and perspectives. The second panel dealt with the current problems in economy and society in the way of being a prosperous and sustainable state; and the third one talked about the due process in light of the constitutional reform and the impact in the Cuban criminal prosecution.
- Translated by Elianna Díaz Mendieta