LA RESPONSABILIDAD CIVIL DE LOS MENORES: UNA CUESTIÓN PARA EL DEBATE.

Abstract

The parameters established in the Civil Code need to be adjusted to the current situation of underage persons. This may be done either through the different criteria for interpreting legislation or through a legislative reform that once and for all sets an overall, unanimous rule on liability stemming from action by minors in view of their natural capacity for discernment, their education and their mental development in close correspondence with their age. Such an adjustment should be made in concordance with the social and structural changes that have happened since the Civil Code was enacted and that have already been reflected in different areas of our legislation