%0 Journal Article %T LA RELACI¨®N COMO OBJETO DE LA CIENCIA DEL DERECHO PENAL %A Carrasco Jim¨¦nez %A Edison %J Ius et Praxis %D 2012 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-00122012000100006 %X as a general rule, the "relationship" as a central theme has been overlooked as much by the field of philosophy as by legal science, which, without doubt, has repercussions on criminal justice science. this article will demonstrate this gap, and present some key points to show that the study of criminal law science of the relationship as a scientific object. thus, in the first instance this article will explain the state of this matter (how "the relation" has been overlooked) in relation to philosophy and legal science; and in the second instance, it will concentrate on the possibilities of understanding this relationship as a scientific object of criminal law science. %K the relationship %K object of criminal law science %K criminal relationship %K normative relationship. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-00122012000100006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en