Differentiation between the Crime of Capital Market Manipulation and the Crime of Deception

The object of this scientific study is represented by the comparative analysis between thecritical-legal perspective of the element of differentiation between the two incriminations,respectively of the crime of capital market manipulation and of the crime of deception. The result ofthis approach consists in obtaining a better delimitation of the object of incrimination of the crime ofcapital market manipulation and of the crime of deception, aspects that practitioners can discoverwhen drafting a better legal implementation of a concrete offense. The conclusion is that the crime ofcapital market manipulation, due to particular elements, although apparently a form of deception, isan independent crime against the business environment, being a practical application of the principleof law specialia generalibus derogant