The Promise of German Criminal Law: A Science of Crime and Punishment

Dubber, Markus D.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.508643

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The Promise of German Criminal Law: A Science of Crime and Punishment

Markus D. Dubber

University of Toronto - Faculty of Law

February 23, 2004

Abstract:
This paper takes a critical look at German criminal law theory from an Anglo-American perspective. It seeks both to capture the basic conception of criminal law as science that has shaped the project of German criminal law theory for centuries and to investigate two of its key features: its theory of punishment (positive general prevention) and its theory of criminalization (the theory of legal goods, "Rechtsgutstheorie").

Number of Pages in PDF File: 37

Keywords: criminal law, comparative law, German law, punishment

JEL Classification: K14, K30, K33

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Date posted: February 28, 2004 ; Last revised: February 23, 2009

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Dubber, Markus D., The Promise of German Criminal Law: A Science of Crime and Punishment (February 23, 2004). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=508643 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.508643

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