Download This PaperThe Legality Principle in American and German Criminal Law: An Essay in Comparative Legal History
18 Pages Posted: 8 Jan 2011
Date Written: December 1, 2010
Abstract
After briefly recounting the (non-) history of the principle of legality (nullum crimen sine lege) in American criminal law, this paper explores the potential of comparative legal history as a tool of critical analysis of law, by outlining a cross-temporal and -systemic analysis of the legality principle, using German criminal law as a point of comparison.
Keywords: comparative law, criminal law, legal history, constitutional law, comparative legal history, legality principle, nullum crimen sine lege, German criminal law, American criminal law
JEL Classification: K14, K30, K33
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Markus D. Dubber (Contact Author)
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law ( email )
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Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C5
Canada
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