The New German Law on Sexual Offenses

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Tatjana Hörnle

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law

Date Written: October 1, 2016

Abstract

The German Law on Rape and Sexual Assault was reformed in 2016, based on a no-means-no model rather than the prior coercion-based model. The paper explains the background of this reform and the new provisions on sexual offenses in the German Criminal Code.

Keywords: sexual offenses; rape; German criminal law

JEL Classification: K14

Suggested Citation

Hörnle, Tatjana, The New German Law on Sexual Offenses (October 1, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2999677 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2999677

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