InhaltsangabeA. Principle of legality (nullum crimen sine lege)



1. General issues



2. Treatment and scope of principle of legality in the law: Location and text of treatment - Scope of principle



3. Elements of the principle of legality: Formal requirements: nullum crimen sine lege scripta - Requirement of reasonable clarity: nullum crimen sine lege certa - Limits on interpretation: nullum crimen sine lege stricta - Retroactive application of criminal provisions/judgments: nullum crimen sine lege praevia



B. Extraterritorial jurisdiction - the applicability of domestic criminal law to activities committed abroad



1. General issues: Scope of protection provided by domestic criminal offenses - Location within legal system where applicability of domestic criminal law abroad is treated - Overview of the major principles governing the exercise of jurisdiction - Taking foreign legal norms into account - Taking foreign criminal judgments into account



2. Principle of territoriality: General issues - Concept of locus of commission / locus delicti commissi - Territory of states (definition) - Extension by flag principle »territoire flottant«



3. Protective principle: General issues - Protection of the state - Passive personality principle



4. Active personality (nationality) principle: General issues - Legitimacy - Extension by principle of domicile



5. Universality principle



6. Representation principle