Justice in Criminal Law

Global Perspectives

Elisa Hoven, Thomas Weigend (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

444 Seiten

2025
Duncker & Humblot (Verlag)
978-3-428-19449-0 (ISBN)

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What is »justice« in criminal law, and how is it defined in different jurisdictions worldwide? To answer this question, the editors presented vignettes of ten »hard cases« in criminal law to jurists from 16 jurisdictions. This volume contains the solutions proposed by these experts, augmented by Synopses which analyze the national responses. The editors show that similar ideas of justice in criminal law exist across legal systems, but that similarities appear in the way jurists argue rather than in the results at which they arrive.

What does it mean to achieve »justice« in criminal law? The editors of this volume have approached this question by presenting vignettes of ten »hard cases« in criminal law to jurists from 16 jurisdictions worldwide, asking for their assessment. This volume contains the reports written by these experts. They explain how the laws of their jurisdictions as interpreted by courts and scholars would resolve each of the ten problems represented in the vignettes. The responses to each vignette are analyzed in Synopses which describe similarities and differences between national perspectives and draw conclusions from comparing them. The findings are summarized in the editors’ Concluding Observations. They suggest that some general ideas of justice in criminal law are indeed shared across legal systems, but that they do not necessarily lead to the same outcomes when applied to specific cases. Similarities appear more in the way judges and scholars argue than in the results at which they arrive.

I. Introduction (Elisa Hoven and Thomas Weigend)

II. National Reports
Andrew Dyer, Michael Peng, Thomas Crofts and Arlie Loughnan
Australia

Frank Verbruggen and Pieter Van Rooij
Belgium

Carla Sepúlveda Penna
Chile

Zhiwei Tang
China

Sam J Cole, Steven Cammiss and John J Child
England and Wales

Kimmo Nuotio
Finland

Thomas Weigend and Elisa Hoven
Germany

Mordechai Kremnitzer
Israel

Gian Marco Caletti and Paolo Beccari
Italy

Tomoko Utsumi
Japan

Pilisano Masake and Inonge Mainga
Namibia

Johan Boucht
Norway

Alicja Limburska and Konrad Lipiński
Poland

Wing-Cheong Chan
Singapore

Ali Emrah Bozbayındır and Rifat Murat Önok
Turkey

Sara Sun Beale
U.S.A.

III. Synopses
Gian Marco Caletti
Trolley Problem – Killing one Person to Save Many?

Paolo Beccari
Attribution of Death

Mordechai Kremnitzer
Torture to Save a Life

Johan Boucht
Lethal Self-Defence

Ali Emrah Bozbayındır and Rifat Murat Önok
Criminal Responsibility of Subordinates for Systemic Offences

Frank Verbruggen and Pieter van Rooij
Limits of Consent

Alicja Limburska and Konrad Lipiński
Withdrawal from an Attempt

Sara Sun Beale
Criminal Responsibility of Minors

Carla Sepúlveda Penna
Statutes of Limitation

Andrew Dyer
Life Imprisonment without Parole

IV. Concluding Observations (Thomas Weigend)

V. List of Contributors

Erscheinungsdatum	20.12.2025
Reihe/Serie	Beiträge zum Internationalen und Europäischen Strafrecht - Studies in International and European Criminal Law and Procedure ; 62
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 233 mm
Gewicht	680 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht
Schlagworte	attempts • Attribution • consent • Criminal responsibility • Life imprisonment • Necessity • Self-Defense • Statutes of Limitation • superior orders • Torture
ISBN-10	3-428-19449-7 / 3428194497
ISBN-13	978-3-428-19449-0 / 9783428194490
Zustand	Neuware