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Legal determination of punishability in negligent crimes

Authors

  • Georg Freund Philipps-Universität Marburg

Abstract

This paper is consists of two parts. The first part seeks to introduce the problem of legal determination of punishability in general. The second part explains how criminal law serves as a general-abstract enabling basis to configure the declaration of culpability and the imposition of punishment in particular cases and for specific recipients.

Keywords:

Determination of punishability, negligent crimes, rule of conduct, sanction rule, decision rule, declaration of culpability and punishment

Author Biography

Georg Freund, Philipps-Universität Marburg

Georg Freund es abogado, doctor en Derecho y profesor titular de la cátedra de Derecho penal, Derecho procesal penal y filosofía del Derecho en la Philipps-Universität Marburg, Alemania.