Thomas Vormbaum

A Modern History of German Criminal Law (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Bohlander, Michael

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Increasingly, international governmental networks and organisations make it necessary to master the legal principles of other jurisdictions. Since the advent of international criminal tribunals this need has fully reached criminal law. A large part of their work is based on comparative research. The legal systems which contribute most to this systemic discussion are common law and civil law, sometimes called continental law. So far this dialogue appears to have been dominated by the former. While there are many reasons for this, one stands out very clearly: Language. English has become the lingua franca of international legal research. The present book addresses this issue. Thomas Vormbaum is one of the foremost German legal historians and the book's original has become a cornerstone of research into the history of German criminal law beyond doctrinal expositions; it allows a look at the system's genesis, its ideological, political and cultural roots. In the field of comparative research, it is of the utmost importance to have an understanding of the law's provenance, in other words its historical DNA.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783642372735
• Artikelnr.: 43800716

Autorenporträt

Thomas Vormbaum, Jg. 1943, studierte Rechtswissenschaft, Geschichtswissenschaft und Politikwissenschaft an den Universitäten Münster und Würzburg. 1975 Promotion zum Dr. jur. (bei Rudolf Gmür); 1979 Promotion zum Dr. phil. (bei Heinz Dollinger); 1985 Habilitation für die Fächer Strafrecht, Strafprozessrecht und neuere Rechtsgeschichte (bei Jürgen Welp). Seit 1994 ist er Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Strafrecht, Strafprozessrecht und juristische Zeitgeschichte und Geschäftsführender Direktor des Instituts für juristische Zeitgeschichte an der FernUniversität in Hagen.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.- Delimiting the time period and Methodology.- Criminal law at the beginning of the legal-historical period.- 19th century developments.- The shift from the 19th to the 20th century.- The 20th century.- Current events in criminal law.- Review and outlook.