German Federal Republic Criminal Code

Author: Xu Jiusheng Translated
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Publish Date: 1991-04-01
Features: The Federal German Code of 1975, as a contemporary new achievement of bourgeois legal reform, was not only of great interest to Japan and other civil law countries but also had a profound impact on common law countries. At that time, the United States, which was discussing a draft of a federal code, showed strong interest. Compared to the old Criminal Code of 1871, which was based on the Criminal Code of the German Empire, the changes in the new Federal German Criminal Code are self-evident. Even compared to the government draft of 1962, which was regarded as the peak of post-war criminal law reform, the new Criminal Code demonstrated many distinctive features in terms of criminal law philosophy and specific systems.