RT Article
T1 The Constitutional Deficiencies of the German 'Rechtsgutslehre'
JF Oñati Socio-Legal Series
VO 3
IS 1
SP 31
OP 41
A1 Stuckenberg, Carl-Friedrich 1964-
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1743367201
AB This paper questions the theoretical merits and constitutional validity of the “Rechtsgutslehre” (doctrine of the protection of legal goods), a widely held doctrine about the limits of legitimate criminalization in Germany and some other jurisdictions. The immediate cause for this reassessment is a recent decision of the German constitutional court which upheld the German incest prohibition and simultaneously rejected the traditional “Rechtsgutslehre” as constitutionally irrelevant, thereby stirring up considerable controversy among academic criminal lawyers. The paper tries to show why the court’s view is correct by pointing out the main deficiencies of the doctrine and what criteria a better theory must fulfil.
CN 360
K1 Verfassungsrecht
K1 Kriminalisierung
K1 Rechtsgutlehre
K1 Drug offences
K1 Ultima Ratio
DO 10.15496/publikation-52648