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Principle: No punishment without law

The substantive criminal law is the principle “no punishment without law” (nulla poena sine lege shaped), and he enjoys constitutional status (see Article 103, paragraph 2 of the Basic Law). This principle includes the following individual bids, two of which the legislator and two directed to the right users:

• Definitely bid – nulla poena sine lege certa: The text of the law must be determined accurately. The legislature is not prevented from also use terms that require a score of Legislative user (ex: “high damage” and “reprehensible”) if the facts are no different tangible and the conceptual content of the respective terms with generally accepted methods of interpretation can be determined.
• Retroactivity – nulla poena sine lege praevia: Had the time of the crime criminality requirement, as the law valid. Retroactive criminal liability is not possible. According to prevailing opinion, the related conditions but not on the prosecution, but only to the substantive criminal law. This allowed the statute of limitations for murder in the Federal Republic of Germany are repeatedly extended up to the present system (no statute of limitations). An exception to this is – for the exclusive benefit of the perpetrator – the principle of so-called lex mitior, which is a revision of the law, the new version, unless it is milder.

Criminal law, also known as criminal law, includes, by a country’s legal norms those prohibited by certain actions and be linked to a punishment as a legal consequence. As the target of the criminal law applies in particular to the protection of certain legal rights such as life and property and the safety and integrity of the state and elementary values of community life. Possible penalties are not applied in all countries, including the fine of imprisonment, the most serious form of corporal punishment as well as the death penalty.

You may already be affected by the criminal law business, or even been indicted. Looking not only information but also plays a support and a quality defense to reassure you and get relaxed.

Indeed, misuse of company property or “ABS”, insider trading, embezzlement, fraud, bankruptcy, bribery, receiving information, the misuse of social good, tax evasion .  are not just words but a harsh reality for you or your company. The role of our law firm in Criminal cases is by far the one that requires most talent and personal involvement as ineffective and without reversing the balance of power against the judge and prosecutor, it can be no question of privation of liberty for the corporate executive or the businessman. Our role is to support and assist in every way during the criminal proceedings.

That presupposes a solid construction and meticulous record necessitated by the strict interpretation of criminal law. This also implies a mastery of the arcana of specific criminal procedure inquisitorial in nature in order to identify gaps and ways of acting. Lawyers in Criminal Affairs we mastered the art of defense but also the art of attack. With fighting spirit and efficiency.