Straftatbegriff und Diskurstheorie

Eine Untersuchung zu Grund und Grenzen staatlicher Strafgewalt

By (author) Simon Maly

Book cover: Straftatbegriff und Diskurstheorie

Extent: 207 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Law

Series: Schriften des Zentrums fur EuropaIsche und Internationale Strafrechtsstudien

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(June 2022)

ISBN: 9783847113737

6.34 x 9.33 inches

Price: $62.00

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Die bereits seit der Aufklarung gefuhrte Diskussion uber einen materiellen, vorrechtlichen Straftatbegriff fuhrt zwangslaufig zu der rechtsphilosophischen Debatte um den Geltungsursprung des Rechts.


The discussion about a substantive, pre-legal concept of criminal law, which has been going on since the Enlightenment, inevitably leads to the philosophical debate about the origin of law. In dealing with the historical and current ideas of the legitimation of criminal law, the author puts forward the thesis that a coherent answer to the question of where a society derives its ius puniendi and what limits it is subject to has not yet been found. For this reason, the author examines criminal law in discourse theory and comes to the conclusion that a discourse theory of law can solve many of the previous problems by taking a step behind the concepts developed so far and finding the origin of criminal law in the communicative processes within a society. The analysis finally leads to the result that the essential element of criminal law can be found in a modern criminal theory based on the idea of communicative rationality: In a democratic society, criminal law serves to protect an objective freedom that is understood not only individually but also communicatively.

Dr. Simon Maly studierte Rechtswissenschaft in Frankfurt am Main und Paris und war von 2014 bis 2017 an der Universität Osnabrück als Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Deutsches und Europäisches Straf- und Strafprozessrecht, Internationales Strafrecht sowie Strafrechtsvergleichung (Professor Dr. Prof. h.c. Arndt Sinn) tätig. Seit Mai 2020 arbeitet er als Richter im Land Berlin.

  • By (author) Simon Maly