The paper addresses critically the constitutional status of the so-called ‘last resort’ principle on three different levels: in the jurisprudence of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, in the criminal justice principles at a European level, and, finally, in select human rights instruments at a global level. The paper claims that the penal sanction that the ‘last resort’ principle allegedly delimits, i.e. imprisonment, is a highly polymorphous sanction. In addition to the deprivation of liberty, imprisonment involves elements of corporal punishment and shaming that usually go unrecognised. Correspondingly, the basic right protected by the principle is not exclusively personal freedom as is usually claimed but...
In a discussion of the landmark study by Joel Feinberg on the harm principle, the essay proposes an ...
This paper examines the concept of legalism as it relates to human freedom and authentic existence. ...
Defining the scope of criminal law and legitimated level of intervention through criminal law over ...
Tesis doctoral inédita leída en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Derecho, Departame...
The principle of legality is of universal significance. It is not only found in national laws but ...
The scientific article focuses on the analysis of a sentence of life imprisonment without a realisti...
The principle of legality is a fundamental principle of criminal law. It grants the defendant in a c...
This is a book-chapter-length contribution to a prestigious and authoritative international encyclop...
ABSTRACT: The principle of legality, in criminal law, means that only the law can define a crime and...
The current trend in criminal law where human rights are used as an ex- cuse to legitimize extreme s...
Depuis le début des années 2000, la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme a donné un senset une port...
The article focuses on the pardon's problem in the context of international standards of human right...
Life imprisonment without prospect of release is a penalty experiencing remarkable success today, es...
The essay explains how the inclusion of the security of public policy in the 2008 Constitution of Ec...
The purpose of this text is to analyze the limits to criminal intervention arising from the constitu...
In a discussion of the landmark study by Joel Feinberg on the harm principle, the essay proposes an ...
This paper examines the concept of legalism as it relates to human freedom and authentic existence. ...
Defining the scope of criminal law and legitimated level of intervention through criminal law over ...
Tesis doctoral inédita leída en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Derecho, Departame...
The principle of legality is of universal significance. It is not only found in national laws but ...
The scientific article focuses on the analysis of a sentence of life imprisonment without a realisti...
The principle of legality is a fundamental principle of criminal law. It grants the defendant in a c...
This is a book-chapter-length contribution to a prestigious and authoritative international encyclop...
ABSTRACT: The principle of legality, in criminal law, means that only the law can define a crime and...
The current trend in criminal law where human rights are used as an ex- cuse to legitimize extreme s...
Depuis le début des années 2000, la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme a donné un senset une port...
The article focuses on the pardon's problem in the context of international standards of human right...
Life imprisonment without prospect of release is a penalty experiencing remarkable success today, es...
The essay explains how the inclusion of the security of public policy in the 2008 Constitution of Ec...
The purpose of this text is to analyze the limits to criminal intervention arising from the constitu...
In a discussion of the landmark study by Joel Feinberg on the harm principle, the essay proposes an ...
This paper examines the concept of legalism as it relates to human freedom and authentic existence. ...
Defining the scope of criminal law and legitimated level of intervention through criminal law over ...