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A Modern Treatise on the Principle of Legality in Criminal Law
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Preface
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Contents
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List of Figures
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List of Tables
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Chapter 1: The Meaning and Structure of the Principle of Legality in Criminal Law
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1.1 The Role of the Principle of Legality in the Criminal Law Theory
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1.1.1 The Basic Structure of Criminal Law Theory
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1.1.2 The Basic Structure of the Principle of Legality in Criminal Law
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1.2 Development of the Principle of Legality in Criminal Law and Its Modern Justifications
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Chapter 2: The Legitimate Sources of the Criminal Norm
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2.1 The Structure of the Criminal Norm and Its Identification
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2.1.1 Valid Conditional Clauses
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2.1.2 Criminal Sanction
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2.1.3 Classification of Offences Based on Content
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2.1.3.1 Classification According to Social Interest
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2.1.3.2 Classification According to Criminal Sanction
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2.2 The Legal Sources of the Criminal Norm
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2.2.1 General Principles
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2.2.1.1 Social Representation, Social Reflection, and Social Consensus
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2.2.1.2 Offences of mala in se and mala prohibita
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2.2.1.3 Formal Publicity of the Criminal Norm
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2.2.1.4 The Mistake of Law Defense in the Modern Criminal Law
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2.2.2 Legal Sources
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2.2.2.1 The Constitution
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2.2.2.2 Legislation
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2.2.2.3 Regulations
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2.2.2.4 Judicial Decisions
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2.2.2.5 International Custom and State Practice, International Covenants, and International Judicial Decisions
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2.2.2.6 Supranational and Federal Sources
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2.2.2.7 Agreements, Organizational Policy, and Disciplinary Norms
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2.3 Conflict of Laws Based on Legitimate Sources of the Criminal Norm
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Chapter 3: Applicability of the Criminal Norm in Time
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3.1 Basic Distinctions
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3.1.1 Distinction Between Procedural and Substantive Criminal Norms
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3.1.2 Distinction Between Relevant Points in Time
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3.1.3 Distinction Between Continuous, Temporary, and Fragmented Criminal Norms
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3.1.4 Distinction Between Mitigating and Aggravating Criminal Norms
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3.2 Applicability of the Procedural Criminal Norm in Time
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3.2.1 The General Rule
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3.2.2 Application of the Rule
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3.3 Applicability in Time of the Substantive Criminal Norm
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3.3.1 The General Rule
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3.3.2 Application of the Rule
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3.4 Conflict of Laws Based on Applicability of the Criminal Norm in Time
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Chapter 4: The Applicability of the Criminal Norm in Place
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4.1 The Basic Distinctions
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4.1.1 Distinction Between Applicability and Jurisdiction in Criminal Law
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4.1.2 Distinction Between Procedural and Substantive Criminal Norms in Different Legal Systems
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4.1.3 Distinction Between Domestic and Foreign Criminal Norms and Criminal Events
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4.1.4 Distinction Between Locally Restricted and Not Restricted Criminal Norms
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4.1.5 Distinction Between the Relevant Factors Connecting the Criminal Event with the Criminal Norm
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4.2 Applicability of the Procedural Criminal Norm in Place
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4.2.1 The General Rule
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4.2.2 Application of the Rule
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4.3 Applicability of the Substantive Criminal Norm in Place
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4.3.1 The General Rule
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4.3.2 The Territorial Application of the General Rule
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4.3.2.1 The Senior Status of Territoriality
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4.3.2.2 Subjective and Objective Territoriality
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4.3.2.3 Constructive and De facto Territoriality
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4.3.2.4 Boundaries of Territoriality in Land, Sea, Airspace, Outer Space, and Transport Crafts
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4.3.3 Extraterritorial Application of the General Rule
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4.3.3.1 General Interests of Extraterritoriality
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4.3.3.2 Extraterritorial Protective Applicability
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4.3.3.3 Extraterritorial Passive Personality Applicability
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4.3.3.4 Extraterritorial Active Personality Applicability
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4.3.3.5 Extraterritorial Universal Applicability
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4.4 Conflict of Laws Based on the Applicability of the Criminal Norm in Place
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4.4.1 The General Rule
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4.4.2 International Cooperation and the Extraterritorial Vicarious Applicability
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Chapter 5: Interpretation of the Criminal Norm
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5.1 Structure of Interpretation of the Criminal Norm
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5.2 Rules of Formulation of the Criminal Norm
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5.2.1 Generality
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5.2.2 Feasibility
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5.2.3 Clarity and Precision
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5.2.4 Relevance of Non-Criminal Norms
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5.3 Rules of Application of the Criminal Norm
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5.3.1 Applicability of the General Principles of Criminal Law
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5.3.2 Specific and General Criminal Norms
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5.3.3 Analogy
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5.3.4 Strict and Purposive Interpretations
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5.3.5 Assisting Legal Measures for Revealing the Legal Logic (Ratio Legis) Through the Purposive Interpretation
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5.3.5.1 Legal History of the Criminal Norm
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5.3.5.2 Titles of the Criminal Norm
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5.3.5.3 Various Meanings of Legal Terms Separately and in the Context of the Criminal Norm
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5.3.5.4 Ejusdem Generis
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5.3.5.5 Expressio Unius Est Exclusio Alterius
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5.3.5.6 Errors in the Verbal Formulation of the Criminal Norm
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5.3.5.7 Lacuna Juris
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5.3.6 Mitigating Interpretation
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5.4 Conflict of Laws Based on the Interpretation of the Criminal Norm
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Chapter 6: The Conflict of Laws Within the Conflicts of Laws in the Principle of Legality
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Cases
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Anglo-American Cases
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German Cases
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European Cases
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International Cases
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Bibliography
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Index
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