Research projects in the Department of Criminal Law are pursued in accordance with the department's research program. A condensed version of the research program is available online. The full version of the research program is also available in German (courtesy of the Walter de Gruyter publishing group).
Research Projects
The following overview can be used to survey department projects. Please click on the project heading for more detailed information. You may also access individual Project Summaries.
Overview
First Research Focus:
Transnational crime, territorial limits of criminal law, system of transnational criminal law
1. Fundamental Questions
| Project name | Person(s) responsible |
|---|---|
| Basic Principles of the Harmonization of Criminal Law: "Les chemins de l'harmonisation pénale" | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sieber Prof. Dr. Mireille Delmas-Marty, Collège de France, Paris Prof. Dr. Mark Pieth, Universität Basel |
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2. European Criminal Law
| Project name | Person(s) responsible |
|---|---|
| Handbook of European Criminal Law | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sieber † Franz-Hermann Brüner, European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) Prof. Dr. Bernd von Heintschel-Heinegg, University of Regensburg Prof. Dr. Helmut Satzger, University of Munich Harald Weiß |
| Rethinking European Criminal Justice | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sieber Dr. Marianne Wade |
| EuroNeeds | Dr. Marianne Wade |
| The Basic Principle of Mutual Recognition of Judicial Decisions in Criminal Matters | Thomas Wahl |
| Implementation of the Framework Decision on the European Arrest Warrant in the Member States of the European Union | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sieber Dr. Peggy Pfützner, LL.M. Köln/Paris |
| European Criminal Defense | Prof. Dr. Jörg Arnold |
| The Changing Role of Prosecutors in National and Emerging Supra-National Contexts | Dr. Marianne Wade Prof. Erik Luna (Washington and Lee University School of Law) |
| Sovereignty and Criminal Law: The Dual Criminality Requirement in International Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters | Dr. Nadja Capus, Marie Curie Fellow |
| Criminal Procedure in Europe | Dr. Barbara Huber Dr. Richard K. Vogler (University of Sussex, UK) |
3. International Criminal Law
| Project name | Person(s) responsible |
|---|---|
| Sea Piracy | Anna Petrig, LL.M. (Harvard) |
| Internationalization of Criminal Law by the United Nations Security Council | Dr. Julia Macke |
| General Legal Principles of International Criminal Law on the Criminal Liability of Leaders of Criminal Groups and Networks | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sieber Privatdozent Dr. Hans-Georg Koch Jan-Michael Simon |
| Terrorism and International Criminal Law | Paul Rabbat, LL.B. (Montréal), LL.M. (Sussex) |
| National Prosecution of International Crimes | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sieber Prof. Dr. Albin Eser, M.C.J. Dr. Helmut Kreicker |
| International Criminal Law in Romania | Dr. Johanna Rinceanu, LL.M. |
| Referral Practice of Cases from International to National Justice Mechanisms | Jennifer Schuetze-Reymann |
| International Arrest Warrants in Ongoing Conflicts | Mayeul Hiéramente |
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Second Research Focus:
Complex crime, functional limits of criminal law, new forms of social control
1. Terrorism and Organized Crime
| Project name | Person(s) responsible |
|---|---|
| Limits of the Prohibition against Torture | Linus Sonderegger, lic. iur. |
| Preventive Detention as an Instrument of Counterterrorism | Dr. Tim Nikolas Müller |
| Restricting Personal Liberty by means of Terrorism Legislation in the United Kingdom | Dr. Susanne Forster, LL.M. |
| Limits of Criminal Law in Terrorism Legislation – A Comparative Analysis of Germany and England | Sarah Kiesel |
| Counter-Terrorism Legislation: Balancing Security and Liberty in Germany and China | Zunyou Zhou |
| Cyberterrorism and Harmonization of Criminal Prosecution | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sieber Dr. Phillip W. Brunst |
| Organized Crime in French Criminal Procedure | Dr. Peggy Pfützner, LL.M. Köln/Paris |
| Participation in a Criminal Association and Conspiracy | Dr. Almir Maljević, LL.M. |
| Criminal Law and Gacaca: Coming to Terms with the Rwandan Genocide by means of a Pluralistic Legal Model | Nandor Knust |
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2. Cybercrime
| Project name | Person(s) responsible |
|---|---|
| Extraterritorial Prosecution of Cybercrime | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sieber Prof. Dr. Bert-Jaap Koops (Universität Tilburg) |
| Protecting Nations against Illegal Content in the Internet by means of Blocking Orders | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sieber Malaika Nolde, LL.M. |
| Challenges and Limits in the Prosecution of Internet Crime | Jan Spoenle |
| Scope and Limits of Anonymity in the Internet | Dr. Phillip W. Brunst |
| Creation of a Movement Profile for Prosecution | René M. Kieselmann |
| Systematic Analysis of Offenses and Risks of Computer Crime | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sieber Dr. Phillip W. Brunst Nadine Gröseling |
| Criminal Liability for Hyperlinks in the Internet | Frank Michael Höfinger |
| Online Auction Fraud | Dr. Andreas Dingler |
| Reform of Computer Criminal Law in Germany | Nadine Gröseling Frank Michael Höfinger |
| An International Comparative Study of Computer Crime Laws | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sieber |
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3. Economic Crime
| Project name | Person(s) responsible |
|---|---|
| Obliging the Business Community to Participate in Crime Prevention | Malaika Nolde, LL.M. |
| Responsibility and Sanctioning of Corporations: The Role of Compliance Measures | Dr. Marc Engelhart |
| Criminal Copyright Infringement Law and its Functional Alternatives for the Protection of Digital Works | Dr. Chiara Santangelo |
4. Fundamental Issues of the Life Sciences and Medicine
| Project name | Person(s) responsible |
|---|---|
| Possibilities and Limits of the Criminal Law against Pharmaceutical Counterfeiting | Privatdozent Dr. Hans-Georg Koch |
| The Status of Extracorporeal Embryos | Prof. Dr. Albin Eser, M.C.J. Privatdozent Dr. Hans-Georg Koch |
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5. Other Issues Arising in the Context of the Second Research Focus
| Project name | Person(s) responsible |
|---|---|
| Retaliation-Mediation-Punishment | Jan-Michael Simon Dr. Pablo Galain Palermo |
| Criminal Law in Reaction to State Crime | Prof. Dr. Albin Eser, M.C.J. Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sieber Prof. Dr. Jörg Arnold (Project Coordinator) |
| Dealing with Dangerous, Criminally Responsible (Repeat) Offenders | Privatdozent Dr. Hans-Georg Koch |
| Limits on the Protection of Legal Interests in the Criminalization of Incest | Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Albrecht Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sieber Dr. Konstanze Jarvers |
| Widespread and Petty Crime and the Italian Justice of the Peace | Dr. Konstanze Jarvers |
| The Role of Honor in Criminal Law | Dr. Silvia Tellenbach |
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Third Research Focus:
Methodological issues in comparative criminal law and international criminal law doctrine
| Project name | Person(s) responsible |
|---|---|
| International Max Planck Information System for Comparative Criminal Law | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sieber Dr. Konstanze Jarvers Emily Silverman, J.D. (Berkeley Law), LL.M. Dr. Susanne Forster Dr. Karin Cornils |
| Comparison of the Structures of Criminal Law | Prof. Dr. Albin Eser, M.C.J. Prof. Dr. Walter Perron, Universität Freiburg |
| Basic Values of Western and Islamic Criminal Law | Mohammad Sadr Touhid-Khaneh |
| Criminal Participation of Leaders in Offender Groups and Networks in a Latin American Model Criminal Code | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sieber Jan-Michael Simon Dr. Pablo Galain Palermo |