Collection of Foreign Criminal Laws in German Translation

Series "G"

The time-honored collection of foreign criminal laws in German translation, Sammlung ausländischer Strafgesetzbücher in deutscher Übersetzung, was established by Franz von Liszt in 1884. Please click on the links below to obtain more information about a particular code.


No. Title
G 122 Portugal (Criminal Code) - Código Penal Português (status 8.9.2010)
G 121 France (Criminal Code) - Code pénal - 2nd updated ed. (status 1.6.2009)
G 120 Denmark (Criminal Code) - Straffeloven – 3rd revised and updated ed. (status: 1.5.2009)
G 119 The Argentine Republic (Criminal Code) - Código Penal de la Nación Argentina – 2nd revised ed. (status: 1.1.2008)
G 118 Turkey (Criminal Code) - Türk Ceza Kanunu, Law No. 5237 of 26.9.2004 (status: 15.11.2008); updated ed. (pdf, status: 25.10.2012)
G 117 Bulgaria (Code of Criminal Procedure), entered into force on 29.4.2006
G 116 Finland (Criminal Code) - Rikoslaki – Strafflag (status: 1.10.2005)
G 115 The Republic of Poland (Code of Criminal Procedure) - Kodeks postepowania karnego (status: September 2003). Currently out of print!
G 114 Sweden (Criminal Code) - Brottsbalken (status: 1.12.2000); updated ed. (pdf, status: 1.1.2004)
G 113 The Netherlands (Code of Criminal Procedure) - Wetboek van Strafvordering (entered into force on 1.10.1926, amending law version of 31.10.2002, Staatsblad 2002, 539)
G 112 The Republic of Poland (Criminal Code) - Kodeks karny (entered into force on 1.9.1998). Currently out of print! Update discontinued as comprehensive statutory changes are anticipated.
G 111 Spain (Criminal Code) - Código Penal (status: 31.12.2001). Currently out of print!
G 110 Turkey (Criminal Code) - Türk Ceza Kanunu – 2nd revised ed. (status: 31.1.2001). See Vol. G 1182 for most current translation.
G 108 Russian Federation (Criminal Code) - 2nd revised ed. (status: 1.1.2007)
G 107 Denmark (Criminal Code) - Straffeloven – 2nd revised ed. (status: 1.7.2001)
G 106 Penal laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran


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