Swiss criminal law / Anna Petrig, Dr. iur., LL. M., Attorney-at-Law ; Nadine Zurkinden, Dr. iur.
2015
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Author
Title
Swiss criminal law / Anna Petrig, Dr. iur., LL. M., Attorney-at-Law ; Nadine Zurkinden, Dr. iur.
Published
Zürich : Dike, [2015]
Call Number
KKW3800 .P387 2015
Former Call Number
Swi 800 P448 2015
ISBN
9783037517383 (pbk.)
3037517387 (pbk.)
3037517387 (pbk.)
Description
xvii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Other Standard Identifiers
9783037517383
System Control No.
(OCoLC)930610534
Summary
"This book comes as the first English language, systematic overview of Swiss criminal law. It provides a gateway for lawyers who are unfamiliar with this legal order, yet have an academic or practical interest in it. And it gives lawyers with a background in Swiss law a useful tool when working in English. The book brings into focus the basics of criminal law and links it with criminal procedural law, the rules on transnational cooperation in criminal matters and the parameters flowing from constitutional, international and European law. It deals with core questions of criminal law: what amounts to a criminal offence, how is criminal liability determined and what are its consequences? Furthermore, it provides general insight on international criminal law, which plays an increasingly important role. To fulfil its gateway function, the book concludes with a practical guide to Swiss criminal law and a thesaurus"--Unedited summary from book cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages xiv-xvii) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface and acknowledgements
III
List of abbreviations
XIII
Selected bibliography
XIV
Part 1: Introduction and overview of Switzerland's political and legal systems
1
Pt.1.
gateway to Swiss criminal law
1
Pt.2.
word on Switzerland and its criminal justice system
3
1.
Territory, people and languages
4
2.
Federalism in the realm of criminal law and justice
4
3.
Legislative, executive and judicial branches
5
Part 2: The basics of Swiss criminal law
9
Pt.1.
Criminal law and criminal norms
9
1.
concept of criminal law
9
2.
legal sources of criminal law
11
a.
Constitutional law: basic parameters
12
b.
Legislation: the main source
13
c.
International and European law: of growing importance
15
d.
Customary and judge-made law: complementing roles
18
e.
Judgments: effects similar to legal norms
18
3.
Form, wording and interpretation of criminal norms
19
a.
Principle of legality in constitutional and criminal law
19
b.
Form: written laws
21
c.
Wording: requirement of certainty
23
d.
Interpretation: limitations and prohibition of analogy
24
4.
Criminal law's (expanding) scope of application
26
a.
Personal scope of application
27
aa.
Natural persons
27
bb.
Corporations
28
b.
Temporal scope of application
28
aa.
rule: prohibition of retroactivity
29
bb.
exception: principle of the milder law
30
c.
Territorial scope of application
31
Pt.2.
Criminal justice authorities and criminal proceedings
32
1.
rule: cantonal jurisdiction
32
a.
Preliminary proceedings
32
b.
Main proceedings at first instance
33
c.
Appellate remedies
33
2.
exception: federal jurisdiction
34
Pt.3.
Fundamental rights and international human rights
37
1.
Protection from unjustified state interference
37
2.
Limitations and guidance for the legislature
40
Part 3: Criminal offences, criminal liability and consequences
43
Pt.1.
Criminal offences
43
1.
Conduct qualifying for punishment
43
2.
Categories of offences
46
a.
punishment: felonies, misdemeanours, contraventions
47
b.
scale of gravity: aggravated and extenuated offences
49
c.
state of mind: intentional and negligent offences
49
d.
violation of a duty: offences of commission and omission
50
e.
conduct: conduct and result offences
51
f.
impact: harm and endangerment offences
52
g.
duration: instantaneous and continuing offences
52
h.
offender: common and special offences
53
i.
prosecution: offences prosecuted ex officio and on complaint
54
Pt.2.
Determining criminal liability
54
1.
Determining criminal liability: the test in a nutshell
55
a.
Human conduct
56
b.
Objective and subjective definitional elements
57
c.
Unlawfulness
58
d.
Culpability
59
e.
Additional prerequisites of criminal liability
0
f.
Conclusion
61
2.
Determining criminal liability: the test for intentional offences
62
a.
Intentional offences of commission
62
aa.
Cases
62
bb.
Overview
62
cc.
Objective definitional elements
63
dd.
Subjective definitional elements
68
i.
Intent
68
ii.
Impact of mistake on intent
71
iii.
Further subjective elements
73
ee.
Unlawfulness
73
i.
Self-defence and defence of others
74
ii.
Necessity
77
iii.
Consent
78
iv.
Presumed consent
80
v.
Acts permitted by law
81
vi.
Subjective elements of grounds of justification and mistakes
83
ff.
Culpability
84
i.
Criminal capacity
84
ii.
Awareness of the unlawfulness of the conduct
86
iii.
Grounds of excuse
88
gg.
Conclusion
90
b.
Intentional non-genuine offences of omission
91
aa.
Overview
91
bb.
Objective definitional elements
92
cc.
Subjective definitional elements
95
dd.
Unlawfulness
95
ee.
Culpability
96
ff.
Conclusion
97
c.
Attempted intentional offences
99
aa.
Attempted offences of commission
100
i.
Preliminary questions
100
ii.
Definitional elements of the offence
100
iii.
Impossible attempt due to a serious lack of judgment
101
iv.
Unlawfulness and culpability
102
v.
Withdrawal
103
vi.
Conclusion
103
bb.
Attempted offences of omission
106
3.
Determining criminal liability: the test for negligent offences
107
a.
Negligent offences of commission
107
aa.
Overview
107
bb.
Preliminary question
108
cc.
Objective definitional elements
108
dd.
Unlawfulness
111
ee.
Culpability
111
b.
Negligent offences of omission
112
4.
Determining criminal liability: the test for participants
115
a.
Participation in intentional offences of commission
115
aa.
Perpetrators
115
i.
Direct perpetrators
116
ii.
Indirect perpetrators
116
iii.
Co-perpetrators
117
bb.
Accessories
118
i.
Inciters
119
ii.
Accomplices
119
cc.
Sanctions
120
dd.
Necessary participation
122
b.
Participation and non-genuine offences of omission
122
c.
Participation in negligent offences of commission
123
5.
Determining criminal liability: the test for offences involving corporations
124
Pt.3.
Consequences of criminal liability: punishments and measures
128
1.
Theories of sanctions
129
2.
Criminal sanctions
130
a.
dual-track system of sanctions
130
b.
Punishments
131
c.
Measures
132
d.
Children, juveniles and young adults
132
2.
Sentencing
133
3.
Enforcement of sentences and measures
135
Part 4: International criminal law
137
Pt.1.
Rules on the territorial application of criminal law
137
1.
General jurisdictional rules of the Criminal Code
138
a.
Territoriality principle
140
b.
Active and passive personality principles
144
c.
Protective principle
146
d.
Universality principle
147
aa.
For particularly serious offences
147
bb.
For specific offences against minors abroad
148
e.
Representation principle
150
aa.
Duty to prosecute
150
bb.
Rejected extradition request
151
2.
Taking foreign law into account
152
a.
Double criminality requirement
153
b.
Principle of the milder law
154
3.
Taking foreign judgments into account
155
a.
Principle of extinction
156
b.
Principle of imputation
156
c.
Principle of enforcement
157
4.
Hierarchy between general jurisdictional provisions
158
Pt.2.
International criminal law stricto sensu
158
1.
Substantive criminal law
159
2.
Prosecuting international core crimes
160
3.
Cooperation with international courts
161
Pt.3.
Transnational criminal law
162
Pt.4.
Transnational cooperation in criminal matters
163
1.
Mutual administrative assistance
164
2.
Mutual legal assistance
168
3.
Cooperation with the EU specifically
171
Part 5: A practical guide to Swiss criminal law
175
Pt.1.
Finding legislation
175
1.
Federal legislation and international law
175
2.
Cantonal legislation
178
Pt.2.
Finding travaux preparatoires
178
Pt.3.
Finding case law
180
1.
Judgments of the Federal Supreme Court
180
a.
Leading cases
180
b.
Non-leading cases
181
2.
Judgments of cantonal courts
183
Pt.4.
Finding doctrine
183
Terminology - thesaurus/index
187