27.02.2023
Chapter

The Federal Constitutional Court as guardian of sexual morality

About the anthology:

The commemorative publication for Cornelius Prittwitz on his 70th birthday. The commemorative publication for Cornelius Prittwitz on his 70th birthday, edited by Beatrice Brunhöber, Christoph Burchard, Klaus Günther, Matthias Jahn, Michael Jasch, Jesús-María Silva Sánchez and Tobias Singelnstein, honors not only the author of the well-known monograph on high-risk criminal law, but also a scholar at the Frankfurt Institute for Criminal Science and Philosophy of Law who advocates a rational criminal policy based on the ultima ratio principle and is committed to a fair criminal law and criminal procedure law that respects and protects fundamental rights. The national and international recognition that the honoree has earned is expressed in over forty contributions by renowned authors from Germany and abroad.

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