Research


Our research focuses on substantive and formal criminal law. In the field of criminal procedural law "deals" between involved parties deserve our special attention.

In criminal law, there is certain preference for property and pecuniary offences as well as homicides. General doctrines of criminal law are investigated for questions of imputation (causality and "objective imputation", intent and negligence, special features of criminal "omission").

The problem of "medical curative intervention" forms the bridge to questions of medical law and bioethics (e.g. genetic engineering, embryo research, reproductive medicine, euthanasia as well as organ transplantation).