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    This paper tries to explain against the backdrop of the history of German criminal theory why and in which way the fault elements are seen differently in Germany and in Anglo-American countries. It shows how Feuerbach’s psychological model of guilt convinced Feuerbach’s German contemporaries in the 19th century that the suppression of the actual will to violate a criminal prohibition must be the reason for punishment. For such deterrence theory, direct intention is the central criterion of imput…Read more
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    Causal Overdetermination
    In Markus Stepanians & Benedikt Kahmen (eds.), Critical Essays on "Causation and Responsibility", De Gruyter. pp. 111-132. 2013.
  • Error In Persona Vel Objecto Und Aberratio Ictus
    Jahrbuch für Recht Und Ethik 2. 1994.
    An irrelevant error in persona vel objecto occurs when the following statement is true: "Concerning of the object actually harmed, the actor at least thought it was possible and thus accepted that his action would result in the prohibited harm to this object." A relevant aberratio ictus occurs when this statement is false, since the actor did not at least think it possible and thus accept that his action would result in the prohibited harm to this object, but rather to another object. In the cas…Read more