| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law |
| Editors | Rainer Grote, Frauke Lachenmann, Rüdiger Wolfrum |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Place of Publication | Online |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Publication date | 08.2021 |
| ISBN (print) | 9780190660994 |
| Publication status | Published - 08.2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Political Crimes
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1 Political crimes are (i) particular criminal conducts (acts or omissions) which comply with the criminal rules that serve exclusively the protection of the interests of the state; in a strict sense, crimes against the organized structure of the state, or (ii) ordinary criminal conducts, which are committed in order to reach or to prevent certain political objectives. Two main criteria will be better formulated rather than giving a certain and precise definition of the political crime in order to answer what makes a crime ‘political’ (Section D of this article)....
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