A Modern Treatise on the Principle of Legality in Criminal Law

discussionofthecon?ictoflawsissuesrelevanttothesecondaryprincipleunder investigation. Finally,Chap. 6addressestheproblemofthecon?ictoflawswithin thecon?ictsoflawsandroundsoutthediscussion. ix x Preface IwishtothankOnoAcademicCollegeforsupportingthisproject,andespecially DeanofthefacultyoflawandvicechairmanDudiSchwartzforhisstaunchsupport onsomanyimportantoccasions. IthankGabrielLanyiforhiscommentsandAnke SeyfriedofSpringerHeidelbergforguidingthepublicationofthebookfromits inceptiontoitsconclusion. Finally,Iwishtothankmywifeanddaughtersforthe helpfuldiscussionsandsupporttheyofferedalongtheway. KiryatOno,June2010 GabrielHallevy Contents 1 TheMeaningandStructureofthePrincipleofLegality inCriminalLaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. 1 TheRoleofthePrincipleofLegalityintheCriminal LawTheory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. 1. 1 TheBasicStructureofCriminalLawTheory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. 1. 2 TheBasicStructureofthePrincipleofLegality inCriminalLaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1. 2 DevelopmentofthePrincipleofLegalityinCriminalLaw andItsModernJusti?cations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2 TheLegitimateSourcesoftheCriminalNorm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2. 1 TheStructureoftheCriminalNormandItsIdenti?cation . . . . . . . . . . 16 2. 1. 1 ValidConditionalClauses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2. 1. 2 CriminalSanction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2. 1. 3 Classi?cationofOffencesBasedonContent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2. 2 TheLegalSourcesoftheCriminalNorm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20