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This short text contains no substantive conclusions. It does, however, contain a methodological twist, which I think may be of, at least some, importance when discussing the criminal liability of political decision-makers.
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My text is written from within, i.e., I discuss the question of criminal liability of political decision-makers given the existence of a (certain) criminal law system. Thus, what I am saying about ‘normalness’ does not imply that the legislature is not free to introduce special rules dealing with this area: the legislature can, of course, by means of legislation always make the area more or less special.
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Literally: objective imputation. This requirement sets normative limits to the broad concept of causation in German criminal law doctrine.
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The question whether the respective act, even though falling under a statutory offence, should not entail criminal liability because it is considered socially adequate.
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Asp, P. (2017). Criminal Liability of Political Decision-Makers in Time of Crisis. In: Zimmermann, F. (eds) Criminal Liability of Political Decision-Makers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52051-3_21
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