»Social Adequacy in German Criminal Law« German criminal law is based on codified elements of a crime as well as the prohibition of analogy. Accordingly, written law is of utmost importance and criminal judges have no dispensing power. This leads to criminal liability, although an action corresponds to usual business practice or social behavior. The ›Sozialadäquanz‹ is a legal instrument which seeks a way out in order to reduce the risk of criminal liability.weiterlesen