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This publication is part of the International Max Planck Information System for Comparative Criminal Law, a project at the heart of the Institute´s comparative legal research. One of the primary objectives of the project is to develop a universal meta-structure of criminal law that can serve as the basis for the organization of material, enable systematic comparisons, and further the development of an international criminal law doctrine. A second goal of the project is to provide access to data from the participating legal systems in the form of country reports organized on the basis of the aforementioned universal meta-structure. This volume contains reports from Austria, France, Russia and Uganda.

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This publication is part of the International Max Planck Information System for Comparative Criminal Law, a project at the heart of the Institute´s comparative legal research. One of its primary objectives is to develop a universal meta-structure of criminal law that can serve as the basis for the organization of material, enable systematic comparisons, and further the development of an international criminal law doctrine. This meta-structure is also a prerequisite for analyzing the various approaches taken around the world to shared criminal law-related problems, identifying general legal principles, and drafting international model codes. A second goal of the project is to provide access to data from the participating legal systems in the form of country reports organized on the basis of the aforementioned universal meta-structure.

Towards these ends, a pilot project was carried out to analyze, structure, and present the general part of the criminal law in twelve legal systems. The results were published in five volumes from 2008 to 2010 (in German). In the meantime, the number of legal systems included in the study has grown considerably - with contributions from researchers at the Max Planck Institute as well as from external research partners. This volume contains fruits of this expansion (Russia, Uganda) as well as translated, revised reports from the pilot project (Austria, France).

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Foreword

List of legal orders included and contributing authors

Comprehensive summary of project

Detailed outline of country reports in volume 1.4

Introduction to national systems

- Austria
- France
- Russia
- Uganda

Editors and authors

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Professor Dr. Ulrich Sieber ist Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Strafrecht, Strafprozessrecht, Informationsrecht und Rechtsinformatik an der Universität Würzburg. Er arbeitet seit über 20 Jahren schwerpunktmäßig auf dem Gebiet des Computerrechts, war persönlicher Sonderberater von zwei EG-Kommissaren und unterstützte zahlreiche deutsche und ausländische Regulierungsstellen, internationale Organisationen und Firmen.

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