Personality principle

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The personality principle can have two meanings:

Social teaching

In Christian social ethics , especially those based on Catholic principles, it is one of the three basic principles of social ethics alongside the principle of solidarity and subsidiarity . In addition to these three basic principles, there are also the important principles of common good , sustainability and option for the poor . See also personality .

Jurisprudence

In so-called international criminal law (law on the application of penalties ), the personality principle extends the self-evident penal sovereignty of a state for offenses in its territory ( territoriality principle ) to offenses outside the territory, provided that they were committed by a national or to the detriment of a national.

In Germany, the relevant provisions can be found in § 5 and § 7 StGB .