criminal code

A penal code ( StGB ) is a body of law that standardizes the substantive criminal law of a legal system and names behavior that is punishable by punishment as well as the degree of punishment . As a rule, each sovereign state has its own criminal code.

Criminal codes in German-speaking countries

• German Criminal Code ( dStGB or dtStGB )
• Liechtenstein Criminal Code
• Austrian Criminal Code ( ÖStGB or StGB-AT )
• Swiss Criminal Code ( sStGB, chStGB or StGB-CH )
• Belgian Criminal Code

Historical penal codes in German-speaking countries

German penal code from 1914

• Criminal Code of the GDR (StGB-DDR)
• Criminal Code of the German Reich (RStGB)
• Bavarian Criminal Code
• Prussian Criminal Code

Criminal codes in non-German-speaking areas

• Criminal Code (Estonia)
• French criminal code
• Lithuanian Criminal Code
• Russian Criminal Code
• Turkish Penal Code
• Swedish Criminal Code (1716)

Historical penal codes in non-German-speaking areas

• Criminal Code of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Lithuania