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
- 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)