Die Ausgestaltung des lebensmittel(straf)rechtlichen Gesundheitsschutzes unter dem Einfluss europarechtlicher Vorgaben

Abstract

The work deals with the basics of criminal policy, the legislative technique of economic criminal law and constitutional law. Due to the European regulations’ profound impact on food criminal law, the work addresses all issues that characterise modern white collar crime, such as the question of the determination of the legal interest, the possibilities and admissibility of legislative references in the scope of criminal law, as well as fundamental questions about the punitive nature of measures to prevent health-endangering food. The author not only deals with an area of Europeanised criminal law that is particularly relevant in terms of criminal policy and society, but also focuses on another important topic, as the health protection in food criminal law is harmonised by the provisions of the Basic Regulation (Regulation [EC] 178/2002), as is the case in only few areas being interlinked with criminal law. Therefore, the work makes an essential contribution to defining the position of food criminal law within German "Europeanised" criminal law.