Electoral crimes in the Federal Republic of Germany – the criminal law protection of elections, the nature of the phenomenon and the scale of the threat Cover Image

Przestępczość wyborcza w Republice Federalnej Niemiec – model ochrony prawnokarnej wyborów, charakter zjawiska i skala zagrożenia
Electoral crimes in the Federal Republic of Germany – the criminal law protection of elections, the nature of the phenomenon and the scale of the threat

Author(s): Damian Wąsik
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Electoral systems
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: electoral crime; electoral fraud; bribery; violation of the secrecy of voting; Strafgesetzbuch

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the publication is to characterize electoral crimes in the Federal Republic of Germany – the types of crimes against the elections and their classification, relations of the criminal policy against offenders and characters in electoral fraud. The author analyzes the protection model of elections in the German Penal Code – Strafgesetzbuch, criminal statistics on crimes against the elections (§107-§108a StGB), prepared by the Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt) for the period 2010-2013, the report of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe from 2009 and 2013 about elections to the Bundestag, as well as selected rulings given by the German administrative, constitutional and criminal courts in matters relating to electoral fraud

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 107-125
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish