Thoughts of an offender: Where does criminal responsibility begin?

The research group “Criminal Law Theory” at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law investigates the limits of criminal responsibility, examining the intent/negligence dichotomy, the significance of inadvertent negligence and willful ignorance, and how criminal law deals with motive. The aim is to develop a transnational “grammar” of subjective imputation based on an interdisciplinary approach that analyses the normative and empirical foundations of current law and compares international legal practices.