Contents:
I. Introduction
Vol. 1: A. National characteristics
B. Comparative legal classification and international ties
C. Constitutional parameters of criminal law
D. Fundamentals of criminal law
E. Nature, form, and boundaries of criminal law
F. Sources of criminal law and interpretation aids
G. Developments in criminal law, criminal procedure, and the execution of punishment
II. Foundations of criminal law (general part of criminal law)
Vol. 2: A. Principle of legality
B. Extraterritorial jurisdiction - the applicability of domestic criminal law to activities undertaken abroad
Vol. 3: C. The criminal offense - definitions and internal structure
D. Objective side of the offense
E. Subjective side of the offense
Vol. 4: F. Punishable conduct prior to the completion of an offense
G. Parties to crime
H. Criminal liability for crimes in companies, associations, and other collective legal entities
Vol. 5: J. Grounds for excluding criminal liability
K. Grounds for terminating or expunging criminal liability

This publication is part of the International Max Planck Information System for Comparative Criminal Law, a project at the heart of the Institute's comparative legal research. One of its primary objectives is to develop a universal meta-structure of criminal law that can serve as the basis for the organization of material, enable systematic comparisons, and further the development of an international criminal law doctrine. This meta-structure is also a prerequisite for analyzing the various approaches taken around the world to shared criminal law-related problems, identifying general legal principles, and drafting international model codes. A second goal of the project is to provide access to data from the participating legal systems in the form of country reports organized on the basis of the aforementioned universal meta-structure.Towards these ends, a pilot project was carried out to analyze, structure, and present the general part of the criminal law in twelve legal systems. The results were published in five volumes from 2008 to 2010 (in German). In the meantime, the project is being continued in English, and the number of legal systems included in the study has grown considerably - with contributions from researchers at the Max Planck Institute as well as from external research partners. This volume contains fruits of this expansion (Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal, Thailand, Uganda) as well as translated, updated, and revised reports from the pilot project (Austria, France, Turkey).