Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law
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The Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law is a non-university research institute located in Freiburg, Germany
. The institute is part of the Max Planck Society
and is conducting basic research into criminal law
and criminology
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The Institute is currently headed by Hans-Jörg Albrecht (criminology) and Ulrich Sieber (criminal law). In 2006, the Institute had a total of 149 employees, including 30 researchers and 51 young researchers, as well as 20 third-party employees and 41 visiting researchers. The library comprises more than 400,000 titles and is one of the largest libraries in the area. A former director is Albin Eser
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The institute is part of the Max Planck Society
Max Planck Society
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes publicly funded by the federal and the 16 state governments of Germany....
and is conducting basic research into criminal law
Criminal law
Criminal law, is the body of law that relates to crime. It might be defined as the body of rules that defines conduct that is not allowed because it is held to threaten, harm or endanger the safety and welfare of people, and that sets out the punishment to be imposed on people who do not obey...
and criminology
Criminology
Criminology is the scientific study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behavior in both the individual and in society...
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The Institute is currently headed by Hans-Jörg Albrecht (criminology) and Ulrich Sieber (criminal law). In 2006, the Institute had a total of 149 employees, including 30 researchers and 51 young researchers, as well as 20 third-party employees and 41 visiting researchers. The library comprises more than 400,000 titles and is one of the largest libraries in the area. A former director is Albin Eser
Albin Eser
Prof. Dr. Albin Eser is a German jurist and a former ad litem judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia....
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