nullum crimen, nulla poena sine praevia lege poenali

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nullum Crimen, Nulla poena sine lege praevia poenali
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(Kanun) Nullum crimen, nulla poena sine praevia lege poenali (Latin, lit. "No crime, no punishment without a previous penal law") is a basic maxim in continental European legal thinking. It was written by Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach as part of the Bavarian Criminal Code in 1813