German criminal law

provision of the German Criminal Code forbidding homosexual acts, repealed 1994

the right to refuse to answer questions from law enforcement officers or court officials

Holy Roman Empire legislation

Strafgesetzbuch (, ), abbreviated to StGB, is the German penal code.

(), in English "incitement to hatred" (used also in the official English translation of the German Criminal Code), "incitement of popular hatred", "incitement of the masses", or "instigation of the people", is a concept in German criminal law that refers to incitement to hatred against segments of the population and refers to calls for violent or arbitrary measures against them, including assaults against the human dignity of others by insulting, maliciously maligning, or defaming segments of the population.

Austrian 1768 legislation

German law which restricts the use of insignias of banned organizations

overview about capital punishment in Germany

In the criminal law of some countries with a civil law system, an Antragsdelikt (plural Antragsdelikte), "no trial without a complaint", is a category of offense which cannot be prosecuted without a complaint by the victim. The same concept has been adopted in Japanese law under the name shinkokuzai (), in South Korean law under the name chingojoe (), in the law of Taiwan (both during the early Republic period and post-1949 Taiwan) using various terms, in Dutch law under the name klachtdelict, in Belgian law under the name klachtmisdrijf/crime de plainte, in Finnish law under the name asianomi

The Völkerstrafgesetzbuch (, "Code of Crimes against International Law"), abbreviated VStGB, is a German law that regulates crimes against (public) international law. It allows cases to be brought against suspects under international criminal law provisions, meaning that suspects can be prosecuted even though both they and their victims are foreigners and the crime itself took place abroad.