Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Jesus-Maria Silva Sanchez

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsGeneral Criminal Law
KeywordsWirtschaftsstrafrecht, Kriminalpolitik, Allgemeine Verbrechenslehre

Current contact address

CountrySpain
CityBarcelona
InstitutionUniversitat Pompeu Fabra
InstituteCatedratico de Derecho penal

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Michael PawlikInstitut für Strafrecht und Strafprozessrecht, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2019

Programme(s)

2018Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Silva Sanchez is the leading criminal law scholar in the Spanish speaking world. He has made important contributions to the role of criminal law in modern societies and to the theory of imputation. In Germany, Professor Silva Sanchez focuses on the relationship between legal rules and extra-legal value judgements by taking the example of collisions of duties in criminal law.