Germany
In Germany Criminal Strict liability does not exist today, since it is not consistent with the "nulla poena sine culpa" principle (no punishment without guilt).
Still, there was Criminal Strict liability in the German Reich, e.g. § 18 Wechselstempelgesetz, § 95 Reichsstempelgesetz.
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Famous quotes containing the word germany:
“By an application of the theory of relativity to the taste of readers, to-day in Germany I am called a German man of science, and in England I am represented as a Swiss Jew. If I come to be regarded as a bête noire the descriptions will be reversed, and I shall become a Swiss Jew for the Germans and a German man of science for the English!”
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955)
“The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.”
—Marlene Dietrich (1904–1992)
“We are fighting in the quarrel of civilization against barbarism, of liberty against tyranny. Germany has become a menace to the whole world. She is the most dangerous enemy of liberty now existing.”
—Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)