Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology

Blood Revenge as a Base Motive

by Silvia Tellenbach

Question(s) at stake

Whether evaluating a motive as base has to be based on the views of the German legal community.

Outcome of the ruling

The views of the German legal community are decisive for the evaluation of motives as base.

Country:

Germany

Official citation

Federal Court of Justice, Judgment of 07 October 1994, 5 StR 319/94 (BGH, Urteil vom 07. Oktober 1994, 5 StR 319/94)

Topic(s)

Keywords:

Homicide Revenge / Vendetta / Feud Aggravating circumstances

Tag(s):

Base motives

Bibliographic information

Tellenbach, Silvia (2023): Blood Revenge as a Base Motive, Department of Law and Anthropology, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale), Germany, CUREDI033DE003, https://doi.org/10.48509/CUREDI033DE003.

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About the authors

Silvia Tellenbach (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg, Germany) ORCID logo

Dr. Dr.h.c. Silvia Tellenbach is the long-time former Head of the Turkey, Iran and Arab States Unit at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (presently: 'Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law').

Within the CUREDI project, she is using her expertise in criminal law in Germany to identify court decisions, where cultural and religious diversity issues were involved. In addition to writing templates on such cases, she acts as a reviewer and is a member of the CUREDI Editorial Board.