In memoriam: Claus Roxin

IDPCC is deeply saddened by the loss of Claus Roxin, one of the most brilliant and creative penalists who crossed the 20th and 21st centuries, renewing penal thought, both through the relationship with criminal policy and through the way in which problematic thinking is articulated with systematic thinking. His theses on various difficult issues such as criminal participation have influenced the doctrine and jurisprudence of a multiplicity of countries, not only European, but from all continents. He was a friend of the Portuguese University, with many disciples and admirers, having been an honorary doctor in several faculties and having given an unforgettable lecture at FDUL. His ideas have always sustained a deep civil libertarian tendency, maintaining and renewing the consistent vision of criminal law as a law for the protection of the dignity of the human person and the values of freedom.

We publish here an excerpt from the laudation on the occasion of his honorary doctorate at Universidade Lusíada (Lisbon), in which the academic community of Portuguese penalists of all faculties and other nationalities paid tribute to him.

The most heartfelt condolences are addressed to the family.