Nullum crimen sine lege - sustany/dvg GitHub Wiki

Definition

Nullum crimen sine legeis latin for "no crime without law."

Overview

Nullum�crimen�sine**legeis the principle in criminal law and international criminal law that a person cannot or should not face criminal punishment except for an act that was criminalized by law before he/she performed the act. This idea is also manifested in laws that require criminal acts to be�publicized in unambiguous statutory text.

Nullum�crimen�sine�legeis sometimes called the legality principle. It is also interchangable with "nullum�poena�sine�lege," which translates to "no punishment without law".

Further Reading

For more on�nullum�crimen�sine�lege, see this Statute Law Review article, this Journal of International Criminal Justice article, and this�Georgetown Law Journal article.