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Svenja Schwartz, LL.M. (UNICRI/University for Peace)

Doctoral Researcher
Criminal Law
Independent Research Group Criminal Law Theory
+49 761 7081-371
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    Main Focus

    • General part of German criminal law
    • Legal theory, esp. criminal law theory
    • International criminal law

    Curriculum Vitae

    Since November 2023: Doctoral scholarship holder of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation.

    Since July 2022: Doctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Criminal Law Department, Prof. Dr. Tatjana Hörnle, M.A. (Rutgers), and member of Independent Research Group “Criminal Law Theory”.

    2021–2022: Master of Laws (LL.M.): Transnational Crime and Justice, University for Peace and United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute.

    2021: First State Exam (Law).

    2018: Exchange Semester, University of St. Gallen.

    2016–2021: Study of Law, Bucerius Law School.

    Projects

    Blame for Ignorance? Perspectives on Willful Blindness and Mistakes of Fact

    Heads of project: Philipp-Alexander Hirsch, Svenja Schwartz, Alexander Heinze
    Can a person be blamed for turning a blind eye to the circumstances of his or her conduct? From a criminal law perspective, the concept of “willful ignorance” (“willful blindness” or “conscious avoidance”) exists – in varying forms and terms – in different jurisdictions.

    Ought and Can in Criminal Law: The Concept of Criminal Duty and the Conditions Under Which It Arises

    Heads of project: Ivó Coca-Vila, Lucas Montenegro, Svenja Schwartz
    When do duties arise in criminal law – and what role does the ability to comply with a norm play in this context? This project examines the tension between duty and ability and its significance for central issues in criminal law.

    Willful Ignorance

    Head of project: Svenja Schwartz
    In German law, mistakes of fact have the effect of excluding intent (Sec. 16 I German Criminal Code, StGB). Thus, if a perpetrator was unaware of a relevant factual circumstance – regardless of whether or not the lack of aware­ness was their own fault – intent cannot be established. This can be unsatisfactory from a criminal policy per­spec­tive. In…

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