Roland Freisler in Today's World

This article analyzes the concept of criminal law according to Roland Fresiler, second state secretary of the Reich Ministry of Justice and president of the Volksgerichthof [People's Court] created in Germany in 1934, especially in terms of the judgment of political crimes against the Nazi regime. Freisler's article is taken as a dogmatic position or a criminal political manifesto, in which he aims to establish a "general concept of political offense". The concept of "offense" (Unternehmung) originated with high treason and the field was expanded to encompass other crimes. Freisler's concept of criminal law entails an overlapping of law and ethics.