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is
an
exception
to
the
principle
nullum
crimen
,
nulla
poena
sine
lege
praevia
formulated
by
the
famous
German
criminal
-
law
theorist
Anselm
von
Feuerbach
.
Franz
von
Liszt
later
maintained
that
the
substantive
guarantees
enshrined
in
the
principle
of
legality
are
the
Magna
Carta
Libertatum
of
criminal
defendants
.
This
tradition
of
substantive
criminal
-
law
protection
goes
back
to
at
least
1764
and
Cezare
Beccaria
’s
classic
work
Dei
delitti
e
delle
pene
,
which
decisively
influenced
the
whole
continental
tradition
of
legality
in
criminal
law
.
This
is
all
the
more
important
because
,
in
counter
-
distinction
to
the
Anglo
-
Saxon
legal
model
,
although
Magna
Carta
had
a
similar
provision
in
its
clause
39
(
lex
terrae
)
,
the
guarantees
are
preponderantly
to
be
found
in
substantive
rather
than
in
procedural
law
.
Thus
,
the
principle
of
legality
(
Legalitätsprinzip
,
principe
de
legalité
)
is
typically
interpreted
to
entail
only
the
restrictive
interpretation
of
the
State
’s
power
to
punish
.
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