Criminal law exceptionalism, or so I suggest, has turned into an ideology in German and Continental criminal law theory. It rests on interrelated claims about the (ideal or real) extraordinary qualities and properties of the criminal law and has led to exceptional doctrines in constitutional criminal law and criminal law theory. It prima facie paradoxically perpetuates and conserves the criminal law, and all too often leads to ideological thoughtlessness, which may blind us to the dark sides of criminal laws in action.

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作为一种肯定意识形态的刑法例外论及其扩张主义的不满

刑法例外论，或者我的建议，已经变成了德国和欧洲大陆刑法理论中的一种意识形态。它依赖于关于刑法的（理想的或真实的）非凡品质和特性的相互关联的主张，并导致了宪法刑法和刑法理论中的特殊学说。表面上似乎自相矛盾地延续和保存了刑法，而且常常导致意识形态上的粗心大意，这可能会使我们对现行刑法的阴暗面视而不见。