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9 Eur. J. Crime Crim. L. & Crim Just. 1 (2001)
Cultural Defence and Culturally Motivated Crimes (Cultural Offences)

handle is hein.journals/eccc9 and id is 11 raw text is: Jeroen Van Broeck' Cultural Defence and Culturally Motivated Crimes (Cultural Offences) 'Zwei Dinge erfijilen das Gem it ,nit immer neuer und zunehmender Bewunderung und Ehrfurcht, je ofter und anhaltender sich das Nachdenken damit beschiftigt: Der bestirnte Himmel iiber mir, und das moralische Gesetz in mir., 1. INTRODUCTION When researching the subject of cultural offences (dilits culturels3) or the cultural defence, one is struck by the abundance of literature dealing with this topic. Apart from an immense amount of literature and articles, there seems to be an equally immense variety of approaches. An important distinction in approach is the difference between 1) continental writers who focus on the aspect of cultural offences, and 2) the common law countries (mostly literature from the United States) where authors tend to focus on the problem of the cultural defence. In addition, most articles do not explicitly define their subject but approach it in a pragmatic way. While this is probably a conse- quence of the very nature of the subject, this does not promote the construction of a general theory. Yet, this scientific 'confusion' is only the tip of the iceberg. The amount of disputes reaches enormous proportions when the subject of the opportunity of the recognition of a cultural defence is raised. The primary aim of this article is to bring some structure into the debate and to contribute to a general theory concerning cultural offences and the cultural defence. I. University of Antwerp, Belgium. 2. I. Kant, Kritik der praktischen Vernunft: Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten (Wiesbaden 1974) (1785) p. 300. 3. 'Cultural delicts' and 'delits culturels' are the terms used by M.-C. Foblets, 'Cultural Delicts: The Repercussion of Cultural Conflicts on Delinquent Behaviour. Reflections on the Contribution of Legal Anthropology to a Contemporary Debate', 6 European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice (1998) p. 187 and 'Les delits culturels: de Ia repercussion des conflicts de culture sur la conduite delinquante. Reflexions sur l'apport de l'anthropologie du droit a un debat contem- porain', 35 Droit et Cultures (1998) p. 195. European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, Vol. 9/1, 1-32, 2001. @ Kluwer Law International. Printed in the Netherlands.

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