Constitute topics are built from the variables in the Comparative Constitutions Project’s dataset, which captures the content of world constitutions. The particular variables relevant to this topic are listed below, in the form of survey questions.
More information about the CCP’s research design is available here, including background information on how the team designed the inventory of constitutional topics as well as the full coding survey
Description
Protects individuals from being prosecuted for actions that were not crimes at the time they were committed. Similarly, the sentence imposed cannot be greater than the one that was mandated at the time that the crime was committed.
Categories
Rights and Duties
Keywords
accused; criminal procedure; nulla poena sine lege; rule of law
Survey Questions
- Does the constitution mention nulla poena sine lege or the principle that no person should be punished without law?