A partial reading of the principle of criminal legality

Abstract

Criminal law scholars have agreed that the principle of criminal legality is one of the foundations of criminal systems in a way that leaves no room to say that there is no guarantee of the rights and freedoms of individuals without it. This came about by giving it a political character, which it acquired as a result of the concentration of the authority of legitimate coercion in the hands of the state, and thus giving it a constitutional character that made those in charge of state affairs deal with it as one of the constants and axioms that cannot be debated or disagreed upon.

Or to reconsider its content or change its pillars as if it were something assumed and taken for granted, considering that its source is limited to legislation in its formal sense, i.e. issued by the authority constitutionally authorized to legislate and no other, thus expressing the political goal and consecrating the role it plays as the sole source of criminal law, as it is the cornerstone of the structure of criminal law based on assumptions that support the deterrent force of the criminal legislative rule and its legitimacy and validity to protect essential social values and interests.