The unsurpassed, definitive book for the German Criminal Code appears in a new edition. As the traditional grand commentary on the German Criminal Code, the "Leipzig Commentary" offers the most comprehensive and most complete presentation of the applicable criminal law. Its great reputation is primarily based on commentary that is founded on sound scholarship and also oriented to practice, which is guaranteed in the long run by means of preeminent and notable editors and authors from practice and scholarship. From developmental history to questions of reform, and from international law explained for the first time, to comparative law illustrations, to explanations of related laws and fields such as criminology, the user finds an exhaustive presentation and scholarly treatment of all the material. The commentary thus offers assistance in solving even extraordinary problems that are considered in no other work. It reflects the current state of knowledge in case law and literature completely, and identifies ways to solve questions in legal disputes. The 12th edition will initially appear from the beginning in volumes, which makes it much more convenient to use.