Thomas Mühlbacher
Thomas Mühlbacher comes from a practical background. He incorporates his many years of experience in the criminal justice system, including more than a decade as head of a public prosecutor's office, into his teaching and research. He is therefore particularly interested in conveying an understanding of criminal law and criminal procedural law that is as practical as possible. He is the author of a commentary on the Public Prosecution Act and co-editor and author of a multi-volume commentary on the Code of Criminal Procedure. He has been researching Hans Gross' life's work with great interest for many years and contributes his special expertise to the Hans Gross Center for Interdisciplinary Criminal Sciences (ZiK) .
Selected publications
- Schmölzer, Gabriele; Mühlbacher, Thomas (eds.): StPO Strafprozessordnung Kommentar Band 2: Haupt- und Rechtsmittelverfahren. Vienna. LexisNexis. 2017.
- Mühlbacher, Thomas: Commentary on the Public Prosecution Act. Vienna. LexisNexis. 2018.
- Mühlbacher, Thomas: Jury courts - unfounded concern? ALJ 2015, 268-276
- Bachhiesl, Christian; Kocher, Gernot; Mühlbacher, Thomas (eds.): A 'father' of criminology. On the 100th anniversary of the death of Hans Gross (1847-1915). Berlin, Vienna et al. LIT Verlag. 2015.
To the complete list of publications in the research portal of the University of Graz
Selected projects
►CRIMHUM - Modernization of master's degree courses for future judges, prosecutors, investigators taking into account the European standard for human rights, is an ERASMUS+ project coordinated by Prof. Schmölzer. CRIMHUM aims to support the modernization of criminal law curricula at 5 universities in Belarus and Ukraine. The project will focus on the development of graduates' competences (knowledge, skills and attitudes) and provide training, methodological tools and indicators for the evaluation of learning outcomes.
►EIO LAPD - European Investigation Order - legal analysis and practical dilemmas of international cooperation is a JUST project dealing with the implementation of the European Investigation Order in criminal matters. The investigations revealed that the implementation of the directive was inadequate in many member states until recently, despite its importance in the fight against terrorism, for example. In addition, many member states have only recently fulfilled their obligation to implement the directive. The aim of EIO LAPD is therefore to gather knowledge about the practical application of the European Investigation Order, to raise awareness of its importance and to make this knowledge available to judges, investigating magistrates and prosecutors. The REWI Graz team, led by Prof. Folz and Prof. Schmölzer, is responsible for the awareness-raising and dissemination activities of the project.
