This article reviewed the major property criminal cases(i.e. larceny, fraud, embezzlement, and Breach of Trust) in recent five years. As a continuing trend since 2000, One of the important trends is that the criminal laws keep its distance from civil cases in order to prevent Criminalization of Civil Cases and guarantee the functions as last resources. This trend can also be seen in embezzlement and Breach of Trust. Although It’s important that the criminal laws do not intervene too much in private domains such as civil cases, It is necessary to interpret and apply strictly the elements of crime in view of the principle of nullum crime in order that Law–abiding citizen may predict whether each crimes will predict Criminality of each crimes. However, The question now arises as to whether the criminal laws judge independently apart from other laws, extend the range of elements of crime, admit the elements unstipulated in the text so that the laws apply analogical interpretation which is against the principle of nullum crime, or expand requirements of crime. Therefore, although the independent interpretation is needed, it would be desirable to limit range of punishment at a minimum by respecting principle of Subsidiarity or the principle of nullum crime. Also, Whether the elements of property is defined clearly should be carefully studied. If needed, Legislative efforts to continuously rearrange the elements is essential.

Ⅰ. 들어가는 말
 Ⅱ. 절도죄에 관한 중요 판례
  1. 명의신탁 자동차의 소유권 귀속관계
  2. ‘타인의 점유’의 의미 및 판단기준
  3. ‘절도죄에서 불법영득의사’의 의미
 Ⅲ. 강도죄에 관한 중요 판례
  1. 준강도의 주체
  2. 강도상해죄의 ‘강도의 기회에’의 의미
 Ⅳ. 사기죄에 관한 중요 판례
  1. 자동차 양도 후 절취할 의사와 기망행위
  2. 재산처분행위의 의미와 요건
  3. 차용사기와 소극적 이익
  4. 경제적 이익을 기대할 수 있는 지위와 재산상 이익, 기수시기
  5. 소송사기의 실행의 착수 및 재산처분행위
  6. 차용사기와 편취의 범의
  7. 컴퓨터사용사기죄의 ‘부정한 정보의 입력’의 의미
  8. 컴퓨터등사용사기죄에서 ‘정보처리’, ‘재산상 이익 취득’의 의미
 Ⅴ. 횡령죄에 관한 중요 판례
  1. 차량 명의자가 아닌 지입차주의 차량 보관자의 지위 여부
  2. 중간생략등기형 명의신탁에서 신탁부동산을 임의로 처분한행위
  3. 운송회사의 근로자가 운송수입금을 임의로 소비한 경우
  4. 회사의 이사 등이 보관 중인 회사 자금으로 뇌물을 공여한경우
  5. 횡령의 객체를 확정하는 기준 및 불법영득의사
  6. 불법영득의사의 표현과 횡령죄의 기·미수
  7. 횡령죄의 본질과 불가벌적 사후행위
 Ⅵ. 배임죄에 관한 중요 판례
  1. 채무자가 대물변제예약에 따라 부동산에 관한 소유권을 이전해 줄 의무와 배임죄의 ‘타인의 사무’
  2. 채무자가 투자금 반환채무의 변제를 위하여 담보로 제공한임차권 등의 권리를 그대로 유지할 계약상 의무와 ‘타인의사무’
  3. 자동차를 담보로 제공하고 점유하는 채무자가 부당히 담보가치를 감소시킨 경우
  4. 대표권 남용행위와 재산상 실해 발생의 위험
  5. 손해와 동등한 구체적인 위험
 Ⅶ. 마치며
  1. 민사사건에 대한 재산범죄 성립의 제한
  2. 형법의 독자적 해석과 유추해석 금지

• 안경옥(Professor, School of Law, Kyung Hee University, Ph.D in Law.) | Ahn, Kyong-ok