Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. Legality, non-arbitraryness and judicial and administrative discretion in sentencing and enforcement of sentences in the German system Contribution
    Haverkamp, Rita ; Kaspar, Johannes (2024)
    In: Guzman Dalbora, José; Krabbe, Maartje; van Kempen, Piet (Eds.), Legality and other requirements for sentencing: An international and comparative perspective on non-arbitrary punishment and sentencing discretion, Boom Uitgevers, The Hague, pp. 223-246
    Sentences Judicial discretion Criminal law: theory Criminal law: culpability Rule of law Punishment, Purposes of Judgments Human rights Judiciary Sanctions, Administrative Prisons and imprisonment Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Prosecutorial discretion
  2. Insane offenders, dangerous criminals, criminal responsibility and security measures: the positivist criminology network and the reform of criminal law in imperial Germany Journal Article
    Härter, Karl (2023)
    In: GLOSSAE. European Journal of Legal History, pp. 67-94
    Legal history Insanity Legal positivism Law reform Criminals Criminal law: culpability Codes and codification Psychology Recidivism Arrest, detention and bail Psychiatric / mental institution
  3. The German origins of indirect perpetration through an organised apparatus of power Contribution
    Block, Johannes (2023)
    In: Block, Johannes (Eds.), Reconciling responsibility with reality. A comparative analysis of modes of active leadership liability in international criminal law, T.M.C. Asser Press, Den Haag, (International Criminal Justice Series, 33), pp. 11-79
    International criminal law Criminal law: complicity Criminal law: culpability Criminal law: theory International Criminal Court (ICC) Holocaust / Shoah National Socialism Antisemitism
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  4. Germany Contribution
    Weigend, Thomas (2023)
    In: Caeiro, Pedro; Costa, Miguel João; De Snaijer, Janneke; Gless, Sabine; Mitsilegas, Valsamis; Theodorakakou, Georgia (Eds.), Elgar encyclopedia of crime and criminal justice, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham
    Criminal law Criminal law: theory Criminal law: omission Criminal intent Mistake (criminal law) Negligence, Criminal Criminal law: culpability Causation Criminal law: complicity Corporations: criminal liability Justification (criminal law) Excuse (criminal law) Legal good Sanctions, Criminal Criminal procedure Judiciary
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  5. Insanity in German criminal law Contribution
    Rauxloh, Regina (2022)
    In: Brookbanks, Warren; Mackay, Ronnie (Eds.), The insanity defence. International and comparative perspectives, Oxford University Press, Oxford, (Oxford monographs on criminal law and justice, ), pp. 247-273
    Insanity Mental health Defenses (criminal law) Excuse (criminal law) Criminal law: culpability Criminal law: complicity Psychiatric / mental institution Sanctions, Criminal Sanctions, Non-criminal
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  6. Germany Contribution
    Ambos, Kai ; Bock, Stefanie (2022)
    In: Adams, Verity; Bohlander, Michael; Reed, Alan; Simpson, Bethany (Eds.), Fault in criminal law. A research companion, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, London; New York, (Substantive issues in criminal law, ), pp. 169-188
    Criminal law: culpability Criminal law: theory Criminal intent Negligence, Criminal Recklessness Strict liability Mistake (criminal law) Criminal law: complicity Defenses (criminal law) Criminal law: juveniles
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  7. Criminal responsibility for corporate crimes in Germany? The never ending story to finally get (to) the corporate actor Contribution
    Schmitt-Leonardy, Charlotte (2022)
    In: Matiaske, Wenzel (Eds.), The 'Betrieb' as corporate actor, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, pp. 46-59
    Corporations: criminal liability Economic crimes and offenses Criminal law: culpability Corporations: officers Persons Law reform
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  8. Imputation of responsibility and intoxicated offending Contribution
    Gless, Sabine ; Jain, Neha ; Loughnan, Arlie (2022)
    In: Ambos, Kai; Duff, Antony; Heinze, Alexander; Roberts, Julian; Weigend, Thomas (Eds.), Core concepts in criminal law and criminal justice, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 95-131
    Common law Comparative law Defenses (criminal law) Criminal law: culpability Criminal law
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  9. Causation and responsibility for outcomes Contribution
    Walen, Alec ; Weisser, Bettina (2022)
    In: Ambos, Kai; Duff, Antony; Heinze, Alexander; Roberts, Julian; Weigend, Thomas (Eds.), Core concepts in criminal law and criminal justice, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 57-94
    Common law Comparative law Causation Criminal act Criminal law: culpability
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  10. "We don't need robot vehicles to have criminal liability" Journal Article
    Jung, Frank (2022)
    In: ATZ worldwide, 124(1), pp. 22-25
    Artificial intelligence Traffic accidents Criminal law: culpability Causation
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  11. A NESS causation based concept for imputation of harm in criminal law causation in the criminal law Journal Article
    Puppe, Ingeborg ; Grosse-Wilde, Thomas (2022)
    In: University of Western Australia Law Review, 49(1), pp. 306-343
    Causation Criminal law: culpability Comparative law Common law Criminal law: philosophy Criminal law: unlawfulness
  12. Phishing in online banking –an overview of the development and the European and German legal positions Contribution
    Oleownik, Sonja (2022)
    In: Borges, Georg; Sorge, Christoph (Eds.), Law and technology in a global digital society, Springer, Cham, pp. 257-286
    Internet (computer network) Computer crimes Banks and banking Criminal law: culpability European Union and national law (relationship)
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  13. Penal reform in Imperial Germany : Conflict and compromise Contribution
    Wetzell, Richard F. (2022)
    In: Pifferi, Michele (Eds.), The limits of criminological positivism. The movement for criminal law reform in the west, 1870-1940, Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 42-73
    Law reform Legal history Criminal law: theory Criminal law: culpability Criminals Sanctions, Non-criminal years: 1880 - 1945
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  14. Consensual exchanges in German criminal procedure: the practice of negotiated judgments and the crown-witness regulation Contribution
    Schertel Mendes, Francisco (2021)
    In: Schertel Mendes, Francisco (Eds.), Leniency policies in the prosecution of economic crimes and corruption, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, pp. 150-213
    Economic crimes and offenses Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Evidence: criminal law Criminal law: theory Criminal law: culpability Criminal procedure Sentences Judgments
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  15. Of forging into swords on the dialectic of rights and the new liberal desire for criminal law Contribution
    Burchard, Christoph (2021)
    In: Ghanayim, Khalid; Shany, Yuval (Eds.), The quest for core values in the application of legal norms. Essays in honor of Mordechai Kremnitzer, Springer, Cham, pp. 37-59
    Criminal law Criminal law: constitutional aspects Jurisprudence Criminal law: culpability Human rights European Court of Human Rights
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