Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. Self-administration or practitioner administration? The scope of future German assisted dying legislation Journal Article
    Braun, Kerstin (2023)
    In: Medical law review, 31(1), pp. 141-157
    Euthanasia Suicide Judgments Human rights Constitutional law Criminal law Offenses against the person Medical laws and legislation Malpractice Self determination Physicians Comparative law Law reform
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  2. Germany Contribution
    Bohlander, Michael (2023)
    In: Bohlander, Michael; Kemp, Gerhard; Webster, Mark (Eds.), Public health crisis management and criminal liability of governments, Hart Publishing, Oxford; London; New York, pp. 103-125
    Pandemic / Epidemic Health Constitutional law Negligence, Criminal Legislative bodies Criminal law: theory Causation Homicide Offenses against the person Defenses (criminal law) Justification (criminal law) Excuse (criminal law) Criminal law: complicity Sentences
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  3. Prosecutorial discretion Contribution
    Fyfe, Shannon ; Heinze, Alexander (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. 169-218
    Common law Comparative law Prosecutorial discretion Prosecuting and public attorney Police Criminal procedure Constitutional law Rule of law
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  4. Sovereign immunity from a comparative perspective: the case of Germany Contribution
    Oeter, Stefan (2022)
    In: Bismuth, Régis; Rusinova, Vera; Starzhenetskiy, Vladislav; Ulfstein, Geir (Eds.), Sovereign immunity under pressure, Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 29-52
    Government liability Customary law, International Judgments Constitutional law
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  5. Technological surveillance in the Federal Republic of Germany Contribution
    Shi, Jiahui (2022)
    In: Shi, Jiahui (Eds.), Technological surveillance of communication in American, German and Chinese criminal procedure, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, (Beiträge zum Internationalen und Europäischen Strafrecht - Studies in International and European Criminal Law and Procedure, 51), pp. 114-208
    Electronic surveillance Criminal procedure Right of privacy Communications and mass media Legal history Constitutional law
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  6. Cannabis policy reform in Germany: political and constitutional discourses on decriminalisation and regulation strategies Journal Article
    Kemme, Stefanie ; Pfeffer, Kristin ; Rodbertus, Luise (2021)
    In: Bergen Journal of Criminal Law & Criminal Justice, 9(1)
    Drug abuse Drug abuse and crime Narcotics Criminal policy Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Constitutional law
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    Open Access
  7. Ius puniendi and constitution: a comparative (Canadian-German) perspective Journal Article
    Ambos, Kai (2020)
    In: ICL Journal, 14(3), pp. 253-287
    European Law: general Comparative law Constitutional law State, The Criminal policy Criminal procedure Victims Punishment, Theories of
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  8. Identifying German legal approaches to terror - how the constitution shapes legislation allowing the shooting down of a hijacked plane Journal Article
    Müller, Lukas Frederik (2018)
    In: German Law Journal, 19(1), pp. 113-136
    Constitutional law Terrorism Offenses against public safety National security Human rights Philosophy
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    Open Access
  9. Strategic surveillance and extraterritorial basic rights protection: German intelligence law after Snowden Journal Article
    Schaller, Christian (2018)
    In: German Law Journal, 19(4), pp. 941-980
    Secret service National security Exterritoriality Electronic surveillance Right of privacy Data protection Transborder data flow Constitutional law
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    Open Access
  10. Killing in war: unasked questions-Ill-founded legitimisation Journal Article
    Eser, Albin (2018)
    In: Criminal Law and Philosophy, 12(2), pp. 309-326
    Homicide War Military law and armed forces Defenses (criminal law) Justification (criminal law) Excuse (criminal law) Constitutional law Human rights International criminal law War crimes
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  11. The monitoring of prisons in German law and practice Journal Article
    Dünkel, Frieder ; Morgenstern, Christine (2018)
    In: Crime, Law and Social Change, pp. 93-112
    Prisons and imprisonment Civil rights Constitutional law
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  12. Fundamental rights and the surveillance of telecommunications in Poland and Germany – So similar yet so different Contribution
    Muszyński, Jan (2017)
    In: Priesmeyer-Tkocz, Weronika (Eds.), Common values, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, pp. 83-112
    Electronic surveillance Communications and mass media Criminal investigation Civil rights Criminal procedure Comparative law Constitutional law European Union Treaties Judgments Legislation
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  13. Constitutional limits on life imprisonment and post-sentence preventive detention in Germany Contribution
    Dessecker, Axel (2016)
    In: Appleton, Catherine; van Zyl Smit, Dirk (Eds.), Life imprisonment and human rights, Hart Publishing, Oxford, (Oñati international series in law and society, ), pp. 411-434
    Sentences Arrest, detention and bail Constitutional law Parole and probation
  14. The circumcision debate from a German constitutional perspective Journal Article
    Germann, Michael ; Wackernagel, Clemens (2015)
    In: Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 4(3), pp. 442-468
    Religion Offenses against the person Civil rights Constitutional law Medical ethics Antisemitism
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  15. Secularization, anti-minority sentiment, and cultural norms in the German circumcision controversy Journal Article
    Munzer, Stephen (2015)
    In: University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, 37(2), pp. 503-582
    Children Constitutional law Human rights Judgments Medical laws and legislation Minorities Antisemitism Islamophobia Offenses against the person Religion Holocaust / Shoah