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Penal theory and the protection of life – the human dignity argument and its inconsistencies in German criminal law Contribution
Wörner, Liane (2013)
In: Sinn, Arndt (Eds.), Menschenrechte und Strafrecht. Beiträge zur 4. Sitzung des International Forum on Crime and Criminal Law in the Global Era (IFCCLGE), V&R Unipress, Göttingen, (Schriften des Zentrums für Europäische und Internationale Strafrechtsstudien, 5), pp. 25-36

Criminal law: theory Criminal law: constitutional aspects Human rights Sentences Abortion Punishment, Theories of Enemy law
Moderate and non-arbitrary sentencing without guidelines – the German experience Journal Article
Hörnle, Tatjana (2013)
In: Law and Contemporary Problems, 76(1), pp. 189-210

Sentences Judges
Sentencing in Germany. Explaining long-term stability in the structure of criminal sanctions and sentencing Journal Article
Albrecht, Hans-Jörg (2013)
In: Law and Contemporary Problems, 76(1), pp. 211-236

Sentences Prisons and imprisonment Penology Insanity Criminal law: constitutional aspects Judicial process
The incapacitation of the dangerous offender: criminal policy and legislation in the Federal Republic of Germany Contribution
Albrecht, Hans-Jörg (2012)
In: Duker, Marius; Malsch, Marijke (Eds.), Incapacitation. Trends and new perspectives, Routledge, Ashgate, pp. 39-61

Arrest, detention and bail Criminal policy Criminals Recidivism Punishment, Purposes of Sanctions, Criminal Sanctions, Non-criminal Sentences Legislation European Court of Human Rights Prisons and imprisonment Judicial statistics
What is in a name? Preventive detention in Germany in the shadow of European Human Rights Law Journal Article
Drenkhahn, Kirstin ; Morgenstern, Christine ; van Zyl Smit, Dirk (2012)
In: The Criminal Law Review, 2012(3), pp. 167-187

Constitutional law Courts Sentences Arrest, detention and bail European Court of Human Rights European Union and national law (relationship) Human rights Criminal law: theory Sanctions, Criminal Sanctions, Non-criminal Criminals Judgments Mental health Comparative law
A judge by another name? Comparative perspectives on the role of the public prosecutor Contribution
Weigend, Thomas (2012)
In: Luna, Erik (Eds.), The prosecutor in transnational perspective, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 377-391

Prosecuting and public attorney Comparative law Judges Police Criminal investigation Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Prosecutorial discretion Criminal law: theory Sentences
The reception of ECtHR decisions by German criminal courts - illustrated by means of the ECtHR judgment of 17 December 2009 on the German Law on Preventive Detention Journal Article
Frommann, Maike (2012)
In: Hanse Law Review, 8(1), pp. 81-99

Constitutional law Criminal law: constitutional aspects Arrest, detention and bail Sentences European Union and national law (relationship) Retroactive laws Constitutional courts
Principles of German criminal procedure Book
Bohlander, Michael (2012)
Vol. 8, ISBN 184946216, Hart Publishing, Oxford

Criminal procedure Criminal law: constitutional aspects Due process of law Courts Judgments Criminal investigation Trial practice Evidence: criminal law Sentences Appeal
German practice regarding enforcement of sentences passed by international criminal courts and tribunals Journal Article
Elberling, Björn (2011)
In: German Yearbook of International Law, pp. 665-670

International criminal law International judicial assistance Sanctions, Criminal Sentences Prisons and imprisonment Parole and probation International criminal courts and tribunals
Life sentences in Germany: an example of increasing punitiveness in the criminal justice system? Contribution
Dessecker, Axel (2011)
In: Kury, Helmut; Shea, Evelyn (Eds.), Punitiveness and punishment, Brockmeyer, Bochum, (Crime and crime policy, 8-3), pp. 21-42

Sentences Prisons and imprisonment Legal history Judicial statistics Statistics Parole and probation
When the bough breaks – defences and sentencing options available in battered-women and similar scenarios under German criminal Law Contribution
Bohlander, Michael (2011)
In: Reed, Alan (Eds.), Loss of control and diminished responsibility. Domestic, comparative and international perspectives, Ashgate, Farnham, pp. 247-270

Defenses (criminal law) Sentences Women Justification (criminal law) Excuse (criminal law) Homicide Offenses against the person Comparative law
Transnational organized crime. The German response Contribution
Albrecht, Hans-Jörg (2011)
In: Okubo, Shiro; Shelley, Louise (Eds.), Human security, transnational crime and human trafficking. Asian and Western perspectives, Routledge, New York [u.a.], (Routledge transnational crime and corruption series, 6), pp. 59-80

Organized crime Criminal investigation Electronic commerce Sentences Money laundering Criminal law: constitutional aspects Right of privacy
Does age prevent punishment? The struggles of the German juridical system with alleged nazi criminals: commentary on the criminal proceedings against John Demjanjuk and Heinrich Boere Journal Article
Beck, Susanne (2010)
In: German Law Journal, 11(3), pp. 347-365

Aged National Socialism Sentences Criminal procedure Holocaust / Shoah Antisemitism

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Absprachen in German criminal trials Contribution
Altenhain, Karsten (2010)
In: Thaman, Stephen (Eds.), World plea bargaining. Consensual procedures and the avoidance of the full criminal trial, Carolina Academic Press, Durham, pp. 157-179

Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Criminal procedure Prosecutorial discretion Judicial discretion Judgments Admissions and confessions Sentences Law reform Legislation
Dimensions of punitiveness in Germany Journal Article
Kury, Helmut ; Brandenstein, Martin ; Obergfell-Fuchs, Joachim (2009)
In: European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 15(1-2), pp. 63-81

Criminology Sentences Empirical research