Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. Principles of German criminal procedure Book
    Bohlander, Michael (2021)
    ISBN 9781509935338, Hart Publishing, Oxford
    Criminal procedure Criminal law: constitutional aspects Due process of law Courts Judgments Criminal investigation Trial practice Evidence: criminal law Sentences Appeal
  2. Leniency programs – a model to cope with the past? Contribution
    Eisele, Jörg (2020)
    In: Eisele, Jörg (Eds.), Past and future. Transitional justice versus traditional criminal justice? : Ways of dealing with past conflicts and past autocracies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, (Beiträge zum Strafrecht - Contributions to Criminal Law, ), pp. 85-98
    Offenses committed in public office Sentences Evidence: criminal law Criminal investigation Mitigation Witnesses Judicial discretion
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  3. Evidence gathering in the European Union: The transposition of directive 2014/41/EU into French and German legislation Journal Article
    Knytel, Dagna (2020)
    In: European Criminal Law Review, 10(1), pp. 66-92
    Evidence: criminal law European Union and national law (relationship) European Law: general European Law: criminal law and procedure Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Civil rights
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  4. European criminal procedure law in Germany: between traditions and innovation Contribution
    Wahl, Thomas ; Oppers, Alexander (2020)
    In: Sellier, Elodie; Weyembergh, Anne (Eds.), Criminal procedures and cross-border cooperation in the EU area of criminal justice. Together but apart?, Éditions de l'Université de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, (European studies, ), pp. 53-129
    European Union and national law (relationship) European Law: criminal law and procedure Criminal procedure Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Victims Evidence: criminal law Extradition
    Open Access
  5. Legendierte Polizeikontrollen: Judgment from the German Federal Court of Justice ( Bundesgerichtshof ) of April 26, 2017, 2 StR 247/16 Journal Article
    Karbe, Dorothee ; Jawurek, Charlotte ; Sarder, Philipp (2020)
    In: German Law Journal, 21(4), pp. 756-774
    Police Crime prevention Criminal investigation Search and seizure Criminal law: constitutional aspects Criminal procedure Drug abuse and crime Evidence: criminal law Due process of law
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    Open Access
  6. Exclusion or non-use of illegally gathered evidence in the criminal process: focus on common law and German approaches Contribution
    Thaman, Stephen C.; Brodowski, Dominik (2020)
    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. 428-462
    Common law Comparative law Evidence: criminal law Criminal procedure Inquisitorial system
  7. Self-incrimination privilege and interrogation. A German and comparative view Contribution
    Ransiek, Andreas (2020)
    In: Eidam, Lutz; Lindemann, Michael; Ransiek, Andreas (Eds.), Interrogation, confession, and truth. Comparative studies in criminal procedure, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, (Schriften zum Internationalen und Europäischen Strafrecht, Band 43), pp. 151-182
    Admissions and confessions Criminal procedure Criminal investigation Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Police Evidence: criminal law Comparative law Offenses against the administration of justice Due process of law
  8. The suspect as a source of information Contribution
    Weigend, Thomas (2020)
    In: Eidam, Lutz; Lindemann, Michael; Ransiek, Andreas (Eds.), Interrogation, confession, and truth. Comparative studies in criminal procedure, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, (Schriften zum Internationalen und Europäischen Strafrecht, Band 43), pp. 11-28
    Comparative law Admissions and confessions Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Criminal procedure Criminal investigation Legal history Criminal interrogation Evidence: criminal law
  9. Historical development of leniency programs in Germany Contribution
    Heinrich, Bernd (2020)
    In: Eisele, Jörg (Eds.), Past and future. Transitional justice versus traditional criminal justice? : Ways of dealing with past conflicts and past autocracies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, (Beiträge zum Strafrecht - Contributions to Criminal Law, ), pp. 111-130
    Transitional justice Evidence: criminal law Legal history Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Criminal law: theory Prosecuting and public attorney Sentences Statutes
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  10. The development of the German criminal law of evidence 1750-1879 Contribution
    Bloemberg, Ronnie (2020)
    In: Bloemberg, Ronnie (Eds.), The development of the criminal law of evidence in the Netherlands, France, and Germany between 1750 and 1870. From the system of legal proofs to the free evaluation of the evidence, Brill Nijhoff, Leiden, (Legal history library, 32), pp. 177-246
    Evidence: criminal law Law reform Legal history
  11. AI in the courtroom: a comparative analysis of machine evidence in criminal trials Journal Article
    Gless, Sabine (2020)
    In: Georgetown Journal of International Law, 51(2), pp. 195-254
    Artificial intelligence Evidence: criminal law Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Due process of law Adversarial system Inquisitorial system
  12. “Tatprovokation” – the legal issue of entrapment in Germany and possible solutions Journal Article
    Görlitz, Franziska ; Hubert, Juliane ; Kucher, Jasmin ; Scheffer, Moritz ; Wieser, Patrick (2019)
    In: German Law Journal, 20(4), pp. 496-509
    Criminal investigation Police Agents provocateurs European Court of Human Rights European Union and national law (relationship) Sentences Evidence: criminal law
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  13. Mobile phones as a source of evidence in German criminal procedure Contribution
    Weigend, Thomas (2019)
    In: (Eds.), Essays in Honor of Masahito Innouye, , Tokyo, pp. 877-894
    Criminal procedure Evidence: criminal law Communications and mass media Data protection Right of privacy Electronic surveillance Criminal investigation Search and seizure Computers Electronics Information storage and retrieval systems Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure)
  14. Comparative approaches to criminal procedure. Transplants, translations, and adversarial-model reforms in European Criminal Process Contribution
    Grande, Elisabetta (2019)
    In: Brown, Darryl; Hörnle, Tatjana; Turner, Jenia; Weisser, Bettina (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of criminal process, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 66-88
    Criminal procedure Adversarial system Inquisitorial system Criminal investigation Evidence: criminal law Witnesses Juries and lay judges Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining
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  15. The potential to secure a fair trial through evidence exclusion. A German perspective Contribution
    Weigend, Thomas (2019)
    In: Gless, Sabine; Richter, Thomas (Eds.), Do exclusionary rules ensure a fair trial? A comparative perspective on evidentiary rules, Springer, Cham, (Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, volume 74), pp. 61-92
    Criminal procedure Comparative law Evidence: criminal law Due process of law Admissions and confessions
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    Open Access