Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. The German system Contribution
    Governa, Jacopo (2023)
    In: Governa, Jacopo (Eds.), Rethinking the prosecutor's discretion at the International Criminal Court. Substantive limitations and judicial control, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, (Beiträge zum Internationalen und Europäischen Strafrecht - Studies in International and European Criminal Law and Procedure, 52)
    Criminal procedure Prosecuting and public attorney Prosecutorial discretion Criminal law: theory Criminal investigation Indictment and information
  2. The turn to confession bargaining in German criminal procedure: Causes and comparisons with American plea bargaining Journal Article
    Langbein, John H. (2022)
    In: The American Journal of Comparative Law, 70(1), pp. 139-161
    Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Comparative law Adversarial system Inquisitorial system Prosecutorial discretion Judicial discretion Legal history Prosecuting and public attorney Criminal procedure Admissions and confessions
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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. CJEU: Germany’s public prosecution authorities cannot be regarded as a “judicial authority” with regard to EAWs—the truth or a misconstrual of the legal reality? Journal Article
    Glaser, Sebastian ; Hartmann, Sarah (2022)
    In: German Law Journal, 23(4), pp. 650-660
    Prosecuting and public attorney Court of Justice of the European Union Arrest, detention and bail Judiciary Executive power European Law: general European Law: criminal law and procedure European Union and national law (relationship) Comparative law
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  5. Prosecutors and Trials Contribution
    Heinze, Alexander (2021)
    In: Gold, Russell; Levine, Kay; Wright, Ronald (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of prosecutors and prosecution, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 116-152
    Comparative law Adversarial system Inquisitorial system Prosecuting and public attorney Trial practice Evidence: criminal law Juries and lay judges Witnesses Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining
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  6. Formalism versus pragmatism – a comparative legal and empirical analysis of the German and Dutch criminal justice systems with regard to effectiveness and efficiency Journal Article
    Hofmann, Robin (2021)
    In: Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 28(4), pp. 452-478
    Comparative law Criminal procedure Administration of justice Sociology Judiciary Criminal statistics Judicial statistics Prosecuting and public attorney Evidence: criminal law Sentences Sanctions, Criminal
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  7. Powers of the prosecutor in criminal investigation. A comparative perspective Book
    Kremens, Karolina (2021)
    ISBN 9780367862947, Routledge, New York
    Comparative law Prosecuting and public attorney Criminal procedure Criminal investigation Police Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining
  8. The role of the prosecutor Contribution
    Heinze, Alexander ; Fyfe, Shannon (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. 343-388
    Prosecuting and public attorney Comparative law Adversarial system Inquisitorial system Criminal law: theory Legal ethics Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining
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  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. Criminal sentencing in Canada and Germany: law without order? A commentary from a German perspective Contribution
    Grosse-Wilde, Thomas (2020)
    In: Ambos, Kai (Eds.), Strafzumessung / Sentencing. Angloamerikanische und deutsche Einblicke / Anglo-American and German insights, Göttingen University Press, Göttingen, (Göttinger Studien zu den Kriminalwissenschaften/Göttingen studies in criminal law and criminal justice, Band/volume 38), pp. 279-299
    Sentences Judicial discretion Law reform Judicial review Courts Prosecuting and public attorney Punishment, Proportionality of Comparative law
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  11. Overuse in the Criminal Justice System in Germany Contribution
    Haverkamp, Rita ; Cirener, Gabriele ; Boetticher, Axel ; Feest, Johannes (2019)
    In: Jendly, Manon; Kempen, P. (Eds.), Overuse in the criminal justice system. On criminalization, prosecution and imprisonment = Le recours excessif au systéme de justice pénal aux sanctions et poursuites pénales et à la détention, Intersentia, Cambridge, pp. 333-362
    Criminal law: theory Criminal policy Criminal statistics Judicial statistics Crime Drug abuse and crime Narcotics Prosecuting and public attorney Parole and probation Arrest, detention and bail Criminology Empirical research Prisons and imprisonment Psychiatric / mental institution Penology
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  12. The German public prosecutor as (no) judicial authority within the meaning of the European arrest warrant: a case note on the CJEU’s judgment in OG (C-508/18) and PI (C 82/19 PPU) Journal Article
    Ambos, Kai (2019)
    In: New Journal of European Criminal Law, 10(4), pp. 399-407
    European Law: general Prosecuting and public attorney Arrest, detention and bail Court of Justice of the European Union Separation of powers
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  13. German prosecutors and the Rechtsstaat Contribution
    Boyne, Shawn Marie (2017)
    In: Langer, Máximo; Sklansky, David (Eds.), Prosecutors and democracy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 109-137
    Prosecuting and public attorney Prosecutorial discretion Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Due process of law
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  14. Do criminal complaints make sense in (German) international criminal law? A prosecutor's perspective Journal Article
    Beck, Thomas ; Ritscher, Christian (2015)
    In: Journal of International Criminal Justice, 13(2), pp. 229-235
    Criminal procedure Criminal investigation International criminal law Jurisdiction (international law) Indictment and information Victims Prosecuting and public attorney
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  15. Negotiated agreements and open communication in criminal trials. The viewpoint of the defense Journal Article
    König, Stefan ; Harrendorf, Stefan (2014)
    In: German Law Journal, 15(1), pp. 65-79
    Criminal procedure Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Prosecuting and public attorney Admissions and confessions
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