Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Negotiated case dispositions in Germany, England and the United States Contribution
    Turner, Jenia Iontcheva; Weigend, Thomas (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. 389-427
    Comparative law Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Criminal procedure Inquisitorial system Adversarial system Prosecutorial discretion
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  4. Report on the comparative conference on criminal procedure at Bielefeld University, interrogation, confession, and truth, 21 – 22 May 2019 Contribution
    Westermann, Alexandra ; Newerla, Matthias (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. 209-214
    Comparative law Admissions and confessions Criminal procedure Criminal investigation Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Data protection Police Offenses against the administration of justice Due process of law
  5. 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
  6. Contemporary problems of the right to remain silent in Germany Contribution
    Eidam, Lutz (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. 49-60
    Admissions and confessions Comparative law Criminal procedure Criminal investigation Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Offenses against the administration of justice Data protection
  7. 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
  8. 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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  9. Imprisoned but innocent: wrongful convictions and imprisonments in Germany, 1990-2016 Journal Article
    Leuschner, Fredericke ; Rettenberger, Martin ; Dessecker, Axel (2020)
    In: Crime & Delinquency, 66(5), pp. 687-711
    Wrongful conviction Offenses against the administration of justice Administration of justice Legal literature Criminal procedure Empirical research
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  10. Conflict between the rights of victim of a crime and the rights of the accused under the German and Polish justice system in the context of the case-law of European courts Journal Article
    Kulesza, Cezary (2020)
    In: Studia Iuridica Lublinensia, 29(4)
    Victims Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Criminal procedure European Law: general European Union and national law (relationship) Comparative law Court of Justice of the European Union European Court of Human Rights
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    Open Access
  11. The German “Verständigung” and consensual elements in German criminal trials Journal Article
    Jahn, Matthias ; Schmitt-Leonardy, Charlotte (2020)
    In: German Law Journal, 21(6), pp. 1134-1148
    Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Criminal procedure Law reform Judicial statistics Judicial process Criminal law: theory Adversarial system Inquisitorial system
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    Open Access
  12. Traditional legal instruments: Germany and the prosecution of national socialist crimes Contribution
    Rommel, Jens (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. 23-36
    Transitional justice National Socialism Criminal procedure
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  13. Pre-trial procedure in Germany Contribution
    Möller, Uriel (2020)
    In: Erbaş, Rahime; Jasinski, Daniel; Johnston, Edward (Eds.), A comparative analysis of pre-trial procedure in Europe. The search for an ideal model, Istanbul University Press, Istanbul, pp. 87-107
    Criminal investigation Criminal procedure Criminal law: theory Prosecutorial discretion Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Victims
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    Open Access
  14. Criminal process in the dual penal state Contribution
    Dubber, Markus D. (2019)
    In: Brown, Darryl; Hörnle, Tatjana; Turner, Jenia; Weisser, Bettina (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of criminal process, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 2-24
    Criminal procedure Comparative law Criminal law Police Rule of law State, The
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  15. Simplified procedures in criminal matters and the risk of judicial errors: The case of penal orders in Germany Journal Article
    Enescu, Raluca (2019)
    In: Journal on European History of Law, 10(2), pp. 182-187
    Wrongful conviction Offenses against the administration of justice Judicial statistics Criminal procedure Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining