Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. German criminal procedure Contribution
    Miller, Russell A. (2024)
    In: (Eds.), An introduction to German law and legal culture. Text and materials, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, (Law in Context, ), pp. 400-414
    Criminal procedure Inquisitorial system Criminal law: theory Prosecutorial discretion Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Codes and codification
  2. Legality, non-arbitraryness and judicial and administrative discretion in sentencing and enforcement of sentences in the German system Contribution
    Haverkamp, Rita ; Kaspar, Johannes (2024)
    In: Guzman Dalbora, José; Krabbe, Maartje; van Kempen, Piet (Eds.), Legality and other requirements for sentencing: An international and comparative perspective on non-arbitrary punishment and sentencing discretion, Boom Uitgevers, The Hague, pp. 223-246
    Sentences Judicial discretion Criminal law: theory Criminal law: culpability Rule of law Punishment, Purposes of Judgments Human rights Judiciary Sanctions, Administrative Prisons and imprisonment Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Prosecutorial discretion
  3. Consensual proceedings - German perspective Contribution
    Dzik, Anna W.; Faber, Mirko (2023)
    In: Pawelec, Szymon (Eds.), Consensual procedures in criminal law. Comparative perspective, Peter Lang, Berlin, (Ius, Lex et Res Publica, 25), pp. 251-274
    Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Criminal procedure Law reform Admissions and confessions Victims Conciliation and mediation
  4. The criminal justice system in Germany Contribution
    Enescu, Rasluca ; Leszczynska, Aneta ; Momsen, Carsten (2023)
    In: Mbuba, Jospeter (Eds.), Comparative criminal justice. International trends and practices, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, pp. 185-201
    Police Judiciary Criminal procedure Inquisitorial system Prisons and imprisonment Penology Alternative criminal sanctions Sanctions, Criminal Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Criminal law: juveniles
  5. 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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  6. Cooperation agreements in Germany and the United States Contribution
    Ambos, Kai ; Thaman, Stephen C. (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. 300-346
    Comparative law Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Criminal investigation Criminal procedure Prosecutorial discretion Judicial discretion Evidence: criminal law Sentences Due process of law Wrongful conviction
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  7. Consensual exchanges in German criminal procedure: the practice of negotiated judgments and the crown-witness regulation Contribution
    Schertel Mendes, Francisco (2021)
    In: Schertel Mendes, Francisco (Eds.), Leniency policies in the prosecution of economic crimes and corruption, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, pp. 150-213
    Economic crimes and offenses Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Evidence: criminal law Criminal law: theory Criminal law: culpability Criminal procedure Sentences Judgments
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  8. Legal translation and comparison: Challenges of Verständigung in German criminal procedure law Contribution
    Rinceanu, Johanna (2021)
    In: Bercea, Lucian (Eds.), Liber amicorum Viorel Paşca 70. Reforma reformei legislaţiei penale. Reforming the reform of criminal legislation, Editura Universul Juridic, Bucuresti, pp. 399-405
    Criminal law Comparative law Language and languages Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining
  9. 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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  10. Exclusion without trial? Exclusion of evidence and abbreviated procedures Journal Article
    Weigend, Thomas (2021)
    In: Revista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal, 7(1), pp. 247-271
    Comparative law Evidence: criminal law Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining
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    Open Access
  11. “In the name of the people” Contribution
    Machura, Stefan ; Rennig, Christoph (2021)
    In: Diamond, Shari; Hans, Valerie; Ivković, Sanja; Marder, Nancy (Eds.), Juries, lay judges, and mixed courts. A Global perspective, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 152-173
    Juries and lay judges Courts Legal history Judiciary Criminal procedure Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Empirical research Law reform
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  12. 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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  13. 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
  14. 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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  15. 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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