Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. The German origins of indirect perpetration through an organised apparatus of power Contribution
    Block, Johannes (2023)
    In: Block, Johannes (Eds.), Reconciling responsibility with reality. A comparative analysis of modes of active leadership liability in international criminal law, T.M.C. Asser Press, Den Haag, (International Criminal Justice Series, 33), pp. 11-79
    International criminal law Criminal law: complicity Criminal law: culpability Criminal law: theory International Criminal Court (ICC) Holocaust / Shoah National Socialism Antisemitism
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  2. The law of Damals, the Verbrecherstaat and postwar German justice Contribution
    Douglas, Lawrence (2022)
    In: Burghardt, Boris; Jeßberger, Florian; Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), Strafrecht und Systemunrecht. Festschrift für Gerhard Werle zum 70. Geburtstag, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, pp. 569-579
    National Socialism Offenses committed in public office Military tribunals (international) Crimes against humanity Genocide Crimes against peace Antisemitism Holocaust / Shoah Trials: particular Retroactive laws Transitional justice Homicide Criminal law: complicity
  3. Crimes committed by a state and culpability – can the perpetrators “at the bottom” of the organization be held culpable? Contribution
    Nestler, Cornelius (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. 37-48
    Criminal law: complicity Offenses committed in public office Criminal law: theory Judgments Genocide Crimes against humanity Holocaust / Shoah
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  4. 300,000 counts of aiding and abetting murder Journal Article
    Bernhart, Fabian ; Tanner, Alexander ; Ahmad, Falaq ; Galvano, Joyce ; Herde, Tanja (2020)
    In: German Law Journal, 21(4), pp. 743-755
    Criminal law: complicity Criminal law: culpability Antisemitism Genocide Homicide Judgments National Socialism Prisoners of war and internees Holocaust / Shoah
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    Open Access
  5. Police law Contribution
    Pauer-Studer, Herlinde (2020)
    In: Pauer-Studer, Herlinde (Eds.), Justifying injustice. Legal theory in Nazi Germany, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 158-177
    National Socialism Police Legal history Holocaust / Shoah
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  6. Democracy, Nazi trials, and transitional justice in Germany, 1945-1950 Book
    Pendas, Devin O. (2020)
    ISBN 9781139021074, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
    National Socialism Dictatorship Criminal law Offenses committed in public office Succession of states Inter-German relations Trials: particular Military tribunals (international) International criminal law Crimes against humanity Amnesty and pardon Military occupation Transitional justice Holocaust / Shoah Antisemitism
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  7. Assistance in mass murder under systems of ill-treatment Journal Article
    Andreadis-Papadimitriou, Pavlos (2017)
    In: Journal of International Criminal Justice, 15(1), pp. 157-174
    Trials: particular National Socialism Prisoners of war and internees Criminal law: theory Criminal law: complicity International criminal law International Criminal Court (ICC) Sentences Holocaust / Shoah
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  8. The eradication of Nazi ideology and terminology from the current German Penal Code Journal Article
    Gordon, Roy H. (2016)
    In: Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion, 17(1), pp. 182-196
    National Socialism Homicide Codes and codification Criminal intent Criminals Victims Domestic or gender-based violence Law reform Holocaust / Shoah
  9. Secularization, anti-minority sentiment, and cultural norms in the German circumcision controversy Journal Article
    Munzer, Stephen (2015)
    In: University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, 37(2), pp. 503-582
    Children Constitutional law Human rights Judgments Medical laws and legislation Minorities Antisemitism Islamophobia Offenses against the person Religion Holocaust / Shoah
  10. Police science in Germany: its process of coming of age or a case of a split or good weather version? Contribution
    Sack, Fritz (2011)
    In: Spapens, A. (Eds.), Universalis. Liber amicorum Cyrille Fijnaut, Intersentia, Antwerpen, pp. 587-599
    Police Secret service National Socialism Holocaust / Shoah
  11. 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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    Open Access
  12. The normalization of Nazi crime in postwar West German trials / Die Normalisierung von NS-Kriegsverbrechen in den Nachkriegs-Prozessen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Contribution
    Wittmann, Rebecca (2006)
    In: Reginbogin, Herbert; Safferling, Christoph (Eds.), The Nuremberg Trials: international criminal law since 1945 = Die Nürnberger Prozesse: Völkerstrafrecht seit 1945. 60th Anniversary International Conference / Internationale Konferenz zum 60. Jahrestag, De Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 209-215
    National Socialism Trials Homicide Criminal law: complicity Limitation of actions Antisemitism Genocide Transitional justice Holocaust / Shoah
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    Open Access
  13. Ongoing German prosecution of World War II Nazi war crimes Internet Document
    Kuchenbauer, Konstantin (2006)
    In: http://rsw.beck.de/rsw/upload/NJW/Kuchenbauer_Ongoing_Prosecutions.pdf
    War crimes National Socialism Limitation of actions Holocaust / Shoah Antisemitism
    Open Access
  14. I didn't know what Auschwitz was: The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial and the German press, 1963-1965 Journal Article
    Pendas, Devin O. (2000)
    In: Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities, 12(2), pp. 397-446
    Holocaust / Shoah Trials: particular National Socialism Genocide Criminal law: complicity Homicide Criminal law: culpability Communications and mass media Rule of law
  15. German criminal justice and right-wing extremists: Is justice in Germany 'blind in the right eye'? Journal Article
    Prützel-Thomas, Monika (2000)
    In: Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, 8(2), pp. 209-225
    Extremism National Socialism Holocaust / Shoah Political crimes Terrorism Violence Races Sentences Empirical research
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