Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. Comparative norm design: The U.S. rules model and the German standards model in criminal justice and beyond Journal Article
    Bender, Philip Maximilian (2024)
    In: UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, 27(2)
    Comparative law (254) Criminal procedure (233) Sentences (122) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Evidence: criminal law (73) Inquisitorial system (46) Judges (32) Common law (32) Adversarial system (30) Witnesses (23) Law, Methodology of (2)
  2. Same ends, different means: Truth and fairness in criminal procedure of the United States and Germany Unpublished Work
    Bender, Philip Maximilian (2022)

    Comparative law (254) Criminal procedure (233) Legal history (146) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Evidence: criminal law (73) Inquisitorial system (46) Common law (32) Adversarial system (30) Juries and lay judges (24) Witnesses (23)
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  3. Witness evidence in pre-trial and trial procedure Contribution
    Jackson, John D.; Weigend, Thomas (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. 260-299
    Comparative law (254) Evidence: criminal law (73) Human rights (65) Criminal investigation (65) Inquisitorial system (46) European Court of Human Rights (36) Adversarial system (30) Witnesses (23)
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  4. 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
    Comparative law (254) Criminal procedure (233) Legal history (146) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Inquisitorial system (46) Prosecuting and public attorney (43) Prosecutorial discretion (37) Adversarial system (30) Admissions and confessions (22) Judicial discretion (21)
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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 (254) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Evidence: criminal law (73) Inquisitorial system (46) Prosecuting and public attorney (43) Adversarial system (30) Juries and lay judges (24) Witnesses (23) Trial practice (11)
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  6. 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
    Comparative law (254) Criminal law: theory (164) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Inquisitorial system (46) Prosecuting and public attorney (43) Adversarial system (30) Legal ethics (3)
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  7. 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 (254) Criminal procedure (233) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Inquisitorial system (46) Prosecutorial discretion (37) Adversarial system (30)
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  8. 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
    Criminal procedure (233) Criminal law: theory (164) Law reform (124) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Inquisitorial system (46) Judicial statistics (35) Adversarial system (30) Judicial process (12)
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  9. 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
    Evidence: criminal law (73) Inquisitorial system (46) Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) (43) Due process of law (39) Adversarial system (30) Artificial intelligence (11)
  10. 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 (233) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Evidence: criminal law (73) Criminal investigation (65) Inquisitorial system (46) Adversarial system (30) Juries and lay judges (24) Witnesses (23)
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  11. Limits of victim participation in adversarial and non-adversarial systems. A case study of Germany and Australia Contribution
    Braun, Kerstin (2019)
    In: Braun, Kerstin (Eds.), Victim participation rights. Variation across criminal justice systems, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, (Palgrave studies in victims and victimology, ), pp. 203-232
    Comparative law (254) Law reform (124) Victims (93) Inquisitorial system (46) Adversarial system (30)
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  12. Plea bargaining and disclosure in Germany and the United States. Comparative Lessons Journal Article
    Turner, Jenia Iontcheva (2016)
    In: William & Mary Law Review, 57(4), pp. 1549-1596
    Comparative law (254) Criminal policy (93) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Evidence: criminal law (73) Inquisitorial system (46) Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) (43) Adversarial system (30)
  13. Nothing but the truth? Some facts, impressions and confessions about truth in criminal procedure Contribution
    Jung, Heike (2014)
    In: Duff, Antony (Eds.), Truth and due process, Bloomsbury Publishing, London, pp. 147-156
    Criminal procedure (233) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Human rights (65) Criminal investigation (65) Inquisitorial system (46) Adversarial system (30)
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  14. Should we search for the truth, and who should do it? Journal Article
    Weigend, Thomas (2011)
    In: North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, 36(2), pp. 389-415
    Comparative law (254) Criminal procedure (233) Evidence: criminal law (73) Inquisitorial system (46) Adversarial system (30) Juries and lay judges (24) International criminal courts and tribunals (15) Confidential communications (7)
  15. Prosecutors as judges Journal Article
    Luna, Erik; Wade, Marianne (2010)
    In: Washington and Lee Law Review, 67(4), pp. 1413-1532
    Comparative law (254) Criminal procedure (233) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Inquisitorial system (46) Prosecuting and public attorney (43) Prosecutorial discretion (37) Common law (32) Adversarial system (30)