Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. 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
    Criminal law: theory (164) Sentences (122) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Criminal law: culpability (84) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Judgments (69) Punishment, Purposes of (65) Human rights (65) Prosecutorial discretion (37) Sanctions, Administrative (34) Rule of law (23) Judiciary (21) Judicial discretion (21)
  2. 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
    Criminal procedure (233) Police (89) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Sanctions, Criminal (77) Criminal law: juveniles (75) Inquisitorial system (46) Penology (33) Judiciary (21) Alternative criminal sanctions (11)
  3. Judicial law-making in the criminal decisions of the Polish Supreme Court and the German Federal Court of Justice: A comparative view Journal Article
    Małolepszy, Maciej; Głuchowski, Michał (2023)
    In: International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique
    Comparative law (254) Judgments (69) Judiciary (21) Interpretation and construction (8) Judge-made law (5)
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  4. Germany Contribution
    Weigend, Thomas (2023)
    In: Caeiro, Pedro; Costa, Miguel João; De Snaijer, Janneke; Gless, Sabine; Mitsilegas, Valsamis; Theodorakakou, Georgia (Eds.), Elgar encyclopedia of crime and criminal justice, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham
    Criminal procedure (233) Criminal law: theory (164) Criminal law (142) Criminal law: culpability (84) Sanctions, Criminal (77) Justification (criminal law) (51) Criminal law: complicity (50) Criminal intent (50) Corporations: criminal liability (34) Excuse (criminal law) (29) Negligence, Criminal (26) Mistake (criminal law) (24) Legal good (24) Judiciary (21) Criminal law: omission (15) Causation (14)
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  5. 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
    Comparative law (254) Arrest, detention and bail (59) European Union and national law (relationship) (51) Prosecuting and public attorney (43) European Law: general (26) Judiciary (21) European Law: criminal law and procedure (20) Court of Justice of the European Union (9) Executive power (5)
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  6. “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
    Criminal procedure (233) Empirical research (163) Legal history (146) Law reform (124) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Courts (27) Juries and lay judges (24) Judiciary (21)
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  7. Germany Contribution
    Paiusco, Sara (2021)
    In: Paiusco, Sara (Eds.), Nullum Crimen Sine Lege, the European Convention on Human Rights and the Foreseeability of the Law, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, pp. 360-394
    Comparative law (254) Criminal law: theory (164) Treaties (32) Mistake (criminal law) (24) Judiciary (21) Retroactive laws (20) Traffic violations (9) Interpretation and construction (8) Judge-made law (5)
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  8. Country report “Germany” Contribution
    Böse, Martin; Bröcker, Maria (2021)
    In: Bröcker, Maria; Böse, Martin; Schneider, Anne (Eds.), Judicial protection in transnational criminal proceedings, Springer, Cham, (Legal Studies in International, European and Comparative Criminal Law, 5), pp. 93-148
    Rule of law (23) Judiciary (21) European Law: criminal law and procedure (20) Extradition (14) Jurisdiction (international law) (13) International law (13) International judicial assistance (10) Criminal procedure: appeal (9) Administrative law and procedure (6) Judicial review (5) Foreign judgments (1)
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  9. 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 (254) Criminal procedure (233) Sentences (122) Sanctions, Criminal (77) Evidence: criminal law (73) Prosecuting and public attorney (43) Judicial statistics (35) Sociology (33) Criminal statistics (29) Judiciary (21) Administration of justice (18)
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  10. Sentencing in US-American jurisdictions. A commentary from a German perspective Contribution
    Hörnle, Tatjana (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. 183-190
    Comparative law (254) Sentences (122) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Prisons and imprisonment (82) Penology (33) Judiciary (21)
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  11. Could an independent judiciary be a counterbalance to the erosion of european principles of criminal law? Contribution
    Albrecht, Peter-Alexis (2018)
    In: Albrecht, Peter-Alexis (Eds.), Autonomie für eine dritte Gewalt in Europa / Autonomy for a third power in Europe. Transferaufgabe für aufgeklärte Gesellschaften der Vernunft / A transfer task for enlightened and rational European societies, BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin, (Schriftenreihe Gesellschaft versus Recht, ), pp. 159-173
    Rule of law (23) Judiciary (21) European Law: criminal law and procedure (20) Executive power (5) Separation of powers (3)
  12. Michael Kohlhaas or the Germans and their Law Journal Article
    Jung, Heike (2014)
    In: Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 4(6), pp. 1124-1132
    Judiciary (21) Jurisprudence (18) Law in literature (2)
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  13. The untenable situation of German criminal law: against quantitative overloading, qualitative overcharging, and the overexpansion of criminal justice Journal Article
    Krey, Volker; Windgätter, Oliver (2012)
    In: German Law Journal, 13(6), pp. 579-605
    Criminal procedure (233) Law reform (124) Criminal policy (93) Judgments (69) Courts (27) Judiciary (21)
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  14. "Justice must be seen to be done" Journal Article
    Jung, Heike (2012)
    In: Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab, 99(1), pp. 65-76
    Criminal procedure (233) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Judiciary (21) Communications and mass media (18) Trials (16) Judicial process (12)
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  15. Germany Contribution
    Brodowski, Dominik; Burchard, Christoph; Kotzurek, Natalie; Rauber, Jochen; Vogel, Joachim (2010)
    In: Cape, Ed; Namoradze, Zaza; Smith, Roger; Spronken, Taru (Eds.), Effective criminal defence in Europe, Intersentia, Antwerp, (Ius commune Euopaeum, 87), pp. 253-319
    Criminal procedure (233) Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining (88) Criminal investigation (65) Arrest, detention and bail (59) European Union and national law (relationship) (51) Inquisitorial system (46) Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) (43) Admissions and confessions (22) Judiciary (21) Administration of justice (18) Criminal procedure: appeal (9) Legal aid (3) Bar associations (3)