Literature on German Criminal Law

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

Judge-made law Comparative law Interpretation and construction Judiciary Judgments

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Cultural and religious diversity and German criminal law Contribution
Tellenbach, Silvia (2022)
In: Bashīrīyeh, Bozorgmehr (Eds.), Be yād-e Manṣūr – Bozorgdāshtnāme-ye duktur Manṣūr Raḥmdel, ostād-e faqīd-e ʻolūm-e ǧenāi-ye Īrān, , Teheran, pp. 571-599

Religion Minorities Criminal law Judgments Emigration and immigration Homicide Domestic or gender-based violence Offenses against the person Parents and children Witnesses Evidence: criminal law
The German penal catalogue for fan misbehaviour in football: a model for other countries? Journal Article
Winskowski, Philipp (2022)
In: International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 14(1), pp. 71-91

Sport Associations and societies Empirical research Courts Judgments Sanctions, Administrative
Assisted suicide in Germany: the landmark ruling of the German Federal Constitutional Court of February 26, 2020 Journal Article
Göken, Hanna ; Zwießler, Franziska (2022)
In: German Law Journal, 23(4), pp. 661-671

Suicide Euthanasia Criminal law Medical laws and legislation Medical ethics Judgments Law reform

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The criminal liability of corrections officers in German prisons: the landmark decision of the Federal Court of Justice from November 28, 2019 (2 StR 557/18) Journal Article
Hartmann, Luisa ; Munzert, Johannes (2022)
In: German Law Journal, 23(4), pp. 625-636

Prisons and imprisonment Judgments Negligence, Criminal Punishment, Purposes of Penology

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Sovereign immunity from a comparative perspective: the case of Germany Contribution
Oeter, Stefan (2022)
In: Bismuth, Régis; Rusinova, Vera; Starzhenetskiy, Vladislav; Ulfstein, Geir (Eds.), Sovereign immunity under pressure, Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 29-52

Government liability Customary law, International Judgments Constitutional law
Consensual exchanges in German criminal procedure: the practice of negotiated judgments and the crown-witness regulation Contribution
Schertel Mendes, Francisco (2021)
In: (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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The right to assisted dying: constitutional jurisprudence and its impact in Canada, Germany and Austria Journal Article
Braun, Kerstin (2021)
In: ICL Journal, 15(3), pp. 291-318

Suicide Homicide Euthanasia Criminal law Medical ethics Criminal policy Judgments Comparative law
Collateral killings of civilians: reflecting recent German judgments on co-responsibility for foreign drone attacks Contribution
Eser, Albin (2021)
In: Ghanayim, Khalid; Shany, Yuval (Eds.), The quest for core values in the application of legal norms. Essays in honor of Mordechai Kremnitzer, Springer, Cham, pp. 237-257

Judgments International law War War crimes Human rights Defenses (criminal law) Violence Military law and armed forces
Universal jurisdiction and international crimes in German courts – recent steps towards exercising the principle of complementarity after the entry into force of the Rome Statute Journal Article
Safferling, Christoph J.M.; Petrossian, Gurgen (2021)
In: European Criminal Law Review, 11(2), pp. 242-263

Jurisdiction Exterritoriality Jurisdiction (international law) International criminal law Criminal policy Rome Statute Legal history Judgments Crimes against humanity Terrorism War crimes
Proportionality paradigm or paradox? The proportionality principle in American and German security law jurisprudence Contribution
Miller, Russell A. (2021)
In: Billis, Emmanouil; Knust, Nandor; Rui, Jon (Eds.), Proportionality in crime control and criminal justice, Hart, Oxford, pp. 181-205

Jurisprudence National security Civil rights Human rights Philosophy Judgments Criminal policy Comparative law
Autonomy and the right to (end one’s?) life: a German perspective Contribution
Momsen, Carsten ; Schwarze, Mathis (2021)
In: Forster, Charles; Herring, Jonathan; O'Neill, Clayton; Tingle, John (Eds.), Routledge handbook of global health rights, Routledge, London, pp. 332-347

Suicide Euthanasia Homicide Legal good Trials: particular Judgments Jurisprudence Civil rights Mental health Medical ethics Law reform
Desecration of corpses in relation to § 8(1) no. 9 German Code of Crimes against International Law (VStGB): the judgment of the German Federal Court of Justice ( Bundesgerichtshof ) of July 27, 2017–3 StR 57/17 Journal Article
Bergmann, Vanessa ; Blenk, Franziska ; Cojger, Nathalie (2021)
In: German Law Journal, 22(2), pp. 276-287

Trials: particular Judgments International criminal law Death War crimes Humanitarian law Rome Statute War Interpretation and construction Exterritoriality

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Germany Contribution
Akinrinade, Babafemi (2021)
In: (Eds.), Atrocity crimes, atrocity laws and justice in Africa, Eleven International Publishing, The Hague, pp. 266-270

International criminal law Genocide Crimes against humanity Terrorism Jurisdiction Trials: particular Judgments
Argumentation and legal interpretation in the criminal decisions of the Polish Supreme Court and the German Federal Court of Justice: a comparative view // Argumentation and Legal Interpretation 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 (2021)
In: International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique, pp. 1-19

Interpretation and construction Comparative law Judge-made law Legal positivism Judicial process Judgments