Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. Germany Contribution
    Weigend, Thomas; Hoven, Elisa (2026)
    In: Hoven, Elisa; Weigend, Thomas (Eds.), Justice in Criminal Law, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, pp. 175-197
    Criminal law: theory Criminal intent Justification (criminal law) Excuse (criminal law) Causation Criminal law: culpability Torture Civil rights Criminal law: attempt Criminal law: juveniles Limitation of actions Sentences Prisons and imprisonment Arrest, detention and bail
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  2. Interrelations of “debt” and “guilt” in criminal law: Reconsidering a Nietzschean narrative in the context of late capitalism Journal Article
    Boe, Morten (2025)
    In: Modern Criminal Law Review
    Criminal law: theory Criminal law: culpability Debtors and creditors Sanctions, Criminal Capitalism Law and ethics Language and languages
    Open Access
  3. The relevance of a second-person viewpoint for criminal law doctrine Journal Article
    Hörnle, Tatjana (2025)
    In: Criminal Law and Philosophy
    Criminal law: theory Victims Criminal intent Criminal law: culpability Criminal law: unlawfulness Criminal law: attempt Legal history Religion
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  4. Germany Contribution
    Ambos, Kai; Bock, Stefanie (2025)
    In: Adams, Verity; Bohlander, Michael; Reed, Alan; Simpson, Bethany (Eds.), Causation in criminal law. A research companion, Routledge, Abingdon, (Substantive issues in criminal law, ), pp. 145-162
    Causation Criminal law: culpability Criminal law: theory Products liability Mistake (criminal law)
  5. Autonomous systems (AI) and criminal imputability: Challenges for modern law Journal Article
    Moch, Enrico (2025)
    In: International Journal of Research and Review, 12(10), pp. 287-301
    Artificial intelligence Criminal law: culpability Corporations: criminal liability Criminal law Criminal intent Causation Human rights Comparative law Legal good European Union
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  6. A battle of ideas: Modes of liability and mass atrocities Journal Article
    Minkova, Liana Georgieva (2024)
    In: Law and Social Inquiry, 49(1), pp. 509-536
    International criminal law Criminal law: complicity Criminal law: theory Criminal law: culpability Rome Statute International criminal courts and tribunals Military tribunals (international) Common law Civil law system
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  7. Models of criminal liability of a plurality of perpetrators under Polish and German criminal law: Comparative approach Journal Article
    Miśkiewicz, Aleksandra; Vadokas, Alexander (2024)
    In: Annales de la Faculté de Droit d’Istanbul, pp. 271-305
    Criminal law: complicity Comparative law Criminal law: culpability Criminal law: theory Criminal act Criminal law: unlawfulness Causation
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  8. German criminal law 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. 340-379
    Criminal law Criminal act Criminal intent Criminal law: unlawfulness Criminal law: culpability Criminal law: theory Legal education Justification (criminal law) Excuse (criminal law) Codes and codification
  9. The use and reporting practice of psychological tests in German risk and criminal responsibility expert reports Journal Article
    Wertz, Maximilian; Hank, Lisa; Hausam, Joscha; Konrad, Norbert; Schiltz, Kolja; Imhoff, Roland; Rettenberger, Martin (2024)
    In: Psychology, Crime & Law, 30(1), pp. 68-85
    Criminal law: culpability Empirical research Psychiatry Psychology Sentences
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  10. Criminal minds : BCI-technology and criminal responsibility in German law Thesis
    Amo-Darko, Michael (2024)

    Criminal act Criminal intent Computers Criminal law: culpability Human experimentation in medicine
  11. 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
  12. Insane offenders, dangerous criminals, criminal responsibility and security measures: the positivist criminology network and the reform of criminal law in imperial Germany Journal Article
    Härter, Karl (2023)
    In: GLOSSAE. European Journal of Legal History, pp. 67-94
    Legal history Insanity Legal positivism Law reform Criminals Criminal law: culpability Codes and codification Psychology Recidivism Arrest, detention and bail Psychiatric / mental institution
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  13. 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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  14. 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 law Criminal law: theory Criminal law: omission Criminal intent Mistake (criminal law) Negligence, Criminal Criminal law: culpability Causation Criminal law: complicity Corporations: criminal liability Justification (criminal law) Excuse (criminal law) Legal good Sanctions, Criminal Criminal procedure Judiciary
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  15. Insanity in German criminal law Contribution
    Rauxloh, Regina (2022)
    In: Brookbanks, Warren; Mackay, Ronnie (Eds.), The insanity defence. International and comparative perspectives, Oxford University Press, Oxford, (Oxford monographs on criminal law and justice, ), pp. 247-273
    Insanity Mental health Defenses (criminal law) Excuse (criminal law) Criminal law: culpability Criminal law: complicity Psychiatric / mental institution Sanctions, Criminal Sanctions, Non-criminal
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