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
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  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. The German doctrine of the protection of legal goods as the task of criminal law: Critical remarks on an alleged achievement of German criminal law theory Journal Article
    Engländer, Armin (2025)
    In: Criminal Law and Philosophy
    Criminal law: theory Legal good
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  5. 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)
  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 procedure 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. 400-414
    Criminal procedure Inquisitorial system Criminal law: theory Prosecutorial discretion Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Codes and codification
  9. 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
  10. The insignificance principle between Germany and Brazil: A cautionary tale on legal imports Journal Article
    Castro, Alexander (2024)
    In: Criminal Law Forum, 35(2), pp. 123-152
    Comparative law Reception of law Crime Criminal law: theory Legal history Sanctions, Administrative
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  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. The principle of legality of crimes in Colombia and Germany: Difference in similarity? Contribution
    Barco, Gustavo Emilio Cote (2023)
    In: Ambos, Kai; Martínez, José (Eds.), Göttingen Handbook on Latin American public law and criminal justice, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, pp. 325-348
    Criminal law: theory Comparative law Criminal law: constitutional aspects Codes and codification Judgments
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  13. Thomas Middelhoff in Germany Contribution
    Gupta, Chander Mohan; Gottschalk, Petter (2023)
    In: Gottschalk, Petter; Gupta, Chander (Eds.), Trusted white-collar defendants. The courtroom as a theater scene, Springer, Cham, pp. 19-35
    Economic crimes and offenses Criminal law: theory Corporations: officers Fraud News media
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  14. Germany Contribution
    Bohlander, Michael (2023)
    In: Bohlander, Michael; Kemp, Gerhard; Webster, Mark (Eds.), Public health crisis management and criminal liability of governments, Hart Publishing, Oxford; London; New York, pp. 103-125
    Pandemic / Epidemic Health Constitutional law Negligence, Criminal Legislative bodies Criminal law: theory Causation Homicide Offenses against the person Defenses (criminal law) Justification (criminal law) Excuse (criminal law) Criminal law: complicity Sentences
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  15. 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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