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  1. Corporate control through external whistleblowing: Initial findings from Germany Journal Article
    Kölbel, Ralf (2026)
    In: European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research
    Corporations: criminal liability Economic crimes and offenses Corporations: governance European Law: general European Law: criminal law and procedure Empirical research European Union and national law (relationship)
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  2. Chapter IV, The application of the regulation (EU) 2018/1805 to legal persons and enterprises – Country report: Germany Contribution
    Heger, Martin; Sakellaraki, Anna (2025)
    In: Maugeri, Anna (Eds.), Mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders, Pisa University Press, pp. 1091-1106
    European Law: general European Union and national law (relationship) Persons Corporations Corporations: criminal liability Criminal procedure Economic crimes and offenses Sanctions, Criminal Sanctions, Administrative Restitution and unjust enrichment Search and seizure
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  3. Chapter II, Establishing the subject matter of the regulation (EU) 2018/1805. National confiscation models covered by the regulation: types, features and safeguard – Country report: Germany Contribution
    Heger, Martin; Sakellaraki, Anna (2025)
    In: Maugeri, Anna (Eds.), Mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders, Pisa University Press, pp. 153-188
    European Law: general European Union and national law (relationship) Sanctions, Criminal Sanctions, Administrative Restitution and unjust enrichment Search and seizure
    Open Access PDF 204.8 KB
  4. Germany: A clash of systems between EU mutual legal assistance instruments and national law Contribution
    Albrecht, Anna H.; Schneider, Anne (2025)
    In: Caianiello, Michele; Contissa, Giuseppe; Lasagni, Giulia (Eds.), Facilitating judicial cooperation in the EU, Brill | Nijhoff, pp. 182-217
    International judicial assistance European Union and national law (relationship) Extradition Arrest, detention and bail Civil rights Criminal procedure Criminal investigation Remedies European Law: general
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  5. Extended confiscation in Germany Contribution
    Kilchling, Michael (2025)
    In: Hryniewicz-Lach, Elżbieta (Eds.), Extended confiscation of illicit assets and the criminal law: national and EU perspectives, Routledge, London, pp. 52-65
    Sanctions, Criminal European Law: general Limitation of actions Organized crime Restitution and unjust enrichment Sanctions, Non-criminal Evidence
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  6. Ineffective legal representation in Germany Contribution
    Diederichs, Laura Farina (2025)
    In: Beazley, Ashlee; Panzavolta, Michele; Sanders, Andrew (Eds.), Poor defence lawyering in criminal proceedings, Routledge, London, pp. 32-55
    Malpractice Attorneys Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Criminal procedure Criminal investigation Due process of law Costs Evidence Experts, expert witnesses and scientific evidence European Law: general
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  7. Germany Contribution
    Ochnio, Ariadna H. (2025)
    In: (Eds.), Rethinking EU law-making policy on confiscation of the proceeds of crime, Routledge, Abingdon, (Routledge / UACES contemporary European studies, ), pp. 177-185
    Sanctions, Criminal European Law: general European Union and national law (relationship) Comparative law Victims
  8. Enhancing the right of access to a lawyer for detained suspects and accused persons via videoconferencing : The situation in Germany and proposals for improvement Journal Article
    Nakane, Tomohiro (2024)
    In: Eucrim – European Law Forum: Prevention • Investigation • Prosecution, pp. 230-237
    Criminal procedure Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Law reform European Law: general
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  9. The development of German criminal law against corruption in the private sector Contribution
    Dannecker, Gerhard (2023)
    In: Dannecker, Gerhard; Dölling, Dieter; Hermann, Dieter; Höly, Kristina; Mitra, Subrata; Pohlmann, Markus; Trombini, Maria (Eds.), Organizational crime, Springer Fachmedien, Wiesbaden, (Organization, management and crime - Organisation, Management und Kriminalität, ), pp. 93-122
    Corporations: corrupt practices Economic crimes and offenses Council of Europe European Union European Union and national law (relationship) Commerce Antitrust and restraint of competition Treaties European Law: general Criminal law Empirical research Judicial statistics
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  10. The legitimacy of offences criminalising incitement to terrorist acts: A European perspective Contribution
    Petzsche, Anneke (2022)
    In: Cancio Meliá, Manuel; Llobet Anglì, Mariona; Walker, Clive (Eds.), Precursor crimes of terrorism. The criminalisation of terrorism risk in comparative perspective, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham
    Terrorism International agencies European Law: general Criminal law: attempt International law Criminal law: complicity Freedom of speech
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  11. 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
    Prosecuting and public attorney Court of Justice of the European Union Arrest, detention and bail Judiciary Executive power European Law: general European Law: criminal law and procedure European Union and national law (relationship) Comparative law
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  12. Germany: Between laissez-faire and literal regulation – the German approach to the implementation of the directives on defence rights Contribution
    Albrecht, Anna H.; Schneider, Anne (2022)
    In: Caianiello, Michele; Contissa, Giuseppe; Lasagni, Giulia; Sartor, Giovanni (Eds.), Effective protection of the rights of the accused in the EU directives. A computable approach to criminal procedure law, Brill Nijhoff, Leiden, pp. 114-132
    European Law: general Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) European Union and national law (relationship) Criminal procedure Legislation
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  13. The role of criminal law in regulating cybercrime and IT security Contribution
    Brodowski, Dominik (2022)
    In: Borges, Georg; Sorge, Christoph (Eds.), Law and technology in a global digital society, Springer, Cham, pp. 233-255
    Computer crimes Internet Criminal law European Union European Law: general European Union and national law (relationship)
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  14. Radical men and sympathizing women? Gendered constructions of agency in charges of terrorism in Germany Journal Article
    Eppert, Kerstin; Roth, Viktoria (2021)
    In: New Journal of European Criminal Law, 12(4), pp. 552-574
    Extremism Terrorism Gender / Gender identity / Gender studies Women Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) European Law: general European Union and national law (relationship)
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  15. Confiscation of assets and proceeds of crime in environmental criminal law – new approaches by the German legislator Contribution
    Esser, Robert (2021)
    In: Jacometti, Valentina; Pozzo, Barbara (Eds.), Environmental loss and damage in a comparative law perspective, Intersentia, Cambridge, (European Environmental Law Forum Series, Volume 6), pp. 209-227
    Environmental crimes and offenses Sanctions, Criminal European Law: general European Union and national law (relationship) Corporations: criminal liability