Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. The legal status of the polygraph in Germany Journal Article
    Floren, Thorsten (2025)
    In: European Polygraph, 19(1), pp. 91-100
    Criminal investigation Experts, expert witnesses and scientific evidence Civil rights Evidence: criminal law Evidence
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  2. Audiovisual interrogation of witnesses in Belgium and Germany and its fundamental rights implications Journal Article
    Beazley, Ashlee; Ertle, Lena; Mosna, Anna; Rackow, Peter (2025)
    In: European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 33(1-2), pp. 133-153
    Criminal procedure Criminal interrogation Witnesses Evidence: criminal law Video, tape and disc recordings, etc. Civil rights Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Due process of law
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  3. Digital evidence and the cooperation of service providers in Germany Contribution
    Brodowski, Dominik (2025)
    In: Franssen, Vanessa; Tosza, Stanislaw (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of digital evidence in criminal investigations, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 289-308
    Criminal procedure Evidence: criminal law Experts, expert witnesses and scientific evidence Witnesses Internet World Wide Web (information retrieval system) Computers Computer software Communications and mass media Search and seizure Social media Civil rights International judicial assistance
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  4. German report Contribution
    Schneider, Anne (2024)
    In: Rogacka-Rzewnicka, Maria (Eds.), Limits of freedom of public authorities with respect to obtaining evidence at the stage of investigation, Brill, Leiden, pp. 71-104
    Criminal procedure Criminal investigation Evidence: criminal law Prosecuting and public attorney Courts Criminal law: constitutional aspects Civil rights
  5. The implementation of EU enforcement duties in Germany. The gathering, sharing, and use of evidence by German administrative and judicial authorities from domestic and cross-border perspective Contribution
    Vries, Aart (2024)
    In: (Eds.), Evidence and transnational punitive enforcement proceedings in the European Union. The gathering, sharing, and use of evidence by member states' administrative and judicial authorities during transnational punitive enforcement proceedings in the EU's integrated internal market and area of freedom, security and justice, Eleven, The Hague, the Netherlands, (Pompe reeks, ), pp. 275-413
    European Union and national law (relationship) Evidence Evidence: criminal law Boundaries (international law) Border guards Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Criminal procedure Administrative law and procedure Sanctions, Criminal Sanctions, Administrative
  6. Comparative norm design: The U.S. rules model and the German standards model in criminal justice and beyond Journal Article
    Bender, Philip Maximilian (2024)
    In: UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, 27(2)
    Comparative law Law, Methodology of Judges Criminal procedure Evidence: criminal law Witnesses Sentences Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Common law Adversarial system Inquisitorial system
  7. Procedural adjudication in Germany Contribution
    Yong, Gao (2024)
    In: (Eds.), Criminal procedural trial in China. Procedure of excluding illegal evidence as an example, Springer, Singapore, pp. 111-123
    Evidence: criminal law Criminal procedure Inquisitorial system
  8. A procedural oddity in the investigation stage in Turkish and German practise: Preliminary interview with the suspect Journal Article
    Kahraman, Recep (2024)
    In: İstanbul Hukuk Mecmuası / Istanbul Law Review, 82(4), pp. 1343-1377
    Evidence: criminal law Criminal procedure Criminal investigation Comparative law
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  9. Due process as the lawful response to the crimes of an unlawful regime Contribution
    Meier-Göring, Anne; Ohlmann-Frieling, Tino (2024)
    In: Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), The last Nazi trials, Springer, Berlin, pp. 59-69
    National Socialism Trials: particular Rule of law Criminal law: complicity Criminal law: juveniles Evidence: criminal law Criminal law: attempt Due process of law
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  10. Criminal appeals in Germany Contribution
    Urban, Lisa (2023)
    In: Allegrezza, Silvia (Eds.), Appeal proceedings in criminal matters. A european and comparative study, CEDAM, Wolters Kluwer, Milano; Padova, (Giustizia penale europea, 9), pp. 219-244
    Criminal law: constitutional aspects Criminal procedure: appeal Courts Appeal Evidence: criminal law Remedies European Court of Human Rights
  11. Wrongful convictions in summary proceedings: A Comparison of penal orders in France, Germany and Switzerland Journal Article
    Enescu, Raluca (2023)
    In: Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform, 106(3), pp. 184-196
    Wrongful conviction Comparative law Criminal procedure Language and languages Defendant/Defense/Defense counsel (criminal procedure) Evidence: criminal law Indictment and information
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  12. Miscarriages of justice in Germany Contribution
    Leuschner, Fredericke; Rettenberger, Martin (2023)
    In: Robins, Jon (Eds.), Murder, wrongful conviction and the law. An international comparative analysis, Routledge, London, (Routledge contemporary issues in criminal justice and procedure, ), pp. 37-52
    Offenses against the administration of justice Criminal procedure Restitution and unjust enrichment Excuse (criminal law) Experts, expert witnesses and scientific evidence Evidence: criminal law Admissions and confessions Witnesses
  13. Same ends, different means: Truth and fairness in criminal procedure of the United States and Germany Unpublished Work
    Bender, Philip Maximilian (2022)

    Criminal procedure Comparative law Legal history Juries and lay judges Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Evidence: criminal law Witnesses Adversarial system Common law Inquisitorial system
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  14. 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
  15. Witness evidence in pre-trial and trial procedure Contribution
    Jackson, John D.; Weigend, Thomas (2022)
    In: Ambos, Kai; Duff, Antony; Heinze, Alexander; Roberts, Julian; Weigend, Thomas (Eds.), Core concepts in criminal law and criminal justice, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 260-299
    Evidence: criminal law European Court of Human Rights Criminal investigation Witnesses Human rights Comparative law Inquisitorial system Adversarial system
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