Literature on German Criminal Law

A project of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law

Home About Contact Suggest Publication
Reset
Reference type filter
  1. Colonialism and the criminal law Journal Article
    Jeßberger, Florian (2025)
    In: Zeitschrift für die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft, 137(3), pp. 641-657
    Colonialism Criminal law International criminal law Legal history Comparative law Wrongful conviction Retroactive laws
    DOI
    Open Access
  2. Why and how sexual freedom changed western criminal law (19th and 20th centuries) Journal Article
    Masferrer, Aniceto (2025)
    In: cliothemis
    Sex Criminal law Legal history Legal good Law and ethics Homosexuality Marriage Right of privacy Criminal policy Criminal act Offenses against the person Offenses against morals
    DOI
  3. Atlantic knowledge transfer. U.S. criminal law in 19th century Germany Journal Article
    Kesper-Biermann, Sylvia (2025)
    In: cliothemis
    Comparative law Law reform Legal history Criminal law Criminal procedure Criminal policy Criminal law: juveniles Criminology
    DOI
  4. Capital punishment in Germany Contribution
    Christ, Birte (2024)
    In: Fleury-Steiner, Benjamin; Sarat, Austin (Eds.), The Elgar companion to capital punishment and society, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 322-333
    Capital punishment Legal history Law reform Punishment, Purposes of
  5. Destruction of the rule of law in Nazi Germany. The people's court and the failure of post-war justice Contribution
    Safferling, Christoph J.M. (2024)
    In: Czarnecki, Pawel; Glogowska, Sonia; Górski, Adam; Sakowicz, Andrzej; Swiatlowski, Andrzej (Eds.), Hominum causa omne ius constitutum sit. Ksiega jubileuszowa Profesora Piotra Hofmanskiego, Wolters Kluwer, Warszawa, pp. 683-691
    National Socialism Rule of law Offenses committed in public office Military occupation Military tribunals (international) Judiciary Trials: particular Legal history
  6. Prisoners in Germany, their work and their remuneration as part of their resocialization Contribution
    Dauster, Manfred; Kreutz, Julia Aileen (2024)
    In: Kostić, Jelena; Matić Bošković, Marina (Eds.), Penal populism and impact on the work of institutions, Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, Belgrade, pp. 235-260
    Prisons and imprisonment Punishment, Purposes of Slavery, forced labor, etc. Legal history Constitutional law Judgments
    Open Access
  7. Money for justice : Comparing day fines in Germany and Maricopa County, Arizona Journal Article
    Rysenbry, Elliot (2024)
    In: Arizona Journal of International & Comparative Law, 40(3), pp. 554-583
    Sanctions, Criminal Comparative law Legal history
    Open Access
  8. Wielding a many-edged sword Contribution
    Grüne, Niels (2024)
    In: Brendecke, Arndt; Pubill-Brugués, Joan; Torra-Prat, Ricard (Eds.), Corruption, anti-corruption, vigilance, and state building from early to late modern times, Routledge, New York, pp. 109-129
    Legal history Political crimes Malpractice Political science Offenses committed in public office
    DOI
  9. 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
    DOI
  10. Comparison of the provisions of the Austrian and German criminal procedure laws on victims with the Hungarian legislation Journal Article
    Somogyi, Csilla (2024)
    In: Essays of Faculty of Law University of Pécs, pp. 193-202
    Criminal procedure Victims Comparative law Legal history Private prosecution Civil suit (criminal procedure) European Law: criminal law and procedure
    DOI
    Open Access
  11. History of legal remedies in criminal proceedings - of freedom and its destruction Contribution
    Braum, Stefan (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. 3-26
    Legal history Criminal procedure Criminal procedure: appeal National Socialism Rule of law
  12. The German abortion law Journal Article
    Wörner, Liane (2023)
    In: Acta Universitatis Szegediensis. (FORVM) Acta Juridica et Politics, 80(1), pp. 263-288
    Abortion Criminal law Medical laws and legislation Legal history Law reform
  13. Pre-trial detention in Germany: A liberal approach, but not for all Contribution
    Morgenstern, Christine (2023)
    In: Hammerschick, Walter; Morgenstern, Christine; Rogan, Mary (Eds.), European perspectives on pre-trial detention, Routledge, London, pp. 81-100
    Arrest, detention and bail Legal history Judicial statistics Law reform European Union and national law (relationship) European Court of Human Rights
    DOI
  14. 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
    Open Access
  15. “Your honor is not my honor”: Disenfranchisement and rehabilitation as a political battleground from the war to the end of the Weimar Republic Contribution
    Groot, Timon (2023)
    In: Groot, Timon (Eds.), Citizens into dishonored felons. Felony disenfranchisement, honor, and rehabilitation in Germany, 1806-1933, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 28), pp. 172-205
    Rehabilitation of criminals Sanctions, Criminal Legal history Civil rights Amnesty and pardon Law reform National Socialism Antisemitism Races
    Open Access