Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. Democracy, Nazi trials, and transitional justice in Germany, 1945-1950 Book
    Pendas, Devin O. (2020)
    ISBN 9781139021074, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
    National Socialism Dictatorship Criminal law Offenses committed in public office Succession of states Inter-German relations Trials: particular Military tribunals (international) International criminal law Crimes against humanity Amnesty and pardon Military occupation Transitional justice Holocaust / Shoah Antisemitism
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  2. Traditional legal instruments: Germany and the prosecution of national socialist crimes Contribution
    Rommel, Jens (2020)
    In: Eisele, Jörg (Eds.), Past and future. Transitional justice versus traditional criminal justice? : Ways of dealing with past conflicts and past autocracies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, (Beiträge zum Strafrecht - Contributions to Criminal Law, ), pp. 23-36
    Transitional justice National Socialism Criminal procedure
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  3. Nazi criminology: continuity and radicalisation Journal Article
    Ambos, Kai (2020)
    In: Israel Law Review, 53(2), pp. 259-287
    Criminology Antisemitism Euthanasia Legal history National Socialism years: 1933 - 1945 Extremism
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  4. The Heidelberg circle of jurists and its struggle against allied jurisdiction: Amnesty-lobbyism and impunity-demands for National Socialist war criminals (1949–1955) Journal Article
    Glahé, Philipp (2019)
    In: Journal of the History of International Law / Revue d’histoire du droit international, 22(1), pp. 1-44
    National Socialism Amnesty and pardon War crimes Military tribunals (international) Capital punishment
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  5. National Socialist criminal law. Continuity and radicalization Book
    Ambos, Kai; Duff, Antony (2019)
    ISBN 9783845299259, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden
    National Socialism Legal history Criminal law Criminal law: theory Extremism Antisemitism
    DOI
  6. Atoning for the murder of millions? The execution of high-ranking Nazis after the Second World War Journal Article
    Patin, Nicolas (2018)
    In: Journal of Genocide Research, 20(2), pp. 247-260
    National Socialism War crimes Military tribunals (international) Capital punishment International criminal law Death Criminals Antisemitism
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  7. Recent trends in German right-wing violence and terrorism: what are the contextual factors behind ‘hive terrorism’? Journal Article
    Koehler, Daniel (2018)
    In: Perspectives on Terrorism, 12(6), pp. 72-88
    National Socialism Terrorism Violence Emigration and immigration Criminal statistics Extremism
  8. Assistance in mass murder under systems of ill-treatment Journal Article
    Andreadis-Papadimitriou, Pavlos (2017)
    In: Journal of International Criminal Justice, 15(1), pp. 157-174
    Trials: particular National Socialism Criminal law: theory Criminal law: complicity International criminal law International Criminal Court (ICC) Sentences Holocaust / Shoah Concentration camps
    DOI
  9. The eradication of Nazi ideology and terminology from the current German Penal Code Journal Article
    Gordon, Roy H. (2016)
    In: Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion, 17(1), pp. 182-196
    National Socialism Homicide Codes and codification Criminal intent Criminals Victims Domestic or gender-based violence Law reform Holocaust / Shoah
  10. Sentencing, judicial discretion, and political prisoners in pre-war Nazi Germany Journal Article
    Geerling, Wayne; Magee, Gary B.; Smyth, Russell (2016)
    In: The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 46(4), pp. 517-542
    National Socialism Dictatorship Legal history Sentences Judicial discretion Political crimes Judicial statistics
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  11. The enabler, the true believer, the fanatic: German justice in the Third Reich Journal Article
    Sfekas, Stephen J. (2015)
    In: Journal Jurisprudence, pp. 189-230
    National Socialism Criminal law War crimes Crimes against humanity History Military tribunals (international) Judges Antisemitism
  12. Criminal law after National Socialism : the Renaissance of natural law and the beginnings of penal reform in West Germany Contribution
    Gödecke, Petra (2014)
    In: Wetzell, Richard (Eds.), Crime and criminal justice in modern Germany, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 16), pp. 270-301
    Criminal law Law reform Social policy and reform Prisons and imprisonment Punishment, Purposes of Punishment, Theories of Sanctions, Criminal Legal positivism Natural law National Socialism Military government Colleges and universities Bar associations
  13. Serious juvenile crime in Nazi Germany Contribution
    Waite, Robert G. (2014)
    In: Wetzell, Richard (Eds.), Crime and criminal justice in modern Germany, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 16), pp. 247-269
    Criminal law: juveniles Criminals Crime National Socialism Law reform Legal history Criminology Judicial discretion Punishment, Purposes of
  14. Between reform and repression: imprisonment in Weimar Germany Contribution
    Wachsmann, Nikolaus (2014)
    In: Wetzell, Richard (Eds.), Crime and criminal justice in modern Germany, Berghahn Books, New York, (Studies in German history, 16), pp. 115-136
    Prisons and imprisonment Punishment, Purposes of Legal history Social policy and reform Rehabilitation of criminals Recidivism National Socialism years: 1880 - 1945
  15. Policing 'wayward' youth: law, society and youth criminality in Berlin, 1939-1953 Thesis
    Meeres, David (2014)

    Criminal law: juveniles Legal history National Socialism Sociology Criminology Crime Criminals Antisemitism
    Open Access