Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. Policing the surplus crisis, carceral racism and abolitionist resistance in Germany Journal Article
    Thompson, Vanessa Eileen (2025)
    In: Ethnic and Racial Studies, 48(7), pp. 1393-1411
    Police Races Emigration and immigration Refugees Organized crime Offenses committed in public office
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  2. A judge's participation in a criminal or terrorist organization. From Nuremberg to contemporary German criminal law Contribution
    Geneuss, Julia (2025)
    In: Couso Salas, Jaime; Cárdenas Aravena, Claudia; Jeßberger, Florian; Kuhli, Milan (Eds.), Transitional justice and the criminal responsibility of judges, Routledge, London, pp. 256-266
    Transitional justice Judges Offenses against public safety Terrorism Criminal law Offenses committed in public office
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  3. Invalidation of judicial decisions in cases of farcical prosecutions. A German perspective Contribution
    Abraham, Markus (2025)
    In: Couso Salas, Jaime; Cárdenas Aravena, Claudia; Jeßberger, Florian; Kuhli, Milan (Eds.), Transitional justice and the criminal responsibility of judges, Routledge, London, pp. 119-130
    Transitional justice Judgments Criminal law Prosecuting and public attorney National Socialism Inter-German relations German reunification Sedition Offenses against the administration of justice Offenses committed in public office Wrongful conviction Criminal policy
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  4. Prosecuting state criminality after German unification. Judging the judges Contribution
    Werle, Gerhard; Vormbaum, Moritz (2025)
    In: Couso Salas, Jaime; Cárdenas Aravena, Claudia; Jeßberger, Florian; Kuhli, Milan (Eds.), Transitional justice and the criminal responsibility of judges, Routledge, London, pp. 27-47
    Transitional justice German reunification Inter-German relations Offenses committed in public office Offenses against the administration of justice Criminal law Criminal procedure Judges Prosecuting and public attorney Trials: particular Political crimes Human rights
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  5. Malfeasance in office as a crime in the context of dictatorships. The example of judicial perversion of justice in the East German Waldheim Trials Contribution
    Cornelius, Kai (2025)
    In: Couso Salas, Jaime; Cárdenas Aravena, Claudia; Jeßberger, Florian; Kuhli, Milan (Eds.), Transitional justice and the criminal responsibility of judges, Routledge, London, pp. 18-26
    Transitional justice Offenses committed in public office Offenses against the administration of justice Trials: particular Inter-German relations German reunification National Socialism Dictatorship War crimes Judges
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  6. Settling accounts for Nazi-era judicial injustice (NS-Justizunrecht) before Allied and (West-)German Courts. Charting new territories and failed opportunities Contribution
    Jeßberger, Florian; Kuhli, Milan (2025)
    In: Couso Salas, Jaime; Cárdenas Aravena, Claudia; Jeßberger, Florian; Kuhli, Milan (Eds.), Transitional justice and the criminal responsibility of judges, Routledge, London, pp. 3-17
    Transitional justice National Socialism Judges Offenses committed in public office Offenses against the administration of justice Military tribunals (international) Criminal procedure Inter-German relations
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  7. 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
  8. Shifting paradigm of terrorism Contribution
    Maniszewska, Katarzyna (2024)
    In: Maniszewska, Katarzyna (Eds.), Towards a new definition of terrorism. Challenges and perspectives in a shifting paradigm, Springer, Cham, (Contributions to Security and Defence Studies, ), pp. 39-64
    Terrorism History Extremism Internet Offenses committed in public office
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  9. 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
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  10. Room for improvement: A critical assessment of 20 years of the code of crimes against international law in Germany from an NGO perspective Journal Article
    Kaleck, Wolfgang; Schüller, Andreas (2024)
    In: Journal of International Criminal Justice, 21(4), pp. 857-870
    International criminal law Victims Private prosecution Jurisdiction Offenses committed in public office Torture Law reform Criminal procedure Prosecutorial discretion Economic crimes and offenses
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  11. A short history of prosecuting crimes under international law in Germany Journal Article
    Jeßberger, Florian (2024)
    In: Journal of International Criminal Justice, 21(4), pp. 779-792
    International criminal law Genocide Crimes against humanity War crimes Jurisdiction National Socialism Dictatorship Offenses committed in public office
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  12. Germany Contribution
    Zimmermann, Till (2023)
    In: Pieth, Mark; Søreide, Tina (Eds.), Elgar concise encyclopedia of corruption law, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 240-244
    Corporations: corrupt practices Economic crimes and offenses Corporations: criminal liability Corporations: governance Corporations: officers Public officials and employees Offenses committed in public office Medical ethics Sport
  13. The development of the German criminal regulations against corruption in the public sector Contribution
    Dölling, Dieter (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. 65-92
    Legal history Criminal law Corporations: corrupt practices Economic crimes and offenses Public officials and employees Offenses committed in public office European Union Offenses against the state Judicial statistics
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  14. The law of Damals, the Verbrecherstaat and postwar German justice Contribution
    Douglas, Lawrence (2022)
    In: Burghardt, Boris; Jeßberger, Florian; Vormbaum, Moritz (Eds.), Strafrecht und Systemunrecht. Festschrift für Gerhard Werle zum 70. Geburtstag, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, pp. 569-579
    National Socialism Offenses committed in public office Military tribunals (international) Crimes against humanity Genocide Crimes against peace Antisemitism Holocaust / Shoah Trials: particular Retroactive laws Transitional justice Homicide Criminal law: complicity
  15. Criminal liability for corruption offenses Journal Article
    Lykhova, Sofiia Ya.; Lysko, Tetiana D.; Kosilova, Olha I.; Kyrychenko, Oleh V.; Shamara, Oleksandr V. (2022)
    In: Informatologia, 55(1-2), pp. 76-97
    Comparative law Economic crimes and offenses Offenses committed in public office Treaties
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    Open Access