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  1. Chapter V, Asset recovery office’s activities and management of frozen and confiscate assets – Country report: Germany Contribution
    Heger, Martin; Sakellaraki, Anna (2025)
    In: Maugeri, Anna (Eds.), Mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders, Pisa University Press, pp. 1403-1420
    Sanctions, Criminal Restitution and unjust enrichment Search and seizure Bankruptcy European Union and national law (relationship)
    Open Access PDF 127.5 KB
  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
    Open Access PDF 129.1 KB
  3. Chapter III, Practical obstacles and legal issues in the implementation of the regulation (EU) 2018/1805 – Country report: Germany Contribution
    Heger, Martin; Sakellaraki, Anna (2025)
    In: Maugeri, Anna (Eds.), Mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders, Pisa University Press, pp. 835-852
    European Law: criminal law and procedure Judicial statistics Sanctions, Criminal Sanctions, Administrative Restitution and unjust enrichment Search and seizure
    Open Access PDF 264.4 KB
  4. 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
  5. Cross-border victims in Germany Contribution
    Kilchling, Michael (2025)
    In: Hryniewicz-Lach, Elżbieta; Kilchling, Michael (Eds.), Cross-border victims in Europe, Routledge, London, pp. 67-90
    Victims Boundaries (international law) Criminal procedure Private prosecution Restitution and unjust enrichment Organized crime
  6. 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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  7. Compensation for wrongful convictions in Germany Contribution
    Albrecht, Anna Helena (2023)
    In: Jasiński, Wojciech; Kremens, Karolina (Eds.), Compensation for wrongful convictions, Routledge, London, pp. 25-51
    Wrongful conviction Due process of law Criminal procedure Restitution and unjust enrichment
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  8. 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
  9. A civil asset recovery model – the German perspective and european human rights Contribution
    Esser, Robert (2015)
    In: Rui, Jon (Eds.), Non-conviction-based confiscation in Europe. Possibilities and limitations on rules enabling confiscation without a criminal conviction, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, (Schriftenreihe des Max-Planck-Instituts für Ausländisches und Internationales Strafrecht. S, Strafrechtliche Forschungsberichte, 146), pp. 69-109
    Sanctions, Criminal Restitution and unjust enrichment Private prosecution Civil suit (criminal procedure) Criminal law: culpability Criminal procedure Admissions and confessions Human rights European Law: general European Union and national law (relationship) European Court of Human Rights Punishment, Proportionality of
  10. Human dignity and victims' rights in the German and Israeli criminal process Journal Article
    Horovitz, Anat; Weigend, Thomas (2011)
    In: Israel Law Review, 44(1-2), pp. 263-300
    Victims Criminal procedure Civil rights Private prosecution Witnesses Right of privacy Restitution and unjust enrichment Comparative law
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  11. Victims' rights in the German court system Journal Article
    Walther, Susanne (2006)
    In: Federal Sentencing Reporter, 19(2), pp. 113-118
    Criminal procedure Courts Inquisitorial system Due process of law Victims Criminal law: constitutional aspects Restitution and unjust enrichment Witnesses
  12. Victim-offender mediation with juvenile offenders in Germany Contribution
    Kilchling, Michael (2005)
    In: Ghetti, Simona; Mestitz, Anna (Eds.), Victim-offender mediation with youth offenders in Europe. An overview and comparison of 15 countries, Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 229-258
    Criminal law: juveniles Dispute resolution Conciliation and mediation Restorative justice Restitution and unjust enrichment Victims
  13. Alternatives to imprisonment in the German criminal justice system Journal Article
    Meier, Bernd-Dieter (2004)
    In: Federal Sentencing Reporter, 16(3), pp. 222-231
    Sanctions, Criminal Penology Criminal procedure Prosecuting and public attorney Sentences Conciliation and mediation Restitution and unjust enrichment Parole and probation
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  14. The renaissance of the victim in criminal policy Contribution
    Jung, Heike (2003)
    In: Ashworth, Andrew; Zedner, Lucia (Eds.), The criminological foundations of penal policy. Essays in honour of Roger Hood, Oxford University Press, Oxford, (Clarendon studies in criminology, ), pp. 443-462
    Victims Criminal policy Law reform Legal history Restitution and unjust enrichment
  15. Legal and practical perspectives on victim/offender mediation in Austria and Germany Journal Article
    Kilchling, Michael; Löschnig-Gspandl, Marianne (2000)
    In: International Review of Victimology, 7(4), pp. 305-332
    Criminal law: juveniles Dispute resolution Conciliation and mediation Restorative justice Restitution and unjust enrichment Victims
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