Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. Germany Contribution
    Meisenberg, Simon M. (2025)
    In: Yanev, Lachezar; van der Wilt, Harmen (Eds.), Universal jurisdiction over core international crimes. Law & practice, Edward Elgar Publishing, Northampton, (Elgar International Law and Practice Series, ), pp. 276-354
    Jurisdiction (international law) International criminal law Criminal law Genocide Crimes against humanity War crimes Aggression (international law) International Criminal Court (ICC) Rome Statute
  2. A battle of ideas: Modes of liability and mass atrocities Journal Article
    Minkova, Liana Georgieva (2024)
    In: Law and Social Inquiry, 49(1), pp. 509-536
    International criminal law Criminal law: complicity Criminal law: theory Criminal law: culpability Rome Statute International criminal courts and tribunals Military tribunals (international) Common law Civil law system
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  3. Theory and practice of sentencing in German international criminal law Contribution
    Geneuss, Julia (2024)
    In: Booth, Nina; Christensen, Mikkel; Mulgrew, Róisín; Phillip, Caroline (Eds.), Research handbook on the punishment of atrocity crimes, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 218-239
    International criminal law Criminal law Sentences Crimes against humanity Genocide War crimes Slavery, forced labor, etc. Rome Statute Trials: particular Terrorism
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  4. The genocide against the Yazidis in the focus of the German Federal Court of Justice Journal Article
    Schramm, Edward (2024)
    In: Transatlantic Law Journal, pp. 58-61
    International criminal law Rome Statute Genocide Jurisdiction (international law) Criminal intent Codes and codification Trials: particular
  5. Shortcomings of a showpiece: Reflections on the need for reform of the German code of crimes against international law and challenges for its application Journal Article
    Epik, Aziz; Steinl, Leonie (2024)
    In: Journal of International Criminal Justice, 21(4), pp. 815-837
    International criminal law Rome Statute International Criminal Court (ICC) Jurisdiction (international law)
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  6. The implementation of international criminal law in Germany: The approach to modes of liability Contribution
    Nerlich, Volker (2023)
    In: Crippa, Maria; Jessberger, Florian; Meloni, Chantal (Eds.), Domesticating international criminal law. Reflections on the Italian and German experiences, Routledge, Abingdon, (Directions and Developments in Criminal Justice and Law, ), pp. 208-217
    Rome Statute International criminal law Criminal law: complicity Criminal intent Trials: particular
  7. Shortcomings and proposals for reform of the Völkerstrafgesetzbuch Contribution
    Steinl, Leonie (2023)
    In: Crippa, Maria; Jessberger, Florian; Meloni, Chantal (Eds.), Domesticating international criminal law. Reflections on the Italian and German experiences, Routledge, Abingdon, (Directions and Developments in Criminal Justice and Law, ), pp. 102-109
    International criminal law Rome Statute Criminal procedure Prosecutorial discretion Victims Private prosecution Sexual offenses
  8. Between international solidarity and “no safe haven”: The German Völkerstrafgesetzbuch 20 years on Contribution
    Burghardt, Boris (2023)
    In: Crippa, Maria; Jessberger, Florian; Meloni, Chantal (Eds.), Domesticating international criminal law. Reflections on the Italian and German experiences, Routledge, Abingdon, (Directions and Developments in Criminal Justice and Law, ), pp. 90-101
    Rome Statute International criminal law War crimes Crimes against humanity Genocide Legislation Jurisdiction Criminal procedure Trials: particular
  9. Universal jurisdiction and international crimes in German courts – recent steps towards exercising the principle of complementarity after the entry into force of the Rome Statute Journal Article
    Safferling, Christoph J.M.; Petrossian, Gurgen (2021)
    In: European Criminal Law Review, 11(2), pp. 242-263
    Jurisdiction Exterritoriality Jurisdiction (international law) International criminal law Criminal policy Rome Statute Legal history Judgments Crimes against humanity Terrorism War crimes
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  10. Desecration of corpses in relation to § 8(1) no. 9 German Code of Crimes against International Law (VStGB): the judgment of the German Federal Court of Justice ( Bundesgerichtshof ) of July 27, 2017–3 StR 57/17 Journal Article
    Bergmann, Vanessa; Blenk, Franziska; Cojger, Nathalie (2021)
    In: German Law Journal, 22(2), pp. 276-287
    Trials: particular Judgments International criminal law Death War crimes Humanitarian law Rome Statute War Interpretation and construction Exterritoriality
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  11. Co-perpetration: German dogmatik or German invasion? Contribution
    Ohlin, Jens David (2015)
    In: Stahn, Carsten (Eds.), The law and practice of the International Criminal Court, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 517-537
    Criminal law: complicity International Criminal Court (ICC) International criminal courts and tribunals Judgments Criminal law: theory Comparative law International criminal law Rome Statute
  12. Manifest illegality and the ICC Superior Orders Defense. Schuldtheorie mistake of law doctrine as an article 33 (1)(c) Panacea Journal Article
    Ansermet, Lydia (2014)
    In: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 47(5)
    Mistake (criminal law) Justification (criminal law) Rome Statute Law, Methodology of
  13. Dolus eventualis and the Rome Statute without it? Journal Article
    Badar, Mohamed Elewa (2009)
    In: New Criminal Law Review, 12(3), pp. 433-467
    Criminal intent Rome Statute International Criminal Court (ICC)
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  14. Toward a universal system of crime: comments on George Fletcher’s grammar of criminal law Journal Article
    Ambos, Kai (2007)
    In: Cardozo Law Review, 28(6), pp. 2647-2673
    Criminal law: theory Criminal intent Criminal act Criminal law: culpability Mistake (criminal law) Comparative law International criminal law Rome Statute
  15. International core crimes, universal jurisdiction and § 153f of the German Criminal Procedure Code: a commentary on the decisions of the Federal Prosecutor General and the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court in the Abu Ghraib/Rumsfeld case Journal Article
    Ambos, Kai (2007)
    In: Criminal Law Forum, 18(1), pp. 43-58
    International criminal law Jurisdiction Criminal procedure Law reform Prosecutorial discretion Rome Statute Judicial review
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