Literature on German Criminal Law

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  1. Comment: legal certainty and human rights in the European legal order – the treatment of preventive detention in the German Federal Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights Contribution
    Sandhu, Aqilah (2020)
    In: Hugo, Charl; Möllers, Thomas (Eds.), Legal certainty and fundamental rights. A cross-disciplinary approach to constitutional principles in German and South African law, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, (Augsburger Rechtsstudien, 89), pp. 135-156
    Courts European Court of Human Rights Arrest, detention and bail European Union and national law (relationship) Treaties Sanctions, Non-criminal Sanctions, Criminal
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  2. Corporate responsibility for transnational human rights violations under German criminal law – review and outlook Journal Article
    Wittig, Petra (2020)
    In: European Criminal Law Review, 10(3), pp. 395-409
    Corporations: corrupt practices Corporate responsibility Criminal law Human rights Economic crimes and offenses Law reform Exterritoriality Sanctions, Administrative Criminal law: complicity Criminal law: omission Negligence, Criminal
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  3. Human trafficking – can the German reform address the complexity of the phenomenon? Journal Article
    Beck, Susanne ; Tassis, Melina (2020)
    In: European Criminal Law Review, 10(3), pp. 293-313
    Offenses against the person Organized crime Law reform Victims European Law: general Treaties Criminal policy Emigration and immigration
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  4. Characteristics of crimes against the interests of service in commercial and other organisations in Russia and Germany Journal Article
    Markuntsov, Sergey ; Wassmer, Martin Paul (2020)
    In: Russian Law Journal, 8(4), pp. 140-152
    Economic crimes and offenses Corporations: corrupt practices Comparative law Criminal statistics
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  5. About the criminal liability of wives for adultery: a classic example of oppressing women. Reflections on legal history. Pre-state societies, the code of Hammurabi with sumerian precursors, and Germanic law Contribution
    Krey, Volker (2020)
    In: Decken, Kerstin; Günzel, Angelika (Eds.), Staat – Religion – Recht, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, pp. 63-90
    Discrimination Legal history Offenses against morals Women
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  6. The German “Verständigung” and consensual elements in German criminal trials Journal Article
    Jahn, Matthias ; Schmitt-Leonardy, Charlotte (2020)
    In: German Law Journal, 21(6), pp. 1134-1148
    Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Criminal procedure Law reform Judicial statistics Judicial process Criminal law: theory Adversarial system Inquisitorial system
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  7. Legal prostitution systems in Europe Contribution
    Weitzer, Ronald (2020)
    In: Nelen, Hans; Siegel, Dina (Eds.), Contemporary organized crime. Developments, challenges and responses, Springer, Cham, (Studies Of Organized Crime, ), pp. 47-66
    Sex Sexual offenses Women
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  8. Should criminal law protect against religious defamation? Some reflections on the applicability of sec. 166 of the German criminal code and the current situation in Germany Contribution
    Esser, Robert (2020)
    In: Ehlers, Dirk; Glaser, Henning (Eds.), State and religion. Between conflict and cooperation, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden, (CPG Series of Comparative Constitutional Law, Politics and Governance, ), pp. 223-244
    Criminal law Religion Defamation Islamophobia
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  9. Criminal recidivism after imprisonment among sex offenders and violent offenders: a comparison between self-reported and officially recorded reoffending behavior Journal Article
    Wössner, Gunda ; Hefner, Franziska (2020)
    In: Criminology - The Online Journal, pp. 264-282
    Criminology Empirical research Recidivism Sexual offenses Crime prevention Criminals
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  10. Historical development of leniency programs in Germany Contribution
    Heinrich, Bernd (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. 111-130
    Transitional justice Evidence: criminal law Legal history Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Criminal law: theory Prosecuting and public attorney Sentences Statutes
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  11. 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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  12. The development of the German criminal law of evidence 1750-1879 Contribution
    Bloemberg, Ronnie (2020)
    In: Bloemberg, Ronnie (Eds.), The development of the criminal law of evidence in the Netherlands, France, and Germany between 1750 and 1870. From the system of legal proofs to the free evaluation of the evidence, Brill Nijhoff, Leiden, (Legal history library, 32), pp. 177-246
    Evidence: criminal law Law reform Legal history
  13. Pre-trial procedure in Germany Contribution
    Möller, Uriel (2020)
    In: Erbaş, Rahime; Jasinski, Daniel; Johnston, Edward (Eds.), A comparative analysis of pre-trial procedure in Europe. The search for an ideal model, Istanbul University Press, Istanbul, pp. 87-107
    Criminal investigation Criminal procedure Criminal law: theory Prosecutorial discretion Withdrawal of prosecution and plea bargaining Victims
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  14. A close look at the German and Australian Anti-FGM framework-concerns. About equal protection and equal application Journal Article
    Braun, Kerstin ; Böse, Martin (2020)
    In: Zeitschrift für Internationale Strafrechtsdogmatik, 15(12), pp. 566-583
    Comparative law Statutes Parents and children Medical laws and legislation Health Sex Women Human rights Limitation of actions Criminal policy Equal protection
  15. Do we need a new sentencing law? Contribution
    Verrel, Torsten (2020)
    In: Ambos, Kai (Eds.), Strafzumessung / Sentencing. Angloamerikanische und deutsche Einblicke / Anglo-American and German insights, Göttingen University Press, Göttingen, (Göttinger Studien zu den Kriminalwissenschaften/Göttingen studies in criminal law and criminal justice, Band/volume 38), pp. 365-376
    Sentences Law reform