Principles of German Criminal Procedure

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5099-4824-6
Verlag: Hart Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

The new edition of this seminal text outlines the fundamental aspects of the German approach to criminal procedure. It explores a wide range of issues from setting out the basic procedural principles to presenting the main players in the criminal justice system, pre-trial investigations, the path from indictment to trial judgment, rules of evidence, sentencing, and appeals and post-conviction review. As far as it is useful for an introductory text, the differences between proceedings against adults and juveniles are highlighted.

The theoretical discussion of decision-making and style of judgment writing is supported by practical insights through specimen translations of an indictment, a trial judgment and an appellate judgment by the Federal Court of Justice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bohlander, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Strafverfahrens- und -prozessrecht, Strafverteidigung und Opferschutz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Summary of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Basic Concepts

3. Actors in the Criminal Justice System

4. Pre-trial Investigation

5. From the Decision to Prosecute to Judgment at First Instance

6. Evidence

7. Sentencing and Enforcement: An Overview

8. Appeals and Post-conviction Review

Annex 1: Indictment to the Schwurgericht for Aggravated Murder and Other Offences

Annex 2: Judgment of the Schwurgericht (Imposition of Life Sentence)

Annex 3: Judgment of the Bundesgerichtshof (Acquittal)

Über Autor(innen)

Bohlander, Michael
Michael Bohlander is the International Co-Investigating Judge at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. He was also a judge at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers from 2017 - 2022, and a civil and criminal judge in the German judiciary from 1991 - 2004. He holds the Chair in Global Law and SETI Policy at Durham Law School (UK). He is the General Editor of Studies in International and Comparative Criminal Law with Hart/Bloomsbury.

Michael Bohlander is the International Co-Investigating Judge at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia and a judge at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers. He holds the Chair in Comparative and International Criminal Law at Durham Law School, United Kingdom.