Principles of German Criminal Procedure

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-84946-216-7
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 326 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 642 g

Reihe: Studies in International and Comparative Criminal

The book aims to outlinie theafundamental aspects of the German approach to criminal procedure; it is meant as a companion volume to the author's earlier publications, 'The German Criminal Code - A Modern English Translation', and 'Principles of German Criminal Law', also with Hart. In appropriate cases, comparisons to English and Welsh law have been drawn. The chapters cover 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, Professor Michael

Bohlander, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Strafverfahrens- und -prozessrecht, Strafverteidigung und Opferschutz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 EnforcementAn 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 Professor of Law at Durham Law School (UK) and the Visiting Chair in Criminal Law at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen in the Netherlands. From 1991 - 2004 he was a life-tenured judge in the German state judiciary before he joined Durham Law School. From 1999 until 2001 he was the senior legal officer of Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Criminal Law Review, the General Editor of Studies in International and Comparative Criminal Law and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Criminal Law. He has published 12 books and monographs and over 110 book chapters, articles, essays, case comments etc.

Michael Bohlander isaProfessor of Law at Durham Law School (UK) and the Visiting Chair in Criminal Law at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen in the Netherlands. From 1991 - 2004 he was a life-tenured judge in the German state judiciary before he joined Durham Law School. From 1999 until 2001 he was the senior legal officer of Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Criminal Law Review, the General Editor of Studies in International and Comparative Criminal Law andaa member of the editorial board of the Journal of Criminal Law. He has publisheda12 books and monographs and over 110 book chapters, articles, essays, case comments etc.