Principles of German criminal procedure Michael Bohlander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bohlander, Michael, 1962- author.

Series:

Studies in international and comparative criminal law ; v. 8.

Studies in international and comparative criminal law v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal procedure--Germany.

Criminal procedure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford Portland, Oregon Hart Publishing 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The book aims to outlinie the fundamental 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

Contents:

Basic concepts

Actors in the criminal justice system

Pre-trial investigation

From the decision to prosecute to judgment at first instance

Evidence

Sentencing and enforcement : an overview

Appeals and post-conviction review

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)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9786613774040

9781847318985

1847318983

9781472565839

1472565835

9781281064905

1281064904

9781847318978

1847318975

OCLC:

801657449