Principles of German Criminal Procedure

by Michael Bohlander

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781509935345
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	04/22/2021
Series:	Studies in International and Comparative Criminal Law
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

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.
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.

Table of Contents

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)