Principles of German criminal procedure
By: Michael Bohlander
Series: Studies in international and comparative criminal law -- v. 8
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9781849462167
Subjects: Criminal procedure
Description: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Basic concepts; title: Actors in the criminal justice system; title: Pre-trial investigation; title: From the decision to prosecute to judgment at first instance; title: Evidence; title: Sentencing and enforcement : an overview; title: Appeals and post-conviction review.