Principles of German Criminal Procedure

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.>

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Bohlander, Professor Michael Bohlander, Professor Michael (Durham Law School) Bohlander, Bohlander Michael
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781509935338
• ISBN: 978-1-5099-3533-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Studies in International and Comparative Criminal Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Germany, LAW / Comparative, comparative law, Criminal procedure