Full Description
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.
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)
