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German Criminal Law General
Dubber/Hörnle, Criminal Law: A Comparative Perspective (2014)
Collection of primary and secondary materials on German criminal law in English translation, including cases, statutes, etc., with notes and comments
Foundational Texts
German Criminal Code (StGB)
Alternative Draft (Alternativ-Entwurf) (AE 1966) (HeinOnline) (German)
Imperial Criminal Code (RStGB) 1871 (German) (English translation) (1885)
Prussian Criminal Code (PrStGB) 1851 (German)
Immanuel Kant
Metaphysics of Morals, Rechtlehre (1796)
PJA Feuerbach
Lehrbuch des gemeinen in Deutschland geltenden peinlichen Rechts (1st ed. 1801)
Textbook of the Common Penal Law in Force in Germany (English translation) (excerpts) (based on 13th ed. 1840) [source: Foundational Texts in Modern Criminal Law (2014)]
Narratives of Remarkable Criminal Trials (trans. 1846)
GWF Hegel
Philosophy of Right §§ 90-103 (1821)
Birnbaum
Ueber das Erforderniß einer Rechtsverletzung zum Begriffe des Verbrechens (1834)
Concerning the Need for a Right Violation in the Concept of a Crime ... (English translation) (excerpts) [source: Foundational Texts in Modern Criminal Law (2014)]
Köstlin
System des deutschen Strafrechts (Allgemeiner Teil) (1855)
Liszt
Der Zweckgedanke im Strafrecht (1882)
Merkel
Lehrbuch des deutschen Strafrechts (1889)
Gustav Radbruch
Der Ursprung des Strafrechts aus dem Stande der Unfreien (1938)
The Origin of Criminal Law in the Status of the Unfree (English translation) [source: Foundational Texts in Modern Criminal Law (2014)]
Günther Jakobs
Bürgerstrafrecht und Feindstrafrecht, 2004 HRRS 88
Zur Theorie des Feindstrafrechts, in Henning Rosenau & Sanyun Kim (eds.), Straftheorie und Strafgerechtigkeit 167-82 (2010)
On the Enemy Theory of Criminal Law (English Translation) [source: Foundational Texts in Modern Criminal Law (2014)]
Preliminary
Criminal Law Science
Dubber, The Promise of German Criminal Law: A Science of Crime and Punishment
Dubber, New Legal Science in the Dual Penal State (German)
Theories of Punishment
Dubber/Hörnle, ch. 1
Dubber, Theories of Crime and Punishment in German Criminal Law
Jurisdiction
Dubber/Hörnle, ch. 4
Federal Court of Justice (BGH) Convicts Foreigner for Internet Posted Incitement to Racial Hatred
Dubber, Criminal Jurisdiction and Conceptions of Penality in Comparative Perspective
Legality Principle (nulla poena sine lege)
Dubber/Hörnle, ch. 2
General
Dubber, The Legality Principle in American and German Criminal Law
Prospectivity (ex post facto)
Border Guard Case, BGHSt 39, 1 (Fed. Ct. Just. 1992) [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 2, at 76]
Specificity (Void-for-Vagueness)
BVerfGE 87, 209 (“Dance of the Devils” Case) [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 2, at 92]
General Part
(Voluntary) Acts
Dubber/Hörnle ch. 7
General
OLG Hamm, 4 Ss 942/78, NJW 1979, 438 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 7, at 191]
OLG Hamm, 5 Ss 331/74, NJW 1975, 657 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 7, at 192]
Possession
Dubber/Hörnle ch. 7.C
OLG Zweibrücken, 1 Ss 171/81, AnwBl. 1983, 126 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 7, at 202]
Omission
BGHSt 48, 301 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 7, at 214]
BGHSt 30, 391 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 7, at 215]
BGHSt 23, 327 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 7, at 217]
Intent/Negligence
BGHSt 7, 363 (Leather Strap Case) [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 7, at 229]
BGH, 2 StR 239/02, NStZ 2003, 657 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 7, at 232]
Mistake
Fact
BGH, 3 StR 358/02, StV 2003, 393 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 7, at 262]
BGHSt 37, 214 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 7, at 262]
Law
BGHSt 39, 1 (Border Guard Case) [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 7, at 273]
Intoxication
BGHSt 37, 231 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 7, at 280]
BGHSt 49, 239 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 7, at 281]
Causation
BGHSt 37, 106 (Leather Spray Case) [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 7, at 293]
Complicity
Dubber/Hörnle ch. 10
BGHSt 11, 268 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 7, at 309]
BGHSt 18, 87 (Staschynskij Case) [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 7, at 310]
BGHSt 40, 218 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 7, at 314]
Dubber, Criminalizing Complicity: A Comparative Analysis
Dubber, The Dual Penal State: The Crisis of Criminal Law in Comparative-Historical Perspective ch. 2.D (2018) (Roxin's Tatherrschaft) (German)
Corporate Criminal Liability
Dubber/Hörnle, ch. 11
Dubber, The Comparative History and Theory of Corporate Criminal Liability
Inchoate Offences
Dubber/Hörnle ch. 12
Attempt
BGHSt 43, 177 (Bärwurz Case) [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 12, at 347]
Conspiracy
BGHSt 12, 306 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 12, at 362]
BGH, 3 StR 233/04, NJW 2005, 1668 (Landser Case) [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 11, at 364]
Renunciation
BGHSt 35, 184 379 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 12, at 379]
Self-Defense
Dubber/Hörnle ch. 13.A
BGH, 4 StR 505/86, NStZ 1987, 172 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 13, at 399]
BGH, 3 StR 503/01, NStZ-RR 2002, 203 (Family Tyrant Case) [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 13, at 400]
LG Frankfurt am Main, NJW 2005, 692 (Daschner Case) [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 11, at 402]
Necessity
Dubber/Hörnle ch. 13.B
BGHSt 48, 255 429 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 13, at 429]
BGHSt 35, 347 (King of the Cats Case) [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 13, at 433]
BVerfGE 115, 118 (Aviation Security Act Case) [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 13, at 435] [also]
Hörnle, Hijacked Airplaines: May They Be Shut Down?
Consent
Dubber/Hörnle ch. 13.C
BGHSt 49, 166 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 13, at 465]
Law Enforcement
Dubber/Hörnle ch. 13.D
BGH, 2 StR 82/04, NStZ 2005, 31 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 13, at 477]
Duress
Dubber/Hörnle ch. 14.A
BGHSt 5, 371 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 14, at 487]
Entrapment
Dubber/Hörnle ch. 14.B
BGHSt 45, 321 497 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 14, at 497]
Insanity
Dubber/Hörnle ch. 14.C
BGH, 2 StR 707/94, StV 1995, 405 510 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 14, at 487]
Reasonableness
Hörnle, Social Expectations in the Criminal Law: The "Reasonable Person" in a Comparative Perspective
Sentencing
Dubber/Hörnle, ch. 1
General
Streng, Sentencing in Germany: Basic Questions and New Developments
Preventative Detention
M. v. Germany, app. no. 19359/04, 17 Dec. 2009 (Eur. Ct. Hum. Rts.)
Dünkel & van Zyl Smit, Preventive Detention of Dangerous Offenders Re-examined
Special Part
Constitutional Limits
Dubber/Hörnle, ch. 3
Cannabis Case, BVerfGE 90, 145 (Fed. Const. Ct. 1994)
Dubber, Policing Morality: Constitutional Law and the Criminalization of Incest
Rechtsgut Principle
Dubber/Hörnle, ch. 3.B
BVerfGE 39, 1 (Abortion Case) [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 3, at 120]
BVerfGE 120, 224 (Incest Case) [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 3, at 123]
Dubber, Theories of Crime and Punishment in German Criminal Law
Homicide
Dubber/Hörnle ch. 15
Murder (StGB § 211)
BGH, 1 StR 49/93, NJW 1993, 1664 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 15, at 534]
BGHSt 23, 119 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 15, at 535]
The Cannibal of Rotenburg, BGHSt 50, 80 (Fed. Ct. Just. 2005) [pp. 684-87]
Manslaughter
BGH, 4 StR 48/04, NStZ 2004, 500 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 15, at 558]
BGHSt 36, 1 (AIDS Case) [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 15, at 566]
Negligent Homicide
BGHSt 24, 31 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 15, at 577]
Reckless Endangerment
BGHSt 39, 322 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 15, at 589]
Stalking
BGHSt 54, 189 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 15, at 596]
Rape and Sexual Assault
BGHSt 44, 228 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 16, at 608]
Holocaust Denial (StGB § 130)
Dubber/Hörnle, ch. 17.A
BGHSt 46, 212 (Töben Case) [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 17, at 621]
Federal Court of Justice (BGH) Convicts Foreigner for Internet Posted Incitement to Racial Hatred
Rechtsbeugung (“Bending the Law”)
Dubber/Hörnle ch. 17.B
BGH, 1 StR 201/09, NStZ 2010, 92 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 17, at 635]
BGH, 5 StR 94/96, NStZ-RR 1997, 36 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 17, at 636]
Incest (StGB § 173)
Dubber/Hörnle, ch. 3.B
BVerfGE 120, 224 (Incest Case) [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 3, at 123]
Dubber, Policing Morality: Constitutional Law and the Criminalization of Incest
Money Laundering (StGB § 261)
Dubber/Hörnle, ch. 17.C
BVerfGE 110, 226 [Dubber/Hörnle ch. 17, at 650]
Bussenius, Money Laundering by Defence Counsel
Procedure
Plea Bargaining
Dubber/Hörnle, ch. 5.D
BGHSt 50, 40 (Fed. Ct. Just. 2005) [pp. 700-05]
Dubber, American Plea Bargains, German Lay Judges, and the Crisis of Criminal Procedure
Weigend & Turner, The Constitutionality of Negotiated Criminal Judgments in Germany
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