A Modern History of German Criminal Law [[electronic resource] /] / by Thomas Vormbaum ; edited by Michael Bohlander

• Autore: Vormbaum Thomas
• Pubblicazione: Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2014.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XXIII, 304 p. 19 illus.)
• Disciplina: 345.43009
• Soggetto topico: Law—Philosophy; Law; Private international law; Conflict of laws; Criminal law; Criminology; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law; Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law; Criminology and Criminal Justice, general
• Persona (resp. second.): BohlanderMichael
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface to the Second edition -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1 Delimiting the Time Period and Methodology -- I. Contemporary History -- 1. Subjective Approach: ``Living History´´ -- 2. Objective Approach: ``History of the Contemporary Epoch´´ -- 3. Emphasis and Implications -- II. Contemporary Legal History -- 1. Methodology and Subject of Enquiry -- a) Inclusion of History -- b) Inclusion of Law -- 2. The Legal-Historical Period -- a) Searching for Its Beginnings -- b) Defining Its Beginnings -- III. The Approach of Senn/Gschwend -- IV. Current Legal Issues -- V. Modern History of Criminal Law -- 2 Criminal Law at the Beginning of the Legal-Historical Period -- I. Criminal Law of the Enlightenment -- 1. Forerunners of Modern Criminal Law -- 2. Theory of Punishment in Natural Law and Enlightenment Thought -- 3. The Demands of Criminal Law Enlightenment -- 4. Enlightenment and Humanisation -- II. Influence of the Enlightenment on Penal Legislation -- III. Criminal Law at the End of the Eighteenth Century -- 1. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) -- 2. Paul Johann Anselm Feuerbach (1775-1833) -- a) Life and Works -- b) Criminal Law -- 3. Shared Traits -- 3 Nineteenth Century Developments -- I. Criminal Law Theory -- 1. Definition of Crime -- 2. Theories of Punishment -- a) Fichte -- b) Hegel -- c) General Tendencies -- 3. Doctrinal Issues -- a) Understanding of Law -- b) Individual Issues -- II. Penal Legislation -- 1. The Influence of French Legislation -- 2. German Territorial Criminal Law -- a) Criminal Law Outside Prussia -- b) Prussia -- aa) Codification Process -- bb) Individual Laws -- 3. The Reich Constitution of 1849 -- 4. Reich Criminal Code -- III. Criminal Procedure -- 1. General Comments -- 2. Procedural Model -- 3. Prosecution -- 4. Role of the Judge. ; 5. Structure of the Trial -- 6. Role of the Accused -- Defence -- 7. Open Justice -- 8. Oral Presentation of Evidence and Presentation Before the Deciding Judges -- 9. Jury Courts -- 10. Evaluation of Evidence and Reaching a Verdict -- 11. Reich Code of Criminal Procedure -- IV. Sentences and the Prison System -- 1. Development of Penitentiaries -- 2. ``Prison Reform´´ -- 3. Reich Criminal Code -- V. Review -- 4 The Shift from the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Century -- I. Background -- II. Changes in Criminal Law -- III. Finality in Criminal Law -- 1. The ``Marburger Programm´´ -- 2. The ``Comprehensive Study of Criminal Law´´ -- IV. Discovering the ``Offender´´ -- 5 The Twentieth Century -- I. Preliminary Remarks -- II. The Period Before the First World War -- 1. Theory of Criminal Law: The So-Called ``Schulenstreit´´ -- 2. Criminal Law Doctrine -- 3. Penal Legislation -- 4. The Beginnings of Penal Reform -- 5. Criminal Procedure -- III. First World War and Postwar Period -- 1. Penal Legislation -- 2. Penal Reform -- IV. Weimar Republic -- 1. Criminal Law Theory -- 2. Penal Legislation -- 3. Continuation of Penal Reform -- 4. Criminal Procedure -- 5. Sentences and the Prison System -- V. The National Socialist Period -- 1. Preliminary Remarks -- 2. Criminal Law Theory -- 3. Penal Legislation Before the Outbreak of the War -- 4. Continuation of Penal Reform -- 5. Penal Legislation After the Outbreak of the War -- a) Military Penal Legislation -- b) Further Laws -- 6. Criminal Justice -- 7. Sentences and the Prison System -- 8. Specific Pathology of the NS System -- VI. The Period of Occupation -- the Federal Republic of Germany -- 1. Transformation -- 2. Eradicating the Injustices of National Socialism -- 3. Prosecution of Crimes Committed During the National Socialist Period -- 4. Early Legislation. ; 5. Continuation and (Preliminary) Completion of Penal Reform -- 6. Criminal Law Theory -- 7. Post-reform Legislation -- 8. Criminal Procedure -- VII. The German Democratic Republic -- 1. Overview of the Development of Criminal Law -- 2. Prosecution of Crimes Committed During the GDR Period -- 6 Current Events in Criminal Law -- 7 Review and Outlook -- I. Review -- II. Continuities -- III. Outlook -- Important Primary and Secondary Sources -- List of Translated Texts -- Index of Persons -- Subject Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Increasingly, international governmental networks and organisations make it necessary to master the legal principles of other jurisdictions. Since the advent of international criminal tribunals this need has fully reached criminal law. A large part of their work is based on comparative research. The legal systems which contribute most to this systemic discussion are common law and civil law, sometimes called continental law. So far this dialogue appears to have been dominated by the former. While there are many reasons for this, one stands out very clearly: Language. English has become the lingua franca of international legal research. The present book addresses this issue. Thomas Vormbaum is one of the foremost German legal historians and the book's original has become a cornerstone of research into the history of German criminal law beyond doctrinal expositions; it allows a look at the system’s genesis, its ideological, political and cultural roots. In the field of comparative research, it is of the utmost importance to have an understanding of the law’s provenance, in other words its historical DNA.
• Titolo autorizzato: A Modern History of German Criminal Law
• ISBN: 3-642-37273-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910484647803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II