englischReports of pedosexual crimes trigger revulsion and horror. The particular defencelessness of the victims and the unforeseeable consequences of the assaults for their future lives force the police and judiciary to take decisive action. However, investigations in this area of crime are not [...]

englischOn the basis of a presentation and interpretation of the characteristic of mutual sanctionability in enforcement assistance, this work deals with a sub-area of a dark and (from a criminal law perspective) still poorly- dealt chapter of Chilean-German history: the Colonia Dignidad or Villa [...]

englischWhy do many people believe that important events in our world are due to the secret machinations of invisible powers? What will drive some of them even to commit murder out of this conviction? The answer to these questions is partly evolutionary. In the wake of the COVID pandemic, [...]

englischThe ministerial right to issue instructions to public prosecutors has always been controversial. The decision of the ECJ on the European arrest warrant of 27th May, 2019 has reignited this discussion. The author arrives at the following finding: constitutionally legitimized – criticized [...]

englischHardly a day will pass without some kind of news about right-wing extremism, often in its violent form.

Some activists pass themselves off as respectable. Others try to attach themselves to current subjects, e.g. the protests against Covid-19 emergency measures. In addition, some persons [...]

englischIn the 1970s, terrorist attacks usually were aimed at persons representing the state. Today, everyone may become a victim. Society is looking for strategies to cope with a permanent feeling of danger. An international approach is required.

This anthology features authors from the fields of [...]

englischIn the Berlin of the 1920s, public prosecutor Dr. Walther Jacoby, son of a theologian and privy councillor, hopes to augment his income. He provides letters of recommendation for the business of Paul Bergmann, an acquaintance. However, Bergmann´s company turns out to be a Ponzi scheme.

The [...]

englischIn 2015, former SS member Oskar Groening was prosecuted in Luneburg, Germany, as an accessory to the murder of 300,000 people at the Auschwitz extermination camp in 1944. At that time the defendant was 93 years old.

Decades after the fact, the authorities had to tackle legal, historical, [...]