Description: The book provides an outline of the principles of German criminal law, mainly the so-called 'General Part' and the core offence categories.
Brief description: Michael Bohlander is currently the International Co-Investigating Judge at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. He holds the Chair in Comparative and International Criminal Law at Durham Law School (UK); he was the Visiting Chair in Criminal Law at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen in the Netherlands from 2010 - 2014. From 1991 - 2004 he was a judge in the German judiciary before he joined Durham Law School. From 1999 until 2001 he served as the senior legal officer of a Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. He is the General Editor of the International Criminal Law Review, the General Editor of Studies in International and Comparative Criminal Law and a member of a number of editorial and advisory boards. He has published 20 books and monographs and over 150 book chapters, articles, essays, case comments etc.
Review Quotes: "...a helpful resource for understanding the code-driven German law [and] a must read for any English speaker looking for a comprehensive introduction to German criminal law." --Manuel Ladiges, Criminal Law Forum Volume 22, 2011