Database “Literature on German Criminal Law (LGCL)"

Please find below a message from Professor Tatjana Hörnle, Director at Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, regarding a database of English-language literature on German criminal law.

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Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends,

If you are interested in literature on German criminal law in English – perhaps because you do not read German, perhaps because you are looking for literature to cite in an English-language publication – you might find this news interesting: at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law (formerly the MPI for Foreign and International Criminal Law), we have organized a database of English-language literature on German criminal law. The aim is to make academic publications that refer to German criminal law accessible to the international community of scholars and students. As of today, the database, entitled Literature on German Criminal Law (LGCL), has grown to include over 600 documents. While we make no claim as to the completeness of the database, our goal is to supplement and update it on a regular basis.

For our purposes, “German criminal law” is interpreted broadly and includes literature on German criminal law doctrine and theory, substantive criminal law, criminal procedure, criminal justice practice, and the law of corrections. The database also encompasses contributions of a comparative law bent that contain a substantial discussion of German criminal law, criminological literature that addresses the situation in Germany, studies in legal philosophy and on the history of criminal law that address German traditions and authors, and translations of relevant German case law and legislation.

Accessible to all free of charge at <https://lgcl.csl.mpg.de>, the database, which is searchable by keyword, title, and author, provides bibliographic information for all entries. Full texts of documents are provided to the extent permissible by law.

By collecting in one place titles that until now have been scattered throughout a multitude of books, law journals, and other publications, our goal is to improve the research infrastructure. We hope that you and perhaps your doctoral students will find this project useful.

Best regards from Freiburg,

Tatjana Hörnle