Karl Peters (jurist)
Encyclopedia
Karl Albert Joseph Peters (* 1904; † 1998) was a German
expert in criminal law
, criminal pedagogy and miscarriages of justice.
Peters was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit and the Order of St. Sylvester
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
expert in criminal law
Criminal law
Criminal law, is the body of law that relates to crime. It might be defined as the body of rules that defines conduct that is not allowed because it is held to threaten, harm or endanger the safety and welfare of people, and that sets out the punishment to be imposed on people who do not obey...
, criminal pedagogy and miscarriages of justice.
Peters was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit and the Order of St. Sylvester
Order of St. Sylvester
The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Sylvester Pope and Martyr , sometimes referred to as the Sylvestrine Order, or the Pontifical Order of Pope St Sylvester, is one of five Orders of Knighthood awarded directly by the Pope as Supreme Pontiff and head of the Catholic Church and as the Head of...
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Publications
- Peters, K. Strafprozess: ein Lehrbuch. Heidelberg: Müller, 1985. ISBN 3811411853
- Peters, K. Justiz als Schicksal: ein Plädoyer für ‚die andere Seite‘. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1979. ISBN 3110080842
- Klaus Wasserburg (org.) et al.: Wahrheit und Gerechtigkeit im Strafverfahren: Festgabe für Karl Peters aus Anlass seines 80. Geburtstages, Heidelberg: Müller, 1984. ISBN 381143084X
- Jürgen Baumann, Klaus Tiedemann (editors). Einheit und Vielfalt des Strafrechts: Festschrift für Karl Peters zum 70. Geburtstag. Tübingen: Mohr, 1974. ISBN 3166355421