The Germany Law of Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters

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Tuesday, June 1, 1993
Author: 
Bertold L. Baer
Volume: 
9
Issue: 
6
233
Abstract: 
In the 1990s, two factors increased the practical relevance of legal assistance in international criminal matters: the abolishment of internal borders in the European Community and the collapse of the socialist states in Eastern Europe, leaving behind an unprecedented amount of cross-border illegal activities. The Germany judicial system is generally under a high workload pressure, even in the sector of purely domestic cases…[more]