Karl Albert Joseph Peters (23 January 1904 – 2 July 1998) was a German expert in

criminal law Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It prescribes conduct perceived as threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety, and moral welfare of people inclusive of one's self. Most criminal law i ...

, criminal pedagogy and miscarriages of justice.'Prof. Karl Peters, international bekannter Experte im Strafprozeßrecht und Jugendrecht, gestorben'
. He studied legal science in Königsberg,

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and

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. Peters was awarded the

Federal Cross of Merit The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (german: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or , BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellect ...

and the

Order of St. Sylvester Pontifical Equestrian Order of Saint Sylvester Pope and Martyr ( la, Ordo Sancti Silvestri Papae, it, Ordine di San Silvestro Papa), sometimes referred to as the Sylvestrine Order, or the Pontifical Order of Pope Saint Sylvester, is one of five o ...

Publications

*Peters, K. ''Strafprozess: ein Lehrbuch''. Heidelberg: Müller, 1985. *Peters, K. ''Justiz als Schicksal: ein Plädoyer für ‚die andere Seite‘''. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1979. * Klaus Wasserburg (org.) ''et al.'': ''Wahrheit und Gerechtigkeit im Strafverfahren: Festgabe für Karl Peters aus Anlass seines 80. Geburtstages'', Heidelberg: Müller, 1984. * Jürgen Baumann, Klaus Tiedemann (editors). ''Einheit und Vielfalt des Strafrechts: Festschrift für Karl Peters zum 70. Geburtstag''. Tübingen: Mohr, 1974.

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* 1904 births 1998 deaths Leipzig University alumni University of Königsberg alumni Academic staff of the University of Münster Academic staff of the University of Tübingen German scholars Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Germany-law-bio-stub