Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law

Academic Background:

Emily Silverman is a senior researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, where she serves as head of the section United States and Canada, the section Israel, and the translation (German-English) section. In November 2011, she joined the team leading the project International Max Planck Information System for Comparative Criminal Law. Since December 2008, she has been the Institute's Deputy Equal Opportunity Officer. A graduate of the Boalt Hall School of Law (University of California, Berkeley), her LL.M. from the University of Freiburg was supported by grants from the German Academic Exchange Service and the Max Planck Society. She has written and translated numerous articles on criminal law and criminal policy.

Publications (selection):

• Silverman, Emily: Principle of Legality in the USA. In: Sieber, U. / Forster, S. / Jarvers, K. (eds.), National Criminal Law in a Comparative Legal Context: General limitations on the application of criminal law, Vol. S 128.2.1. Berlin, 2011, pp. 153-176.
• Silverman, Emily: Extraterritorial jurisdiction in the USA. In: Sieber, U. / Forster, S. / Jarvers, K. (eds.), National Criminal Law in a Comparative Legal Context: General limitations on the application of criminal law, Vol. S 128.2.1. Berlin, 2011, pp. 367-395.
• Silverman, Emily: Concept and systematization of the criminal offense in the USA. In: Sieber, U. / Forster, S. / Jarvers, K. (eds.), National Criminal Law in a Comparative Legal Context: Defining criminal conduct, Vol. S 128.3.1. Berlin, 2011, pp. 125-139.
• Silverman, Emily: Objective aspects of the offense in the USA. In: Sieber, U. / Forster, S. / Jarvers, K. (eds.), National Criminal Law in a Comparative Legal Context: Defining criminal conduct, Vol. S 128.3.1. Berlin, 2011, pp. 298-318.
• Silverman, Emily: Subjective aspects of the offense in the USA. In: Sieber, U. / Forster, S. / Jarvers, K. (eds.), National Criminal Law in a Comparative Legal Context: Defining criminal conduct, Vol. S 128.3.1. Berlin, 2011, pp. 492-515.
• Silverman, Emily: Country Report United States of America. In: Koch, H.-G. (ed.), Wegsperren? - Freiheitsentziehende Maßnahmen gegen gefährliche, strafrechtlich verantwortliche (Rückfall-)Täter. Berlin, 2011, pp. 365-428.
• Sieber, Ulrich (translated by E. Silverman): Legal Order in a Global World. In: Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, 2010, Issue⁄Vol. 14, pp. 1 - 49.
• Sieber, Ulrich (translated by E. Silverman): Mastering Complexity in the Global Cyberspace. In: Delmas-Marty, M. et al. (eds.), Les Chemins de L’harmonisation Pénale. Paris, 2008, pp. 127 - 202.
• Sieber, Ulrich (translated by E. Silverman): The Forces Behind the Harmonization of Criminal Law. In: Delmas-Marty, M. et al. (eds.), Les Chemins de L’harmonisation Pénale. Paris, 2008, pp. 385 - 417.
• Silverman, Emily (translated by Liu Xiaomin): Meiguo de xingshi peichang zhidu [American Criminal Compensation System (II)]. In: Xingfa Luncong [(Chinese) Criminal Law Review], 2007, Issue⁄Volume 11, p. 321 - 393.
• Silverman, Emily (translated by Liu Xiaomin): Meiguo de xingshi peichang zhidu (shang) [American Criminal Compensation System (I)]. In: Xingfa Luncong [(Chinese) Criminal Law Review], 2006, Issue⁄Volume 10, p. 223 - 259.
• Silverman, Emily: The Constitution and the Sentencing Process: Does Modern Presumptive Sentencing Respect Defendants’ Rights? In: Berg, M. / Kapsch, S. / Streng, F. (eds.): Criminal Justice in the United States and Germany: History, Modernization, and Reform - Strafrecht in den Vereinigten Staaten und Deutschland: Geschichte und neuere Entwicklungen. Heidelberg, Universitätsverlag Winter, 2006, pp. 87 - 104.
• Silverman, Emily: The Role of Capacity in the Adjudication and Punishment of Youthful Offenders in Germany and the United States: A Legal Comparison. In: Krakau, K. / Streng, F. (eds.): Konflikt der Rechtskulturen? Die USA und Deutschland im Vergleich. Heidelberg, Universitätsverlag Winter, 2003, pp. 135 - 151.

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