Criminal Law category: 2380 books
by Professor Chris Cunneen, Dr Carolyn Hoyle
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2010
'Debating Law' is a new, exciting series that gives scholarly experts the opportunity to offer contrasting perspectives on significant topics of contemporary, general interest.
In this first volume of the series Carolyn Hoyle argues that communities and the state should be more restorative...
The Concept of the Civilian
Legal Recognition, Adjudication and the Trials of International Criminal Justice
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
The Concept of the Civilian: Legal Recognition, Adjudication and the Trials of International Criminal Justice offers a critical account of the legal shaping of civilian identities by the processes of international criminal justice. It draws on a detailed case-study of the International Criminal Tribunal...
by John H. Langbein
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2003
The adversary system of trial, the defining feature of the Anglo-American legal procedure, developed late in English legal history. For centuries defendants were forbidden to have legal counsel, and lawyers seldom appeared for the prosecution either. Trial was meant to be an occasion for the defendant...
Mistake of Law
Excusing Perpetrators of International Crimes
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
When a perpetrator of an international crime argues in his defence that he did not realise that he had violated the law, is this a reason not to punish him? International crimes constitute serious offences and it could be argued that he who commits such an offence must know his act is punishable....
Counter-Terrorism
International Law and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2012
The responses of governments and international institutions to terrorism raise some of the most controversial issues of the twenty-first century. In particular, attempts to balance the desire to achieve security with the safeguarding of human rights and other aspects of the rule of law have proved...
Femicide and the Law
American Criminal Doctrines
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
This book explores femicide, and scrutinizes the three key American criminal doctrines usually applied in its cases: provocation; the felony murder rule; self-defence. The book also explores the influence of the American Model Penal Code, and proposes, connected to the various criminal doctrines applicable...
Captured by Evil
The Idea of Corruption in Law
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
One of the most powerful words in the English language, "corruption" is also one of the most troubled concepts in law. According to Laura Underkuffler, it is a concept based on religiously revealed ideas of good and evil. But the notion of corruption defies the ordinary categories by which law defines...
The Colombian Peace Process and the Principle of Complementarity of the International Criminal Court
The Colombian Peace Process and the Principle of Complementarity of the International Criminal Court
An Inductive, Situation-based Approach
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2010
Striking a balance between peace and justice has long been debated by scholars and practitioners. There has been definite progress in a world in which blanket amnesties were at times granted with little hesitation. There is a growing understanding that accountability has both pragmatic and principled...
The Role of Emotions in Criminal Law Defences
Duress, Necessity and Lesser Evils
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2011
The law has struggled for many years with the problem of how to accommodate those who commit crimes due to threats or circumstances. The modern ambivalence surrounding the defences of duress and necessity has its origins in the legal past. To date the defences of duress and necessity have been couched...
by Andreas von Hirsch
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
This book provides an accessible and systematic restatement of the desert model for criminal sentencing by one of its leading academic exponents. The desert model emphasises the degree of seriousness of the offender's crime in deciding the severity of his punishment, and has become increasingly influential...
Incapacitation
Trends and New Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
In many criminal justice systems a new trend towards incapacitation can be witnessed. A ubiquitous want for control seems to have emerged as a consequence of perceived safety risks. This can be seen not only in the mass incarceration of offenders but also in the disqualification of offenders from...
Canadian Criminal Records
And how to start fresh
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
It is easy to get a criminal record. Simply being accused of a crime will lead to police making a record (usually called incident or occurrence report) of the event, even if no charges are laid. And if police do decide to lay charges, which they will do if they have the slightest belief that the person...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
The field of data mining is receiving significant attention in today's information-rich society, where data is available from different sources and formats, in large volumes, and no longer constitutes a bottleneck for knowledge acquisition. This rich information has paved the way for novel areas of research,...
Charged
The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A renowned journalist and legal commentator exposes the unchecked power of the prosecutor as a driving force in America’s mass incarceration crisis—and charts a way out.
“An important, thoughtful, and thorough examination of criminal justice in America that...