Criminal Law category: 2380 books
Transnational Evidence and Multicultural Inquiries in Europe
Developments in EU Legislation and New Challenges for Human Rights-Oriented Criminal Investigations in Cross-border Cases
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
This book deals with the gathering of evidence in cross-border investigations in Europe. The issue of obtaining evidence in and from European countries has been among the most debated issues of EU cross-border cooperation in criminal matters over the last two decades, going through periods of intensive...
The Innocence Commission
Preventing Wrongful Convictions and Restoring the Criminal Justice System
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Beyond Exonerating the Innocent: Author on WAMU Radio
Convicted Yet Innocent: The Legal Times Review
Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2008
DNA testing and advances in forensic science have shaken the foundations of the U.S. criminal justice system. One of the most visible results is the exoneration...
Japanese Society and Lay Participation in Criminal Justice
Social Attitudes, Trust, and Mass Media
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2018
This book describes the state of the lay participation system in criminal justice, saiban-in seido, in Japanese society. Starting with descriptions of the outlines of lay participation in the Japanese criminal justice system, the book deals with the questions of what the lay participants think about...
by Alain Buquet
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Disciplina activa en un campo muy vasto: crimen organizado, terrorismo, fraude, etc., la criminalística es la ciencia aplicada a la investigación de la prueba. Con ayuda de gráficas y de ilustraciones expresivas, esta obra didáctica, concreta y metodológica explica cómo las ciencias legales...
Unreasoned Verdict
The Jury's Out
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2019
The system of jury trial has survived, intact, for 750 years. In the light of contemporary opposition to jury trial for serious offences, this book explains the nature and scope today of jury trial, with its minor exceptions. It chronicles the origins and development of jury trial in the Anglo-Saxon...
Criminal Dilemmas
Understanding and Preventing Crime
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
An analysis of criminal behavior from the perspectives of rational choice theory leading to suggestions for a criminal policy.
Previous edition sold 900 copies world wide since its release in June 2001.
by Peter Alldridge
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
This book surveys the development of laws surrounding the crime of money laundering and the associated changes in the anti-money laundering (AML) industry. The policy of attempting to deal with crime by attacking its financial products started in the arena of drugs, but quickly moved to organised...
by Harvard Law Review
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2017
The January 2017 issue, Number 3, features these notable contents:
* Commentary, President Barack Obama, "The President's Role in Advancing Criminal Justice Reform"
* Article, Rebecca Tushnet, "Registering Disagreement: Registration in Modern American Trademark Law"
* Book...
by Harvard Law Review
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2015
The Harvard Law Review, February 2015, is offered in a digital edition. Contents include:
* Article, "The Consequences of Error in Criminal Justice," Daniel Epps
* Book Review, "Running Government Like a Business...Then and Now," Jon D. Michaels
* Note, "International...
When Law Fails
Making Sense of Miscarriages of Justice
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Since 1989, there have been over 200 post-conviction DNA exonerations in the United States. On the surface, the release of innocent people from prison could be seen as a victory for the criminal justice system: the wrong person went to jail, but the mistake was fixed and the accused set free. A closer...
Drugs Law and Legal Practice in Southeast Asia
Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
Drugs Law and Legal Practice in Southeast Asia investigates criminal law and practice relevant to drugs regulation in three Southeast Asian jurisdictions: Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam.
These jurisdictions represent a spectrum of approaches to drug regulation in Southeast Asia, highlighting...
by Monty Raphael QC
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
From being a minority interest of NGOs and niche law firms, corruption has grown into a subject which is rarely out of the media and which corporate lawyers and specialist consultants worldwide have seen as a new business opportunity. Bribery: Law and Practice from Monty Raphael QC, one of the most...
Covert Policing
Law and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
Following the much publicised Mark Kennedy case, the question of the necessity and proportionality of covert police operations has been widely debated. At the same time, the use of covert tactics is becoming more widespread and is a feature of routine as well as more serious cases. It is a fast changing...
Litigating in the Shadow of Death
Defense Attorneys in Capital Cases
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2009
"Anyone who cares about capital punishment should read this compelling, lucid account of the obstacles defense attorneys face and the strategies they adopt."
--John Parry, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
"With its compelling narratives of cases, strategies, and ethical...