Criminal Law category: 2380 books

Cover of Debating Restorative Justice
by Professor Chris Cunneen, Dr Carolyn Hoyle
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...
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The Concept of the Civilian

Legal Recognition, Adjudication and the Trials of International Criminal Justice

by Claire Garbett
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...
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by John H. Langbein
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...
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Mistake of Law

Excusing Perpetrators of International Crimes

by Annemieke van Verseveld
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....
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Counter-Terrorism

International Law and Practice

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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...
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Femicide and the Law

American Criminal Doctrines

by Hava Dayan
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...
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Captured by Evil

The Idea of Corruption in Law

by Laura S. Underkuffler
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...
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by Kai Ambos
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...
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The Role of Emotions in Criminal Law Defences

Duress, Necessity and Lesser Evils

by Eimear Spain
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...
Cover of Deserved Criminal Sentences
by Andreas von Hirsch
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...
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Incapacitation

Trends and New Perspectives

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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...
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Canadian Criminal Records

And how to start fresh

by Antree Demakos
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...
Cover of Data Mining Trends and Applications in Criminal Science and Investigations
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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,...
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Charged

The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration

by Emily Bazelon
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...
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