Global criminology is an emerging field covering international and transnational crimes that have not traditionally been the focus of mainstream criminology or criminal justice.
Over recent decades, it has been widely recognised that terrorist attacks at sea could result in major casualties and cause significant disruptions to the free flow of international shipping.
Fully utilizing the latest archival material, this book provides a comprehensive, multi-dimensional and nuanced understanding of the Tokyo Tribunal by delving into the temporal aspects that extended the relevance and reverberations of the Tribunal beyond its end in 1948.
The book provides an overview of the right to counsel and the attorney-client privilege in the following 12 jurisdictions: China, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, UK and USA.
Considers the ICTY to demonstrate illiberal practices of international criminal tribunals, and proposes a return to process to protect the rule of law.
This book explores the policing response to teen sexting - the digital exchange, both consensual and non-consensual, of intimate images among youth peers.
Presenting an integrated approach to information exchange among law enforcement institutions within the EU, this book addresses the dilemma surrounding the need to balance the security of individuals and the need to protect their privacy and data.
The Trial of Tempel Anneke examines documents from an early modern European witchcraft trial with the pedagogical goal of allowing students to interact directly with primary sources.
This book argues for a more moderate approach to history-writing in international criminal adjudication by articulating the elements of a "e;responsible history"e; normative framework.
This book explores the intersection of two emergent and vibrant fields of study in international human rights law: transitional justice and corporate accountability for human rights abuses.
This book analyses how international criminal institutions, and their actors - legal counsels, judges, investigators, registrars - construct witness identity and memory.
This three-volume Manual on International Maritime Law presents a systematic analysis of the history and contemporary development of international maritime law by leading contributors from across the world.
Transitional justice processes are now considered to be crucial steps in facilitating the move from conflict or repression to a secure democratic future.
This book examines the understudied, yet increasingly applied, concept of Guarantees of Non-Repetition under international human rights law and transitional justice.
This book examines the criminalisation of denials of genocide and of other mass atrocities in Europe and discusses the implications of protecting institutional historical memory through criminal law.
This book provides an analysis of whether the International Criminal Court can be regarded as an International Criminal World Court, capable of exercising its jurisdiction upon every individual despite the fact that not every State is a Party to the Rome Statute.
In the course of the 20th and 21st centuries, major offences committed by individuals have been subject to progressive systematisation in the framework of international criminal law.
Money Laundering Law and Regulation offers a practical and comprehensive guide to domestic anti-money laundering law and regulation, increasingly seen as key weapons in the fight against serious and organized crime.
Modern international criminal law typically traces its origins to the twentieth-century Nuremberg and Tokyo trials, excluding the slave trade and abolition.
Introducción; Condiciones sociales y ejecución penal en la baja edad media; Mercantilismo y surguimiento de la pena de prisión; Cambios en las formas de la pena; La época del iluminismo; Desarrollo de la teoría y el derecho penal; La revolución industrial: consecuencias en la política social y penal; Abolición de la pena de deportación; El fracaso del aislamiento celular; La reforma carcelaría moderna y su límites; La función pública de la pena pecuniaria en la práctica penal reciente; Nuevas tendencias en la política penal durante el período fascista; Política penal y cifras de la criminalidad; Epílogo a la edición castellana.
La superación del pasado en la jurisprudencia y en la doctrina alemana de los últimos cincuenta años; La superación del pasado en la experiencia comparada y la singularidad del caso alemán; consideraciones conclusivas.
Los fundamentos de este libro fueron escritos y difundidos en 1992, hace ya veintisiete años, con el título de "Delitos contra el patrimonio económico privado".
Tiene declarado la Sala Segunda del Tribunal Supremo que el derecho a la prueba se configura como un derecho fundamental y es inseparable del mismo derecho de defensa, pero no es ilimitado como ningún otro lo es.
Las bases fundamentales del derecho penal: Concepto y contenido del derecho penal; Norma penal y sistema jurídico penal; De la pena y sus teorías explicativas.
Son temas a los que el jurista debe prestar constante atención; de no hacerlo, quedaría atrapado en una ley procesal, cuyas normas en este ámbito tienen su origen en el siglo decimonónico.