A classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure - a bestselling phenomenon of the 1960sCondemned for a murder he had not committed, Henri Charriere (nicknamed Papillon) was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana.
In an extraordinary history of the criminal trial, Sadakat Kadri shows with wit, legal insight and a travel writer's eye for detail, how the irrationality of the past lives on in the legal systems of the present.
The third book in the hugely acclaimed Martin Beck series: the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime fiction and influenced writers from Stieg Larrson to Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell and Lars Kepplar.
Timed to coincide with the World Cup in Brazil and told in the style of a page-turning thriller, this is the book that will blow the lid off international match fixing in football: a pandemic that has struck at the heart of the 'beautiful game'It began as a series of disparate reports coming in from the corners of the football world: referees, players and managers were deliberately fixing results at the behest of illegal bettors.
The riveting tale of how the wanabee aristo Conrad Black and his social-mountaineering wife Barbara gulled their way into the City, the Tory party, Wall Street and High Society.
Now a major TV series'A masterpiece that reads like a thriller' Time OutA gripping and probing account of the biggest criminal manhunt in British history.
Diese deutschen Tatorte erlangten traurige Berühmtheit: Eppstein-Vockenhausen (Freiherr-von-Stein-Schule, 1983), Eching und Freising (staatliche Wirtschaftsschule, 2002), Erfurt (Gutenberg-Gymnasium, 2002), Emsdetten (Geschwister-Scholl-Realschule, 2006), Würzburg (Kaufhaus am Barbarossaplatz, 2021, Berlin (Weihnachtsmarkt am Breitscheidplatz, 2022), und jetzt schließlich auch Hamburg (Deelböge, Gemeindehaus der Zeugen Jehovas, 2023).
The fantastic fourth classic instalment in the Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s - the novels that have inspired all Scandinavian crime fiction.
Durchdachte EntscheidungshilfenDer Ratgeber leistet einen wichtigen Beitrag zu mehr Sicherheit im beruflichen Kontext der Bediensteten der öffentlichen Verwaltung.
Präventive und repressive ErmächtigungsgrundlagenUnterstützt durch viele Fallbeispiele verdeutlichen die Autoren des Buches nicht nur präventive und repressive Ermächtigungsgrundlagen.
Dieses Lernbuch für Referendare vermittelt strukturiert und prägnant den gängigen strafprozessualen Prüfungsstoff staatsanwaltlicher Assessorklausuren.
"e;Uses a combination of great stories and thoughtful analysis to suggest that we must find a way to change the purpose of our corporations if we are to build a society that works for all of us.
AS FEATURED IN BBC TWO'S BILLION DOLLAR DOWNFALL: THE DEALMAKER DOCUMENTARYTwo Wall Street reporters investigate the man entrusted with millions to make profits and end poverty but now stands accused of masterminding one of the biggest, most brazen frauds in history.
"e;A fascinating litany of the mistakes that can happen when buyers get it wrong"e; - Luke Johnson, The Sunday Times"e;Packed full with amazing examples' Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2"e;Colossal, costly disasters could be averted if those holding the purse strings read this book.
Debido a la importancia del tema relacionado con los aspectos patrimoniales surgidos de las relaciones de pareja, es indispensable que exista una obra que recopile el tratamiento legislativo y jurisprudencial de las uniones afectivas, de las cuales surge un régimen patrimonial, toda vez que, no obstante, dirigirse la relación a la satisfacción sexual y personal de la pareja, consecuencialmente busca obtener un beneficio económico.
NOW A MAJOR BBC COMEDY "e;As a criminal barrister, you work with the material you get: a junkie shoplifter with thirty-five previous convictions and four packs of Lidl's frozen chicken stuffed down his trousers is heading only one way .
Das Werk richtet sich - der Konzeption der Reihe entsprechend - in erster Linie an Studierende der Rechtswissenschaft in den ersten Semestern und möchte insoweit die Grundlagen des Strafrechts Besonderer Teil verständlich und im Überblick darstellen.
El acto de determinación judicial de la pena, pese a sus evidentes implicaciones prácticas, continúa encontrándose requerido de ulteriores desarrollos dogmáticos.
An in-depth look at the consequences of New York City's dramatically expanded policing of low-level offensesFelony conviction and mass incarceration attract considerable media attention these days, yet the most common criminal-justice encounters are for misdemeanors, not felonies, and the most common outcome is not prison.
Cost-effective methods for improving crime control in AmericaSince the crime explosion of the 1960s, the prison population in the United States has multiplied fivefold, to one prisoner for every hundred adults-a rate unprecedented in American history and unmatched anywhere in the world.
Legislation relating to animals has ancient origins and in many civilizations certain species have held particular significance, be it religious, cultural, nutritional, or sporting.
A Litigator's Guide to DNA educates both criminal law students and forensic science students about all aspects of the use of DNA evidence in criminal and civil trials.
Cualquiera de los aspectos abordados por la LO 1/2015, de 30 de marzo, de reforma del Código Penal, es más que idóneo para reflexionar sobre los fundamentos y la justificación de un Derecho penal que empieza a dejar de serlo.
Präventive und repressive ErmächtigungsgrundlagenUnterstützt durch viele Fallbeispiele verdeutlichen die Autoren des Buches nicht nur präventive und repressive Ermächtigungsgrundlagen.
Para el Área de Derecho Penal de la Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano resulta supremamente grato y honroso presentar a la comunidad académica esta obra colectiva titulada Estudios de derecho penal, que es fruto de los aportes mancomunados de los profesores, así como de otros académicos del derecho penal externos, la mayor parte de ellos nacionales, pero también algunos de ellos extranjeros.
This handbook is written for police investigators and forensic personnel who are tasked with developing investigations that require expertise in dentistry.
