This book explores the ambiguities of the French law of genocide by exposing the inexplicable dichotomy between a progressive theory and an overly conservative practice.
Based on first-hand interviews with survivors, people who have committed offences, and others on the frontlines, Indictment puts the Canadian criminal justice system on trial and proposes a bold new vision of transformative justice.
Drawing on Ireland as its primary case study, this book is an in- depth critical examination of how rights protection bodies and mechanisms are experienced by those in prison in Ireland.
Discover how forensic scientists are changing how we solve crime REVISED UPDATED EDITION The most remarkable weapon in the fight against crime, forensic science turns bullet trajectories, bodily fluids, and the very structure of our DNA into damning witnesses of our every act.
A compelling introduction to the global impact of organized crimeRuthless, cruel, and irresistibly cool: the Mafia has always appealed to the darker side of the imagination.
Lawless Youth (1947) is a book prepared under the auspices of the International Committee of the Howard League for Penal Reform during the Second World War, aiming for the day when peace could offer the opportunity for advance on the lines of justice and humanity.
Scots Criminal Law: Criminal Law Series contains 3 books in 1 eBook:Scots Criminal Law, 3rd edition (9781845921521) - Andrew Cubie: Takes account of significant changes in substantive law, including the introduction of the Human Rights Convention into Scots Law and many other legislative developments.
The Drugs Offences Handbook provides a comprehensive, focused and concise analysis of the often complex evidential and litigation issues that relate to drugs cases.
Every civil action raised in a Scottish court is initiated by written pleadings, which set out the remedy sought, the facts and the propositions in law.
The book discusses the subject and scope of evidence science and puts forward the new epistemological formula of "e;practice-evidence-knowledge-evidence-practice"e;, which applies to the problem of evidence reasoning and knowledge acquisition that exist in different disciplines.
While many in the criminal justice system would agree that the present punitive system of crime control is ineffective, unjust, and malevolent, there is little enthusiasm for talk about reforming the system or for a reexamination of its fundamental premises.
Favored by instructors and students for its real-world focus and engaging style, this authoritative text on the interface of psychology and law has now been revised and expanded.
"e;Attorney and literary agent Goldfarb (editor, After Snowden) delivers a lacerating critique of inequities in America's criminal and civil justice systems and the role of lawyers in perpetuating them.
A reflection on the limits of the construction of judicial decisions from the Edenic MythHaving as its central element the rhetorical analysis of the Edenic myth (Gen.
This multifaceted reference work surveys the history, development, leadership, and priorities of Black Lives Matter (BLM), including the group's efforts to raise public awareness of police violence in communities of color.
The book, Because of May 10th, 1980; The Flamingo Incident is a detailed, personal account of the events leading up to, during and after the May 10th, 1980 bombing of the Bahamian military vessel the HMBS Flamingo.
Despite several attempts to perfect the guiding principles of our democratic liberalism within the context of "e;The Rule of Law"e;, certain loop-holes and gray areas still surface which disfigured and disabled the effective working or functionality of the aforesaid structure.
Arthur Cheney Train's The Confessions of Artemas Quibble is a sharp, ironic legal thriller cast as the self-revelation of a New York criminal lawyer whose ingenuity is matched only by his moral slipperiness.
Freunde, Bekannte und weitere Weggefährten des bundesweit renommierten Strafverteidigers Eberhard Kempf haben in ihren Beiträgen zu der Freundesgabe anlässlich des 80.
El Código penal es una parte de nuestro sistema jurídico que desde siempre ha estado vedado a los profanos, quienes han debido de ponerse en contacto con un abogado que les asesorase y les asistiera en los posibles casos en que se hayan visto implicados Sin embargo, su conocimiento debería estar al alcance de todos los ciudadanos, a quienes deberían interesar cuestiones tan importantes como los conceptos de delito, falta y pena, la naturaleza del reo, la concepción que anima nuestro sistema penitenciario, etc.
How American-style capitalism creates a coercive state unlike any otherHow could America, that storied land of liberty, be home to mass incarceration, police killings, and racialized criminal justice?
