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The Grammar of Criminal Law: American, Comparative, and International

Autor: George P. Fletcher

Número de Páginas: 393

The Grammar of Criminal Law is a 3-volume work that addresses the field of international and comparative criminal law, with its primary focus on the issues of international concern, ranging from genocide, to domestic efforts to combat terrorism, to torture, and to other international crimes. The first volume is devoted to foundational issues. The Grammar of Criminal Law is unique in its systematic emphasis on the relationship between language and legal theory; there is no comparable comparative study of legal language. Written in the spirit of Fletcher's classic Rethinking Criminal Law, this work is essential reading in the field of international and comparative law.

Young black people and the criminal justice system

Autor: Great Britain: Parliament: House Of Commons: Home Affairs Committee

Número de Páginas: 412

Young black people and the criminal justice System : Second report of session 2006-07, Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence

Substantive and procedural aspects of international criminal law. 1. Commentary

Autor: Gabrielle Kirk Macdonald , Olivia Q. Swaak-goldman

Número de Páginas: 730

Vol. II, Part 1.

Criminal Justice

Autor: Association For Legal And Social Philosophy (great Britain). Conference

Número de Páginas: 164

Content: Michael Zander: The Austin Lecture: Reform of the Criminal Justice System: The Report of the Runciman Royal Commission T.R.S. Allan: The Concept of Fair Trial Gerry Maher: Dialogue and the Criminal Process Richard H. S. Tur: Lawyers' Ethics and Criminal Justice John Jackson: The Value of Jury Trial Mark Ockleton: Rules of Evidence Susan Easton: The Right to Silence and the Pursuit of Truth Celia Wells: What Runciman Didn't Say Michael A. Heather: The Revival Arbitration as a Post-modern Solution to Problems in the Criminal Justice System. (Franz Steiner 1995)

European Criminal Procedures

Autor: Mireille Delmas-marty , J. R. Spencer

Número de Páginas: 840

Revised by Elena Ricci

Criminal Law

Autor: Catherine Elliott , Frances Quinn

Número de Páginas: 452

Elliott and Quinn's Criminal Law 6th edition is an established and popular textbook with students and lecturers alike. The book covers English criminal law comprehensively, but concisely. It provides a lively, clear and accurate explanation of the law, presented in a systematic and logical order for learning and revision.

History of Criminal Justice

Autor: Mark Jones , Peter Johnstone

Número de Páginas: 406

Covering criminal justice history on a cross-national basis, this book surveys criminal justice in Western civilization and American life chronologically from ancient times to the present. It is an introduction to the historical problems of crime, law enforcement and penology, set against the background of major historical events and movements. Integrating criminal justice history into the scope of European, British, French and American history, this text provides the opportunity for comparisons of crime and punishment over boundaries of national histories. The text concludes with a chapter that addresses terrorism and homeland security. * Spans all of western history, and examines the core beliefs about human nature and society that informed the development of criminal justice systems. The fifth edition gives increased coverage of American law enforcement, corrections, and legal systems * Each chapter is enhanced with supplemental "Timeline," "Time Capsule," and "Featured Outlaw" boxes as well as discussion questions, notes and problems * Contains discussion questions, notes, learning objectives, key terms lists, biographical vignettes of key historical figures, and "History...

Tinder-Box Criminal Aggression

Autor: Nathaniel J. Pallone , James J. Hennessy

Número de Páginas: 432

The authors refine, amplify, and extend the conceptual model for understanding tinder-box criminal aggression they first introduced in Criminal Behavior. This work integrates relative contributions made by such intrapersonal characteristics as the need for serial stimulation, impairment in foresight and planfulness, and the acquisition of a taste for risk on the one hand, with such factors as child-rearing practices, vicarious conditioning, sub-cultures of violence, and the availability of mood-altering chemical substances on the other hand