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  • Overcriminalization

    The Limits of the Criminal Law

    by Douglas Husak ...
    The United States today suffers from too much criminal law and too much punishment. Husak describes the phenomena in some detail and explores their relation, and why these trends produce massive injustice. His primary goal is to defend a set of constraints that limit the authority of states to enact and enforce penal offenses. The book urges the weight and relevance of this topic in the real world ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Ignorance of Law

    A Philosophical Inquiry

    by Douglas Husak ...
    Series series Oxford Legal Philosopies
    This book argues that ignorance of law should usually be a complete excuse from criminal liability. It defends this conclusion by invoking two presumptions: first, the content of criminal law should conform to morality; second, mistakes of fact and mistakes of law should be treated symmetrically. The author grounds his position in an underlying theory of moral and criminal responsibility according ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

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  • Modern Criminal Law of Australia

    by Jeremy Gans ...
    Modern Criminal Law of Australia, 2nd edition is a comprehensive guide to interpreting and understanding every statutory offence provision in every Australian jurisdiction. The text takes a unique approach to explaining Australian criminal law, emphasising the importance of statutory interpretation, official discretion, element analysis and sentencing, in order to appreciate the meaning and effect ... Read more

    $122.99 USD

  • Punishment and Responsibility

    Essays in the Philosophy of Law

    by H.L.A. Hart ...
    This classic collection of essays, first published in 1968, has had an enduring impact on academic and public debates about criminal responsibility and criminal punishment. Forty years on, its arguments are as powerful as ever. H.L.A. Hart offers an alternative to retributive thinking about criminal punishment that nevertheless preserves the central distinction between guilt and innocence. He also ... Read more

    $52.19 USD

  • Amnesties, Pardons and Transitional Justice

    Spain's Pact of Forgetting

    by Roldan Jimeno ...
    Series series Transitional Justice
    In a consolidated democracy, amnesties and pardons do not sit well with equality and a separation of powers; however, these measures have proved useful in extreme circumstances, such as transitions from dictatorships to democracies, as has occurred in Greece, Portugal and Spain. Focusing on Spain, this book analyses the country's transition, from the antecedents from 1936 up to the present, within ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook: Practice and Procedure

    Edited by Clive Harfield ...
    Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook: Practice and Procedure is a companion volume to the successful Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook: Law. Offering guidance on good practice in core policing areas, it draws together practical advice across a wide range of police duties. With extracts and explanations of official policy and guidance, each chapter is accompanied by features such as ... Read more

    $56.69 USD

  • The German Prosecution Service

    Guardians of the Law?

    by Shawn Marie Boyne ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    Acclaimed as the "the most objective prosecutors in the world", the German prosecution service has long attracted the attention in the past of comparative law scholars. At first glance, the institutional position and statutory mandate of German prosecutors indicate that that reputation is well-deserved. Unfortunately, the introduction of charge-bargaining has opened the door to criticism that ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook: Practice and Procedure

    Edited by Clive Harfield ...
    This practical handbook follows the successful flexicover format of Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook and is designed to complement that publication by offering guidance on good practice in core policing areas. Aimed at junior patrol officers, student officers and trainee detectives, it draws together practical advice across a wide range of police duties, along with extracts and ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Liability for Crimes Involving Artificial Intelligence Systems

    by Gabriel Hallevy ...
    The book develops a general legal theory concerning the liability for offenses involving artificial intelligence systems. The involvement of the artificial intelligence systems in these offenses may be as perpetrators, accomplices or mere instruments. The general legal theory proposed in this book is based on the current criminal law in most modern legal systems.In most modern countries, unmanned ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Harvard Law Review: Volume 130, Number 7 - May 2017

    by Harvard Law Review ...
    The May 2017 issue, Number 7, features these contents:* Article, "A Contextual Approach to Harmless Error Review," by Justin Murray* Book Review, "Courting Abolition," by Deborah W. Denno* Book Review, "This Land Is My Land?" by Tracey Meares* Note, "Clarifying Kiobel's 'Touch and Concern' Test"* Note, "If These Walls Could Talk: The Smart Home and the Fourth Amendment Limits of the Third Party ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Harvard Law Review: Volume 127, Number 7 - May 2014

    by Harvard Law Review ...
    Harvard Law Review, Number 7 (May 2014), includes an article, two book review essays, and extensive student research. Specifically, the issue features:* Article, "The Due Process Exclusionary Rule," by Richard M. Re* Book Review, "Consent and Sensibility," by Michelle E. Boardman* Book Review, "The Politics of Financial Regulation and the Regulation of Financial Politics: A Review Essay," Adam J. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Preventive Justice

    by Andrew Ashworth, Lucia Zedner ...
    Series series Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice
    This book arises from a three-year study of Preventive Justice directed by Professor Andrew Ashworth and Professor Lucia Zedner at the University of Oxford. The study seeks to develop an account of the principles and values that should guide and limit the state's use of preventive techniques that involve coercion against the individual. States today are increasingly using criminal law or criminal ... Read more

    $48.59 USD