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  • A Modern History of German Criminal Law

    by Thomas Vormbaum ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    Increasingly, international governmental networks and organisations make it necessary to master the legal principles of other jurisdictions. Since the advent of international criminal tribunals this need has fully reached criminal law. A large part of their work is based on comparative research. The legal systems which contribute most to this systemic discussion are common law and civil law, ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • 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

  • Judges Against Justice

    On Judges When the Rule of Law is Under Attack

    by Hans Petter Graver ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book explores concrete situations in which judges are faced with a legislature and an executive that consciously and systematically discard the ideals of the rule of law. It revolves around three basic questions: What happen when states become oppressive and the judiciary contributes to the oppression? How can we, from a legal point of view, evaluate the actions of judges who contribute to ... Read more

    $89.09 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

    $116.99 USD

  • The Matrix of Insanity in Modern Criminal Law

    by Gabriel Hallevy ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book challenges the assumptions of modern criminal law that insanity is a natural, legally and medically defined phenomenon (covering a range of medical disorders). By doing so, it paves the way for a new perspective on insanity and can serve as the basis for a new approach to insanity in modern criminal law.The book covers the following aspects: the structure of the principle of fault in ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Law, Ideology and Punishment

    Retrieval and Critique of the Liberal Ideal of Criminal Justice

    by A.W. Norrie ...
    Series Book 12 - Law and Philosophy Library
    This book is about 'Kantianism' in both a narrow and a broad sense. In the former, it is about the tracing of the development of the retributive philosophy of punishment into and beyond its classical phase in the work of a number of philosophers, one of the most prominent of whom is Kant. In the latter, it is an exploration of the many instantiations of the 'Kantian' ideas of individual guilt, ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Justice for Victims of Crime

    Human Dignity as the Foundation of Criminal Justice in Europe

    by Albin Dearing ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book analyses the rights of crime victims within a human rights paradigm, and describes the inconsistencies resulting from attempts to introduce the procedural rights of victims within a criminal justice system that views crime as a matter between the state and the offender, and not as one involving the victim. To remedy this problem, the book calls for abandoning the concept of crime as an ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Mexico’s Struggle for Public Security

    Organized Crime and State Responses

    Edited by G. Philip, S. Berruecos ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The Mexican government's full-frontal attack on the powerful drugs cartels has achieved mixed results. This book considers the issue from a variety of viewpoints. The essential argument is that the organized crime is best combated by institutional reforms directed at strengthening the rule of law rather than by a heavy reliance on armed force. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Importance of Assent

    A Theory of Coercion and Dignity

    by Jan-Willem Van der Rijt ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    The view that persons are entitled to respect because of their moral agency is commonplace in contemporary moral theory. What exactly this respect entails, however, is far less uncontroversial. In this book, Van der Rijt argues powerfully that this respect for persons’ moral agency must also encompass respect for their subjective moral judgments – even when these judgments can be shown to be ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Silence and Confessions

    The Suspect as the Source of Evidence

    by S. Easton ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book examines the treatment of suspects in interrogation and explores issues surrounding the right to silence. Employing a socio-legal approach, it draws from empirical research in the social sciences including social psychology to understand the problem of obtaining reliable evidence during interrogation. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Comparing the Prospective Effect of Judicial Rulings Across Jurisdictions

    by Eva Steiner ...
    Series Book 3 - Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law
    This work deals with the temporal effect of judicial decisions and more specifically, with the hardship caused by the retroactive operation of overruling decisions. By means of a jurisprudential and comparative analysis, the book explores several issues created by the overruling of earlier decisions.Overruling of earlier decisions, when it occurs, operates retrospectively with the effect that it ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • The Right to Be Punished

    Modern Doctrinal Sentencing

    by Gabriel Hallevy ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    Does an offender have the right to be punished? "The right to be punished" may sound like an oxymoron, but it is not necessarily so. With the emergence of modern criminal law, the offender gained the right to be punished by rational criminal law rather than being lynched by an angry mob. The present-day offender may have the right to be punished by doctrinal sentencing rather than being subjected ... Read more

    $89.09 USD