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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “vera bergelson”
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  • Victims' Rights and Victims' Wrongs

    Comparative Liability in Criminal Law

    by Vera Bergelson ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Crime and Law
    "Don't blame the victim" is a cornerstone maxim of Anglo-American jurisprudence, but should the law generally ignore a victim's behavior in determining a defendant's liability? Victims' Rights and Victims' Wrongs criticizes the current criminal law approach and outlines a more fair, coherent, and efficient set of rules to recognize that victims sometimes co-author their own losses or injuries ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

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  • Understanding Canadian Law Three-Book Bundle

    Youth and the Law / Freedom of Expression / Crime Scene Investigations

    by Daniel J. Baum ...
    Series series Understanding Canadian Law
    Daniel Baum's guides to Canadian law have become essential legal guides for topics ranging from young offenders to first responders. Whether for law professionals of citizens who need to understand their legal rights, the books of the Understanding Canadian Law series are indispensable. Now, the first three instalments of the series are available in an ebook-exclusive bundle.IncludesYouth and the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Life of Crime

    The Memoirs of a High Court Judge

    by Harry Ognall ...
    A frank and witty memoir of life at the Bar and on the Bench, from former High Court Judge The Hon. Sir Harry Ognall.For many years, Harry Ognall enjoyed a formidable reputation as an advocate at the criminal Bar. As counsel, and later as judge, he was involved in numerous high-profile trials, both in Britain and abroad.Among many cases as a QC, he prosecuted Peter Sutcliffe, the so-called ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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  • Criminal Justice

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Julian V. Roberts ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The criminal justice system is wide ranging; from the crimes themselves and policing to the sentencing of offenders and prisons. In this Very Short Introduction Julian V. Roberts draws upon the latest research and current practices from a number of different countries around the world. Focusing on the adversarial model of justice found in common law countries such as the United States, United ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Dirty Entanglements

    Corruption, Crime, and Terrorism

    by Louise I. Shelley ...
    The entangled threat of crime, corruption, and terrorism now deserves high-level policy attention because of its growth trajectory. Using lively case studies, this book analyzes the transformation of crime and terrorism and the business logic of terrorism. Louise I. Shelley concludes that corruption, crime, and terrorism will remain important security challenges in the twenty-first century as a ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Nuremberg Military Tribunals and the Origins of International Criminal Law

    by Kevin Jon Heller ...
    This book provides the first comprehensive legal analysis of the twelve war crimes trials held in the American zone of occupation between 1946 and 1949, collectively known as the Nuremberg Military Tribunals (NMTs). The judgments the NMTs produced have played a critical role in the development of international criminal law, particularly in terms of how courts currently understand war crimes, ... Read more

    $62.09 USD

  • Does Torture Work?

    by John W. Schiemann ...
    When the Senate released its so-called "Torture Report" in December 2014 the world would learn that, for years, the CIA had used unimaginably brutal methods to interrogate its prisoners - often without yielding any useful or truthful information. The agency had long and adamantly defended its use of torture, staunchly arguing that it was not only just but necessary for the country's safety. And ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Africa and the International Criminal Court

    Edited by Gerhard Werle, Lovell Fernandez, Moritz Vormbaum ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    The book deals with the controversial relationship between African states, represented by the African Union, and the International Criminal Court. This relationship started promisingly but has been in crisis in recent years. The overarching aim of the book is to analyze and discuss the achievements and shortcomings of interventions in Africa by the International Criminal Court as well as to ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • The Ferguson Report

    Department of Justice Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department

    by United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division ...
    On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown, an unarmed African American high school senior, was shot by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. For months afterward, protestors took to the streets demanding justice, testifying to the racist and exploitative police department and court system, and connecting the shooting of Brown with the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, and other young black men ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Human Rights in European Criminal Law

    New Developments in European Legislation and Case Law after the Lisbon Treaty

    Edited by Stefano Ruggeri ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book deals with human rights in European criminal law after the Lisbon Treaty. Doubtless the Lisbon Treaty has constituted a milestone in the development of European criminal justice. Not only has the reform following the Treaty given binding force to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, but furthermore it has paved the way for unprecedented forms of supranational legislation. In this ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Punishing Race

    A Continuing American Dilemma

    by Michael Tonry ...
    Series series Studies in Crime and Public Policy
    How can it be, in a nation that elected Barack Obama, that one third of African American males born in 2001 will spend time in a state or federal prison, and that black men are seven times likelier than white men to be in prison? Blacks are much more likely than whites to be stopped by the police, arrested, prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned, and are much less likely to have confidence in ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • International White Collar Crime

    Cases and Materials

    by Bruce Zagaris ...
    Contemporary transnational criminals take advantage of globalization, trade liberalization, and emerging new technologies to commit a diverse range of crimes, and to move money, goods, services, and people instantaneously for purposes of pure economic gain and/or political violence. This book captures the importance of transnational business crime and international relations by examining the rise ... Read more

    $86.09 USD