Criminal Law

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Author by Markus Dubber
Genre : Law
Editor : OUP Oxford
ISBN : 9780191030673
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 752
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Criminal Law: A Comparative Approach presents a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the substantive criminal law of two major jurisdictions: the United States and Germany. Presupposing no familiarity with either U.S. or German criminal law, the book will provide criminal law scholars and students with a rich comparative understanding of criminal law's foundations and central doctrines. All foreign-language sources have been translated into English; cases and materials are accompanied by heavily cross-referenced introductions and notes that place them within the framework of each country's criminal law system and highlight issues ripe for comparative analysis. Divided into three parts, the book covers foundational issues - such as constitutional limits on the criminal law - before tackling the major features of the general part of the criminal law and a selection of offences in the special part. Throughout, readers are exposed to alternative approaches to familiar problems in criminal law, and as a result will have a chance to see a given country's criminal law doctrine, on specific issues and in general, from the critical distance of comparative analysis.


Criminal Law

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Author by Wayne R. LaFave
Genre : Criminal law
Editor : West Publishing Company
ISBN : UCAL:B4590783
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 1100
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This book is an updated abridgement of LaFave and Scott's two volume, Substantive criminal law, in West's criminal practice series.


Perpetrators And Accessories In International Criminal Law

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Author by Neha Jain
Genre : Law
Editor : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN : 9781782254096
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 232
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International criminal law lacks a coherent account of individual responsibility. This failure is due to the inability of international tribunals to capture the distinctive nature of individual responsibility for crimes that are collective by their very nature. Specifically, they have misunderstood the nature of the collective action or framework that makes these crimes possible, and for which liability may be attributed to intellectual authors, policy makers and leaders. In this book, the author draws on insights from comparative law and methodology to propose doctrines of perpetration and secondary responsibility that reflect the role and function of high-level participants in mass atrocity, while simultaneously situating them within the political and social climate which renders these crimes possible. This new doctrine is developed through a novel approach which combines and restructures divergent theoretical perspectives on attribution of responsibility in English and German domestic criminal law, as major representatives of the common law and civil law systems. At the same time, it analyses existing theories of responsibility in international criminal law and assesses whether there is any justification for their retention by international criminal tribunals.


The Laws Of British Guiana

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Genre : Statutes
Editor :
ISBN : NYPL:33433001214745
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 534
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Criminal Law

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Author by Joycelyn M. Pollock
Genre : Law
Editor : Routledge
ISBN : 9781317226840
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 569
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Criminal Law, Eleventh Edition, a classic introduction to criminal law for criminal justice students, combines the best features of a casebook and a textbook. Its success over numerous editions, both at community colleges as well as in four-year college criminal justice programs, is proof this text works as an authoritative source on criminal law as well as a teaching text that communicates with students. The book covers substantive criminal law and explores its principles, sources, distinctions, and limitations. Definitions and elements of crimes are explained, and defenses to crimes are thoroughly analyzed. Each chapter offers guidance to help students understand what is important, including chapter outlines, key terms, learning objectives, Legal News boxes that highlight current criminal law issues, and Quick Checks that cue the reader to stop and answer a question or two concerning the material just covered. Unique Exploring Case Law boxes offer guidance in using the accompanying cases, which are provided on the book’s website. A robust collection of instructor support materials addresses teaching and learning issues


A Brief Introduction To Criminal Law

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Author by Philip Carlan
Genre : Criminal law
Editor : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN : 9781284056112
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 334
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Intended for an undergraduate criminal law course within a criminal justice program, A Brief Introduction to Criminal Law, Second Edition provides a gentle introduction to the subject ideal for students that do not intend to pursue law school. The principles of criminal law are explained step-by-step with a focus on the professional applications of legal principles within the criminal justice system. The second edition contains more and updated case studies, additional coverage of consitutional law and terrorism, and enhanced figures and tables. Written in a conversational tone, A Brief Introduction to Criminal Law, Second Edition is the ideal resource for undergraduate students taking a criminal law course.


Universal Jurisdiction In International Criminal Law

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Author by Aisling O'Sullivan
Genre : Law
Editor : Routledge
ISBN : 9781317301202
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 222
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With the sensational arrest of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1998, the rise to prominence of universal jurisdiction over crimes against international law seemed to be assured. The arrest of Pinochet and the ensuing proceedings before the UK courts brought universal jurisdiction into the foreground of the "fight against impunity" and the principle was read as an important complementary mechanism for international justice –one that could offer justice to victims denied an avenue by the limited jurisdiction of international criminal tribunals. Yet by the time of the International Court of Justice’s Arrest Warrant judgment four years later, the picture looked much bleaker and the principle was being read as a potential tool for politically motivated trials. This book explores the debate over universal jurisdiction in international criminal law, aiming to unpack a practice in which international lawyers continue to disagree over the concept of universal jurisdiction. Using Martti Koskenniemi’s work as a foil, this book exposes the argumentative techniques in operation in national and international adjudication since the 1990s. Drawing on overarching patterns within the debate, Aisling O’Sullivan argues that it is bounded by a tension between contrasting political preferences or positions, labelled as moralist ("ending impunity") and formalist ("avoiding abuse") and she reads the debate as a movement of hegemonic and counter-hegemonic positions that struggle for hegemonic control. However, she draws out how these positions (moralist/formalist) merge into one another and this produces a tendency towards a "middle" position that continues to prefer a particular preference (moralist or formalist). Aisling O’Sullivan then traces the transformation towards this tendency that reflects an internal split among international lawyers between building a utopia ("court of humanity") and recognizing its impossibility of being realized.


Complete Criminal Law

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Author by Janet (Former Senior Lecturer in Law Loveless, London Metropolitan University)
Genre : Criminal law
Editor : Complete
ISBN : 9780198848462
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 780
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Complete Criminal Law provides students with choice extracts, supported by clear author commentary and useful learning features. The explanations and examples in this textbook have been crafted to help students hone their understanding of criminal law.The Complete titles are ambitious in their scope; they have been carefully developed with teachers to offer law students more than just a presentation of the key concepts. Instead they offer a complete package. Only by building on the foundations of the subject, by showing how the law works,demonstrating its application through extracts from cases and judgments, and by giving students the tools and the confidence to think critically about the law will they gain a complete understanding.Online ResourcesThis book is accompanied by free-to-acess online resources for both students and lecturers.- Annual updates- Links to relevant websites- Answer guidance on problem questions and 'thinking points' from the text- Extra exam style questions with answers guidance- Test bank of 200 multiple choice questions- Additional information on drugs offences


The Diversification And Fragmentation Of International Criminal Law

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Author by Larissa van den Herik
Genre : Law
Editor : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN : 9789004236912
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 734
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This volume deals with the tension between unity and diversification which has gained a central place in the debate under the label of ‘fragmentation’. It explores the meaning, articulation and risks of this phenomenon in a specific area: International Criminal Justice. It brings together established and fresh voices who analyse different sites and contestations of this concept, as well as its context and specific manifestations in the interpretation and application of International Criminal Law. The volume thereby connects discourse on ‘fragmentation’ with broader inquiry on the merits and discontents of legal pluralism in ‘Public International Law’.


Criminal Law Magazine

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Genre : Criminal law
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ISBN : UOM:35112100240847
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 1090
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