Criminal Law & Practice

This book analyzes the position of the ICC in relation to national court systems, illustrating that its relationship with the national courts under the complementarity mechanism, is much more complex in practice. It brings to light possible solutions to overcome the gaps in law and practice in the j..

This volume provides up-to-date and nuanced analysis across a wide spectrum of capital punishment issues. The essays move beyond the conventional legal approach and propose fresh perspectives, including a unique critique of the abolition sector. Written by a range of leading experts with diverse geo..

The essays selected for this volume develop conventional abolition discourse and explore the conceptual framework through which abolition is understood and posited. Of particular interest is the attention given to an integral but often forgotten element of the abolition debate: alternatives to capit..

This volume provides analyses of a range of subjects and issues in the death penalty debate, from medicine to the media. The essays address in particular the personal complexities of those involved, a fundamental part of the subject usually overridden by the theoretical and legal aspects of the deba..

Outlining the different types of financial crime and its impact, this book is a user-friendly, up-to-date guide to the regulatory processes, systems and legislation which exist in the UK. Each chapter has a similar structure and covers individual financial crimes such as money laundering, terrorist ..

Outlining the different types of financial crime and its impact, this book is a user-friendly, up-to-date guide to the regulatory processes, systems and legislation which exist in the UK. Each chapter has a similar structure and covers individual financial crimes such as money laundering, terrorist..

This book compares the civil and common law approach in determining what sort of conduct the State may legitimately make criminal. Situating the study within the Australian and German context, the book contrasts the Australian system with the German model based on ’Rechtsgutstheorie’. The work narro..

The main feature of this work is that it explores criminal behaviour from all aspects of Tinbergen's Four Questions. Rather than focusing on a single theoretical point of view, this book examines the neurobiology of crime from a biosocial perspective. It suggests that it is necessary to understand ..

The main feature of this work is that it explores criminal behaviour from all aspects of Tinbergen's Four Questions. Rather than focusing on a single theoretical point of view, this book examines the neurobiology of crime from a biosocial perspective. It suggests that it is necessary to understand ..

During the last thirty years, the judiciary has undergone an unprecedented expansion in its size and power. This book reviews the resultant changes to judicial training, the judicial appointments process and the scrutiny of judges’ performance in the light of the expansion in size and growing politi..

Bringing together researchers from a variety of disciplines, this volume examines developments in the policing of transnational protest since the late 1990s. Using case studies from a number of countries in North America and Europe, the authors examine the new forms of political protest and the mann..

Bringing together researchers from a variety of disciplines, this volume examines developments in the policing of transnational protest since the late 1990s. Using case studies from a number of countries in North America and Europe, the authors examine the new forms of political protest and the mann..