Criminal Law & Practice

Examining lay participation in the administration of justice and how it reflects certain democratic principles, Democracy in the Courts explores issues critical to confidence in criminal justice...

Examining lay participation in the administration of justice and how it reflects certain democratic principles, Democracy in the Courts explores issues critical to confidence in criminal justice...

This book argues for restoration as one of the main objectives of the criminal justice process and offers an approach aimed at restricting the current limitations of criminal justice process and addressing the current deficiencies. Drawing on comparative and empirical analysis of existing models of ..

This book argues for restoration as one of the main objectives of the criminal justice process and offers an approach aimed at restricting the current limitations of criminal justice process and addressing the current deficiencies. Drawing on comparative and empirical analysis of existing models of ..

The subject of intention in the criminal law is currently causing many debates among criminal lawyers. This compelling and probing volume addresses two key questions: should the criminal law distinguish between direct intention and recklessness, and what should the law be concerning cases of obliqu..

Adopting a multi-disciplinary and comparative approach, this book focuses on the emerging and innovative aspects of attempts to target the accumulated assets of those engaged in criminal and terrorist activity, organized crime and corruption. With contributions from leading international academics ..

Adopting a multi-disciplinary and comparative approach, this book focuses on the emerging and innovative aspects of attempts to target the accumulated assets of those engaged in criminal and terrorist activity, organized crime and corruption. With contributions from leading international academics ..

This volume examines general driving offences, concentrating on those which punish risk-taking whilst driving, with the primary goal of increasing road safety. Drawing on legal and psychological research, the book explains the legal definition of offences, discussing the policy behind the offences a..

This book uses empirical and theoretical arguments to discuss the multi-dimensional character of eco-global crime. It provides new ideas and insights which are relevant on a global scale and discusses eco-global crime from a justice perspective. The persistence of animal abuse and speciesism are als..

This book uses empirical and theoretical arguments to discuss the multi-dimensional character of eco-global crime. It provides new ideas and insights which are relevant on a global scale and discusses eco-global crime from a justice perspective. The persistence of animal abuse and speciesism are als..

Why have the early years of the 21st century seen increasing use of emergency-type powers or claims of supra-legal executive authority, particularly by the Western countries regarded as the world's leading democracies, primarily the UK, the US and Australia? This book examines the extraordinary rang..

Exploring how power is negotiated in women’s prisons, this book uses contemporary feminist theory to examine how women manage to resist the pains of imprisonment...