Criminal Law & Practice

This study is located within international law and seeks to determine whether prosecuting political violence would necessarily entail an abuse of the legal process. Issues discussed in the book are the controversies over the location of the crime of aggression in either law or politics and the legal..

This book provides an introduction to the fundamentals of international criminal law. Going beyond a doctrinal analysis focused on the practice of international tribunals, and drawing on a variety of perspectives, the book aims to capture the complex processes of internationalisation that criminal l..

Critically assessing the problem of internet child pornography and its governance, this book investigates how effective implementation, enforcement and harmonization of laws could substantially help to reduce the availability and dissemination of child pornography on the Internet...

Judicial ethics is a relatively new but commendably growing field and this collection brings together for the first time many, if not most, of the ’canons’ (or soon-to-be ’canons’) of modern judicial ethics scholarship. The previously published articles selected here have created new interdisciplina..

This is the first of a two-volume set on the psychology of the courtroom, offering a definitive account of the influence of trial procedures on juror decision-making. With contributions from renowned academics within the field a number of global issues are explored, concluding with recommendations f..

This is the first of a two-volume set on the psychology of the courtroom, offering a definitive account of the influence of trial procedures on juror decision-making. With contributions from renowned academics within the field a number of global issues are explored, concluding with recommendations f..

This book defends the propriety of a cultural defense in American criminal law when minority cultural practices are presumed to violate a legitimate criminal statute...

This edited collection brings together contributions from experts in criminal behaviour, civil law and jurisprudence. Suggesting that legal scholarship and practice will be increasingly enriched by an interdisciplinary study of law, mind and brain, this collection is a valuable addition to the emerg..

This interdisciplinary collection considers aspects of legitimacy and trust that have been neglected in previous studies. With contributions from across the EU, the book focuses on conceptions of legitimacy linked to criminal law norms, criminalisation and sanctioning; on EU legal and policy aspects..

This interdisciplinary collection considers aspects of legitimacy and trust that have been neglected in previous studies. With contributions from across the EU, the book focuses on conceptions of legitimacy linked to criminal law norms, criminalisation and sanctioning; on EU legal and policy aspects..

This book takes a radical look at organizational crime and deviance through the prism of cultural theory derived from anthropology. It does so through case studies and by introducing new concepts such as 'organizational perversion', 'tyranny' and 'organizational capture'. Exploring the effects of ch..

This book provides a leading point of reference in the field of partial defences to murder and with respect to the mental condition defences of loss of control and diminished responsibility in general. The work includes contributions from leading specialists from different jurisdictions and analyses..