... in Law, London School of Economics, UK Leslie Sebba, Lawrence D Biele Professor ofLaw (Emeritus), Institute of Criminology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Lucia Zedner, Professor ofCriminal ... Professor of Law, University of Adelaide, Australia Mark Nolan, Senior Lecturer in Law, The Australian National University, Australia Alan Norrie, Edmund-Davies Professor ofCriminalLaw and Criminal ... the fields ofcriminallaw and procedure, criminology, legal history, law and psychology and the sociology of law, focuses on the future directions for the criminallaw in the light of current...
... University Professor Nigel Gravells Professor of English Law, Nottingham University Professor Phillip Kenny Professor and Head of the Law School, Northumbria University Professor Richard Kidner Professor ... JUDICIAL LAW MAKING 1.4 THE ROLE OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS AS THE FINAL APPELLATE COURT 1.5 THE PURPOSEOF THE CRIMINALLAW 1.6 A WAY FORWARD – CODIFICATION OF THE LAW? 1.7 THE DECISION TO CRIMINALISE ... CONTENTS Preface Table of Cases Table of Statutes Table of Abbreviations v xix xxxix xlv AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OFCRIMINALLAW 1.1 COVERAGE OF THE BOOK 1.2 A CRIMINALLAW FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM...
... underlying thesis of this book that a basic set of distinctions generates the "deep structure" of all systems ofcriminallaw This is, as it were, the universal grammar ofcriminallaw As Noam Chomsky ... languages of the world, here, in these twelve distinctions lies the grammar ofcriminallaw Understanding the deep, universal structure ofcriminallaw provides an antidote for the positivist bias of ... talents of those charged with making the decision of guilt The Basic Concepts ofCriminalLaw agony of Joseph K derives not only from the inscrutable rules of substance but from the torture of undefined...
... culpability, the individuation of crimes, and omissions They conclude with a discussion of rules versus standards in criminallaw and offer a description of the shape ofcriminallaw in the event that ... for punishment of psychopaths III Conclusion The criminallaw s purpose is the prevention of harm in the sense that the norms of conduct the criminallaw embodies exist for that purpose Although ... effect would be to eliminate the so-called special part of the criminallaw – the list of specific criminal offenses – in favor of a list of legally protected interests that should not be put at...
... prevention of crime is regulated by Section Three of the CriminalLaw Act THE THEORY OF JUSTIFICATION AND EXCUSE 29 1967 Defence of oneself or others is regulated by the common law The law permits ... usually lead to mitigation of sentence occasionally change the category of the offence A system ofcriminal justice could have one offence of robbery and treat the use of a gun as an aggravating ... circumstances of the offence Three types of factor, relating to the circumstances of the offence, influence sentencing First, the level of harm done is relevant If a minimal amount of damage is...
... bribery of a foreign public official as a predicate offence where bribery of a domestic official is a predicate offence (mandatory) Accounting offices for the purposeof bribing foreign public officials ... mandatory (e.g., adoption of the offences of active and passive bribery of a national public official, and the active bribery of foreign public officials and officials of public international organisations); ... Corruption promotes the reporting of “any public official involving an abuse of position or authority of violation of the law in connection with official duties for the purposeof seeking grants for himself...
... Fundamentals of Forensic Practice Mental Health and CriminalLaw Fundamentals of Forensic Practice Mental Health and CriminalLaw Richard Rogers, Ph.D., ABPP University of North Texas, Denton, ... acknowledgment oflaw as the general framework for forensic practice The growing stature of these specialties was marked by the formation of prominent professional societies, the American Academy of Psychiatry ... of legal standard Of greater relevance is their understanding of the standard and their ability to articulate its meaning in their own words Although the rules of evidence permit experts to offer...
... of the Principle of Legality in the CriminalLaw Theory The Basic Structure ofCriminalLaw Theory Criminallaw is part of the scientific sphere called law, ” or the legal science Therefore, criminal ... Principle of Legality in the CriminalLaw Theory Supra-principle of Free Choice The Principle of Legality Sources of the Criminal Norm Applicability of the Criminal Norm in Time Applicability of the Criminal ... concept of law, which regards the law as part of science A Modern Treatise on the Principle of Legality in CriminalLaw is therefore a scientific treatise on one of the four principles of the criminal...
... 171–3 Trial of Gustav Alfred Jepsen and others, 15 Law Reports of Trials of War Criminals (1949) 18 Trial of Martin Gottfried Weiss and Thirty-Nine Others, 16 Law Reports of Trials of War Criminals ... Foreword International criminallaw is a new branch of law, with one foot in international law and the other in criminallaw Until the Nuremberg trial, international criminallaw was largely ‘horizontal’ ... Iraqi Criminal Tribunal (SICT), the Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) and, of course, the International Criminal Court – are also examined The lawof the International Criminal...
... School ofLaw Chris Gallavin (LLB First hons cant, PhD Hull) is a Lecturer ofLaw at the School of Law, University of Canterbury, New Zealand where he is also Director of the LLM in International Law ... Professor of European Banking and Securities Law at Maastricht University From October 1998, he has been Professor of International Law and the Lawof International Organisations, Director of ... Contribution of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to the Development of International Law (Martinus-Nijhoff) She is the editor-in-chief of the Leiden Journal of International Law Until...
... Fundamentals of Forensic Practice Mental Health and CriminalLaw Fundamentals of Forensic Practice Mental Health and CriminalLaw Richard Rogers, Ph.D., ABPP University of North Texas, Denton, ... acknowledgment oflaw as the general framework for forensic practice The growing stature of these specialties was marked by the formation of prominent professional societies, the American Academy of Psychiatry ... of legal standard Of greater relevance is their understanding of the standard and their ability to articulate its meaning in their own words Although the rules of evidence permit experts to offer...
... University of Canterbury (New Zealand) from the University of Nottingham at the beginning of 2003 He teaches and researches in criminal law, international criminallaw and transnational criminal law. Together ... extensively on topics of international criminallaw Robert Cryer is Professor of International and CriminalLaw at the University of Birmingham He is the author, inter alia, of Prosecuting International ... Margaret M deGuzman is Assistant Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School ofLaw Professor deGuzman teaches and writes about international criminallaw and was a legal advisor to the...
... dictionary is criminallaw It is the first part of a larger project which will cover other areas of the law The dictionary does not address all words pertaining to the sphere ofcriminal law; it is ... times incorrect translation of American legal terms This dictionary will answer the needs of Russian lawyers, judges, law students, police officers — all those who have professional relations with ... ENGLISH-RUSSIAN DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN CRIMINALLAW This page intentionally left blank ENGLISH-RUSSIAN DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN CRIMINALLAW MARINA BRAUN AND GALINA CLOTHIER FOREWORD...
... Amount ofCriminalLaw 33 III: THE CONTENT OF NEW OFFENSES The criminallaw has undergone a remarkable transformation in the past generation Few philosophers ofcriminallaw seem aware of these ... assistance of a skilled attorney All too often, expertise is unhelpful in fathoming the contents of the criminallaw Because of the phenomenal growth in the number of offenses, even professors ... Amount ofCriminalLaw 13 Moreover, the growth in the scope of the criminallaw is worrisome even when it does not culminate in conviction and punishment The number and scope ofcriminal laws provide...
... Humanitarian Law and other related areas of international law such as Human Rights, Refugee Law, Arms Control and Disarmament Law, and International CriminalLaw International CriminalLaw Developments ... use of the criminallaw doctrine of joint criminal enterprise in the Tribunal’s jurisprudence In Chapter , Professor André Nollkaemper looks at the development of general principles oflaw by ... more of an inquisitorial approach If the Rules of the ICTY represent a sound code for international criminal law, then they properly relect the best that the common law and civil law systems of criminal...
... under the spell of international criminallaw and the beauty of bringing an end to the culture of impunity”) LAWRENCE DOUGLAS, THE MEMORY OF JUDGMENT: MAKING LAW AND HISTORY IN TRIALS OF THE HOLOCAUST ... University of Denver Sturm College of Law, his touching account of his experiences as Chair of the U.N Commission of experts to investigate violations of international humanitarian law in the ... rule oflaw by his work in the field of international criminal justice and his unswerving dedication to the creation of the International Criminal Court The 15 chapters of this book detail many of...
... Whewell Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law, and Director, Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge John S Bell FBA Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University ... to those who must act on the basis of international criminallaw 1.b purposes of legality in criminallaw The purposes of the principle of legality in criminallaw can be divided into four sets ... legality in criminallaw It also raises a few other issues of legality in criminallaw It discusses the relationship of legality and retroactivity in criminallaw to issues of the rule oflaw more...
... Ideology of German CriminalLaw Sources ofCriminalLaw and Hierarchy of Norms Principles of Interpretation and the Role of Precedent The Tripartite Structure of Offences—an Overview Basic Tenets of ... emanations of the rule oflaw within the realm ofcriminal justice Rule oflaw translates into German roughly as Rechtsstaatsprinzip, the concept of the state governed by the rule of law; its constitutional ... German law does not know of the establishment ofcriminal offences by common or customary, judge-made law; it does recognise the judicial creation of substantive law principles in favour of the...
... Ordinance, 1979 (VI of 1979); (2) The Offences of Zina (Enforcement of Hudud) Ordinance, 1979 (VII of 1979); (3) The Offences of Qazf (Enforcement of Hudud) Ordinance, 1979 (VIII of 1979); (4) The ... provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code of 1898 By this law, the legal heir of a victim of murder could compromise with the offender by either waiving his right of qisas or compounding the right of ... structure ofcriminal litigation with regard to the offence of murder, inasmuch as it altered the role of the State in the prosecution ofcriminal cases With the implementation of the new law, the...