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National Constitutions in European and Global Governance: Democracy, Rights, …
This two-volume book, published open access, brings together leading scholars of constitutional law from twenty-nine European countries to revisit the role of national constitutions at a time when decision-making has increasingly shifted to the European and transnational level. It offers important insights into three areas. First, it explores how constitutions reflect the transfer of powers fro…
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- 9789462652736
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- XXIV, 1522 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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Do Exclusionary Rules Ensure a Fair Trial? : A Comparative Perspective on Ev…
This open access publication discusses exclusionary rules in different criminal justice systems. It is based on the findings of a research project in comparative law with a focus on the question of whether or not a fair trial can be secured through evidence exclusion. Part I explains the legal framework in which exclusionary rules function in six legal systems: Germany, Switzerland, People’s …
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- 978-3-030-12520-2
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- XV, 380
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- Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice (IUSGENT, volume 74)
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- 320 DOE
Combatting Illicit Trade on the EU Border
This open access book provides the first-ever comparative study on criminal policy concerning the illicit trade of tobacco, conducted among four comparatively new EU Member States (Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Romania) and two “old” EU countries (Germany and Italy). The book addresses the national legal frameworks, current criminological situation regarding illicit trade of tobacco, and …
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Command and persuade :crime, law, and the state across history
"This history of crime and punishment spans 3000 years and multiple continents to reveal the larger patterns in how the state has maintained order and enforced law over the centuries"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262361507
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- 1 online resource
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Universal Jurisdiction: The Sierra Leone Profile
The doctrine of universal jurisdiction has evolved throughout modern times in the context of global criminal justice as a paramount agent of combating impunity emanating from international criminality. Sierra Leone, as a member of the international community and the United Nations, has, in recent times, been a pioneer in the progressive application and development of international criminal law …
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- 978-94-6265-054-1
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The Post-Election Violence in Kenya
Since the historic Nuremberg Trial of 1945 an international customary law principle has developed that commission of a core crime under international law – war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity and aggression – should not go unpunished. History shows, that when in Africa such violations occurred, especially as a result of election disputes, national and regional actors, including…
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- 978-94-6265-041-1
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- Hukum
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- International Criminal Justice Series
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- 340
Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy
During the past few years, reproductive technology and surrogacy have emerged in a number of European countries as issues of debate. There has been a steady increase in the use of reproductive technology in the Nordic countries, as well as an increase in the use of cross-border medical treatment in order to achieve pregnancy. At the same time, a number of ethical issues have been raised concern…
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- 9789289342889
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- TemaNord
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- 340 NOR r
Manifest Madness : Mental incapacity in The Criminal Law
Whether it is a question of the age below which a child cannot be held liable for their actions, or the attribution of responsibility to defendants with mental illnesses, mental incapacity is a central concern for legal actors, policy makers, and legislators when it comes to crime and justice. Understanding the terrain of mental incapacity in criminal law is notoriously difficult; it involves t…
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- 9780199698592
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- 340 LOU m
Power and Prosecution : Challenges and opportunities for international crimin…
This book contains some of the papers that were presented at the first meeting of the newly formed African Expert Study Group on International Criminal Law / Groupe des Experts Africaines en Droit Pénal International held in September 2011 in Brussels, Belgium. The group was established under the auspices of the Multinational Development Policy Dialogue (hereinafter ‘MDPD’) and the Rule of…
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- 9783863950781
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- 340 POW
Representative Studies on Victimisation : Research Findings from Germany
This paper uses the German official Police Crime Statistics to draw conclusions on the prevalence of crime in Germany, the age dependency of crime, and crime trends in the last few decades. The Police Crime Statistics allow an analysis of crime that is finely divided by types of offence and in some cases reaches far back into the past. This advantage comes with a major handicap: The statistics …
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- 9783845273679
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- 308 halaman
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- Law / Criminal Law
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- 364 BAI r
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