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  • Punishment, Penalty, and Incapacitation

    A Dignity-Respecting Model of Targeted Restrictions of Liberty for Liberal States

    by Alec Walen, JD, PhD ...
    Series series Studies in Penal Theory and Philosophy
    Detention is among the most controversial and complex powers a state can exercise over an individual, raising the fundamental question: how can a liberal state justify restricting the liberty of certain individuals for the security of others, while still upholding the dignity of those whose freedom is curtailed? Punishment, Penalty, and Incapacitation seeks to answer that question by ... Read more

    $101.99 CAD

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  • The Mechanics of Claims and Permissible Killing in War

    by Alec D. Walen ...
    According to the dominant account of rights, there are two ways to permissibly kill people: they have done something to forfeit their right to life, or their rights are outweighed by the significantly greater cost of respecting them. Contemporary just war theorists tend to agree that it is difficult to justify killing in the second way. Thus, they focus on the conditions under which rights might ... Read more

    $98.39 CAD

  • Fundamental Concepts in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice

    Edited by Dr Matthew Dyson, Stefanie Bock, Professor Julian V Roberts, Jenia Turner, Alec Walen ...
    The first volume of a three-volume series which presents a set of common foundational concepts in criminal law and criminal justice. The series focuses on a comparison between Anglo-American and German concepts, doctrines, principles and structures.Criminal law and criminal justice are becoming increasingly globalised. There is a growing desire to develop common approaches to common problems and ... Read more

    $142.19 CAD

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  • Do Exclusionary Rules Ensure a Fair Trial?

    A Comparative Perspective on Evidentiary Rules

    Edited by Sabine Gless, Thomas Richter ...
    Series Book 74 - Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice
    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 ... Read more

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  • Constitutional Fragments

    Societal Constitutionalism and Globalization

    by Gunther Teubner ...
    Series series Oxford Constitutional Theory
    In recent years a series of scandals have challenged the traditional political reliance on public constitutional law and human rights as a safeguard of human well-being. Multinational corporations have violated human rights; private intermediaries in the internet have threatened freedom of opinion, and the global capital markets unleashed catastrophic risks. All of these phenomena call for a ... Read more

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  • The Internationalisation of Criminal Evidence

    Beyond the Common Law and Civil Law Traditions

    by John D. Jackson, Sarah J. Summers ...
    Series series Law in Context
    Although there are many texts on the law of evidence, surprisingly few are devoted specifically to the comparative and international aspects of the subject. The traditional view that the law of evidence belongs within the common law tradition has obscured the reality that a genuinely cosmopolitan law of evidence is being developed in criminal cases across the common law and civil law traditions. ... Read more

    $79.99 CAD

  • How to Do Things with Rules

    by William Twining, David Miers ...
    Series series Law in Context
    New to English law? Need to know how rules are made, interpreted and applied? This popular and well-established textbook will show you how. It simplifies legal method by combining examples with an account of rules in general: the who, what, why and how of interpretation. Starting with standpoint and context, it identifies factors that give rise to doubts about the interpretation of a rule and ... Read more

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  • Simester and Sullivan’s Criminal Law

    Theory and Doctrine

    by Dr J J Child, Professor A P Simester, Dr F Stark, G J Virgo, Dr J Stanton-Ife ...
    '... undoubtedly a first-rate companion for any undergraduate or post-graduate law course.'**John Taggart, Criminal Law ReviewThis outstanding account of modern English criminal law combines detailed exposition and analysis of the law with a careful exploration of its theoretical underpinnings. Primarily, it is written for undergraduate students of criminal law, covering all subjects taught at ... Read more

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  • The Constitutional Structure of Proportionality

    by Matthias Klatt, Moritz Meister ...
    As constitutional law globalizes, the quest for a common grammar or 'generic constitutional law' becomes more pressing. Proportionality is one of the most prominent and controversial components of the modern, global constitutional discourse. In view of the alarming tension between the triumphant success of proportionality and the severity of the criticism directed towards it, this book offers an ... Read more

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  • Individual Criminal Responsibility in International Law

    by Elies van Sliedregt ...
    Series series Oxford Monographs in International Law
    This book examines the concept of individual criminal responsibility for serious violations of international law, i.e. aggression, genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Such crimes are rarely committed by single individuals. Rather, international crimes generally connote a plurality of offenders, particularly in the execution of the crimes, which are often orchestrated and masterminded ... Read more

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  • The Present and Future of European Family Law

    by Jens M. Scherpe ...
    The Present and Future of European Family Law explores the essence of European family law - and what its future may be. It compares and analyzes existing laws and court decisions, identifies trends in legislation and jurisprudence, and also forecasts (and in some cases proposes) future developments. It establishes that while there is, at present, no comprehensive European family law, elements of ... Read more

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