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The Insanity Defence
International and Comparative Perspectives
Av Ronnie Mackay, Warren Brookbanks
Inbunden, 2022
1707 kr
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More than any other defence in the criminal law, the insanity defence has, and continues to be, the subject of heated debate. Yet too little is known about how the insanity defence operates in different jurisdictions, including in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In this book, Mackay and Brookbanks, …
Criminal Fraud and Election Disinformation
Law and Politics
Inbunden, 2022
1450 kr
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Criminal Fraud and Election Disinformation is about the state's approach to fraud and distortion of the truth in politics, especially during election campaigns. Deliberate mischaracterisation of political opponents and their policies has always been a part of politics; however, lying, dishonesty, …
How Juries Work
And How They Could Work Better
Inbunden, 2024
1682 kr
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The majority of common law jurisdictions, and some civil law jurisdictions, use juries composed of citizens drawn from the general population to deliberate and reach collective verdicts in criminal cases. Juries are relied on to use their collective judgment to reach verdicts that accord with …
Criminalizing Sex
A Unified Liberal Theory
Inbunden, 2020
531 kr
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Starting in the latter part of the 20th century, the law of sexual offenses, especially in the West, began to reflect a striking divergence. On the one hand, the law became significantly more punitive in its approach to sexual conduct that is nonconsensual, as evidenced by a major expansion in the …
Sentencing Discretion and the Constitution
Due Process of Time
Inbunden, 2026
1161 kr
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The U.S. Supreme Court maintains that prosecutorial discretion to charge different offenses authorized by the penal code is practically limited only by the penal code itself. Because typical offense conduct violates multiple statutes carrying different maximum – and minimum – sentences, …
Provocation and Responsibility
Inbunden, 1992
2881 kr
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Provocation and Responsibility breaks new ground by drawing on historical and philosophical sources not normally linked in analysis of the criminal law, to provide the first detailed study of the effect of provocation on culpability in morality and law. It traces the fascinating history and …
Lawyers, Legislators and Theorists
Developments in English Criminal Jurisprudence 1800-1957
Inbunden, 1998
2989 kr
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This book descibes in detail the development of substantive criminal law during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The author examines the forces which shaped criminal jurisprudence throughout the course of this period, paying particular attention to the activities of legislators and …
Standing Accused
The Organization and Practices of Criminal Defence Lawyers in Britain
Av Mike McConville, Jacqueline Hodgson m. fl.
Inbunden, 1994
2819 kr
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Criminal cases are commonly seen as a fight between adversaries of equal strength: the intrusive power of the State versus skilled defence lawyers advocating their clients' cause. The reality, according to this major new study, is rather different. The provision of defence counsel is often …
Structure and Function in Criminal Law
Inbunden, 1997
2586 kr
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Professor Robinson provides a new critique of the often neglected problem of classification within the criminal law. He presents a discussion of the present conceptual framework of the law, and offers explanations of how and why formal structures do not match the operation of law in practice. In …
Judge Without Jury
Diplock Trials in the Adversary System
Inbunden, 1995
2171 kr
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Cases connected with the troubles in Northern Ireland have been tried by a judge sitting without a jury in `Diplock Courts'. Given the symbolic importance of the jury within the common law tradition, this study offers the first systematic comparison of the process of trial by judge alone with that …
Hearsay and Confrontation in Criminal Trials
Inbunden, 1996
2780 kr
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The law of Criminal Hearsay is one of the most controversial and topical areas of English law today. Following closely on the heels of the publication of the Law Commission's consultation paper on Criminal Hearsay, this timely book takes a critical look at the operation of the Hearsay rule in …
Public Prosecutors and Discretion
A Comparative Study
Av Julia Fionda
Inbunden, 1995
2965 kr
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The role of the public prosecutor in sentencing has become the subject of intense debate in recent years. Experts recognize that their influence on sentencing practice is profound, and that the implications of their influence is far reaching. In this original study the author assesses the influence …
Punishment, Responsibility, and Justice
A Relational Critique
Av Alan Norrie
Inbunden, 2000
3269 kr
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Punishment, Responsibility and Justice builds on Alan Norrie's previous work in the philosophy of punishment and criminal law to develop a challenging and ground-breaking critique of Kantian justice thinking. It casts a bold new light on recent debates about punishment and the criminal law in a …
Mental Condition Defences in the Criminal Law
Av R. D. Mackay
Inbunden, 1995
3066 kr
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Mental condition defences have been used in several high-profile and controversial criminal trials in recent years. indeed, mental abnormality is increasingly an important yet complex source of defence within the criminal trial process.The author offers a detailed critical analysis of those …
Harm and Culpability
Av Smith Simester, A. P. Simester m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
3176 kr
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The present volume draws together original and significant essays from a number of leading authorities which identify areas of the modern criminal law where there are significant conceptual difficulties. The project developed from a series of seminars in cambridge University, in which leading …
Censure and Sanctions
Häftad, 1996
1076 kr
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A number of jurisdictions, including England and Wales after their adoption of the 1991 Criminal Justice Act, require that sentences be `proportionate' to the severity of the crime. This book, written by the leading architect of `just deserts' sentencing theory, discusses how sentences may be …
Fundamentals of Sentencing Theory
Essays in Honour of Andrew von Hirsch
Av Andrew Ashworth, Martin Wasik
Inbunden, 1998
3176 kr
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The Oxford Monographs On Criminal Law And Justice series aims to cover all aspects of criminal law and procedure including criminal evidence. the scope of the series is wide, encompassing both practical and theoretical works. Series Editor: Professor Andrew Ashworth, Vinerian Professor of English …
Criminal Attempts
Av R. A. Duff
Inbunden, 1997
2628 kr
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This book reflects the belief that a careful study of the Law of Attempts should be both interesting in itself, as well as being a productive route into a number of larger and deeper issues in criminal law theory and in the philosophy of action. By identifying the legal doctrines which courts and …
Silence, Confessions and Improperly Obtained Evidence
Inbunden, 1998
3302 kr
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This important new book examines in some detail the law relating to confessions, unlawful evidence, and the 'right to silence' in the police station. The author also looks at the principles which lie behind this branch of the law. As well as his close examination of the English position, the author …
Excusing Crime
Inbunden, 2004
2444 kr
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When should someone who may have intentionally or knowingly committed criminal wrongdoing be excused? Excusing Crime examines what excusing conditions are, and why familiar excuses, such as duress, are thought to fulfil those conditions. The 'classical' view of excuses sees them as rational defects …
Expert Evidence and Criminal Justice
Inbunden, 2001
2586 kr
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As an increasing range of expert evidence becomes available to it, the criminal justice system must answer a series of challenging questions: should experts be permitted to give evidence on the credibility of witnesses? How should statistical evidence be presented to juries? What relevance does …
Corporations and Criminal Responsibility
Av Celia Wells
Inbunden, 2001
1295 kr
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Contemporary concern about technological hazards posed by business enterprises has intensified interest in the criminality of corporations. Incorporating ideas from a wide range of literature, the book argues that there is no magic answer to corporate power, to issues of personal safety and their …
Understanding Miscarriages of Justice
Law, the Media and the Inevitability of a Crisis
Av Richard Nobles, David Schiff
Inbunden, 2000
2712 kr
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Understanding Miscarriages of Justice explores a paradox. In a society in which justice is uncertain and contested, how can we talk meaningfully about miscarriage of justice? The book examines the structural conditions that inevitably produce high-profile miscarriages of justice. The thesis of the …
Rethinking English Homicide Law
Av Andrew Ashworth, Barry Mitchell
Inbunden, 2000
2417 kr
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The law of homicide is probably the most high-profile area of the criminal law, and yet in recent years it has been relatively neglected by law reform agencies. Rethinking English Homicide Law brings together six top English criminal lawyers to discuss the future shape of the English law of …
The Adversarial Process and the Vulnerable Witness
Inbunden, 2002
2143 kr
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Until quite recently it was commonplace to describe the witness as the 'forgotten man' in the criminal justice system. The last few years have seen a dramatic shift in thinking with an increasing recognition of the legitimate expectations and rights of witnesses within the criminal process. At the …
Rethinking English Homicide Law
Av Andrew Ashworth, Barry Mitchell
Häftad, 2000
1279 kr
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The law of homicide is probably the most high-profile area of the criminal law, and yet in recent years it has been relatively neglected by law reform agencies. Rethinking English Homicide Law brings together six top English criminal lawyers to discuss the future shape of the English law of …
Preventive Justice
Av Andrew Ashworth, Lucia Zedner
Inbunden, 2014
2017 kr
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This book arises from a three-year study of Preventive Justice directed by Professor Andrew Ashworth and Professor Lucia Zedner at the University of Oxford. The study seeks to develop an account of the principles and values that should guide and limit the state's use of preventive techniques that …
Preventive Justice
Av Andrew Ashworth, Lucia Zedner
Häftad, 2015
791 kr
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This book arises from a three-year study of Preventive Justice directed by Professor Andrew Ashworth and Professor Lucia Zedner at the University of Oxford. The study seeks to develop an account of the principles and values that should guide and limit the state's use of preventive techniques that …
The Preventive Turn in Criminal Law
Inbunden, 2017
1700 kr
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This book presents a theoretical examination of the rise and expansion of preventive criminal offences that has gained momentum in Anglo-American criminal justice since the late-twentieth century. It shows how recent transformations in criminal law and justice are intrinsically related to and …
Criminal Justice and Taxation
Inbunden, 2017
1700 kr
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The fallout from the financial crisis of 2007-8, HSBC Suisse in 2015, and the Panama Papers in 2016 has generated calls for far more vigorous and punitive responses to tax evasion and greater international co-operation against mechanisms for giving anonymity to the ownership of property. One …
