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Anti-corruption, transparency and accountability in health: concepts, frameworks, and approaches Open
Background: As called for by the Sustainable Development Goals, governments, development partners and civil society are working on anti-corruption, transparency and accountability approaches to control corruption and advance Universal Heal…
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Criminal justice, artificial intelligence systems, and human rights Open
The automation brought about by big data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence systems challenges us to reconsider fundamental questions of criminal justice. The article outlines the automation which has taken place in th…
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Anti-impunity and the turn to criminal law in human rights Open
Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, the human rights movement has been almost synonymous with the fight against impunity. Today, to support human rights means to favor criminal accountability for those individuals who have vio…
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Neuroscience and behavioral genetics in US criminal law: an empirical analysis Open
The goal of this study was to examine the growing use of neurological and behavioral genetic evidence by criminal defendants in US criminal law. Judicial opinions issued between 2005-12 that discussed the use of neuroscience or behavioral …
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A Critical Introduction to International Criminal Law Open
Suitable for students, academics and professionals from multiple fields wishing to understand contemporary theories, practices and critiques of international criminal law, this book presents the field in an accessible way via five core the…
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The Expressive Powers of Law: Theories and Limits Open
When asked why people obey the law, legal scholars usually give two answers. deters illicit activities by specifying sanctions, and it possesses legitimate authority in the eyes of society. Richard McAdams shifts the prism on this familia…
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Advance euthanasia directives: a controversial case and its ethical implications Open
Authorising euthanasia and assisted suicide with advance euthanasia directives (AEDs) is permitted, yet debated, in the Netherlands. We focus on a recent controversial case in which a Dutch woman with Alzheimer’s disease was euthanised bas…
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Consent, Culpability, and the Law of Rape Open
This Article explores the relationship between consent and culpability. The goal is to present a thorough exposition of the tradeoffs at play when the law adopts different conceptions of consent. After describing the relationship between c…
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Complementarity in the Line of Fire: The Catalysing Effect of the International Criminal Court in Uganda and Sudan Open
Of the many expectations attending the creation of the first permanent International Criminal Court, the greatest has been that the principle of complementarity would catalyse national investigations and prosecutions of conflict-related cr…
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International Criminal Law, Cases and Materials Open
This compact casebook surveys the full breadth of international criminal law rather than focusing narrowly on either violence or white-collar crime, as is characteristic of most books in the field. It deals with the complete range of harmf…
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Differentiating criminal networks in the illegal wildlife trade: organized, corporate and disorganized crime Open
Historically, the poaching of wildlife was portrayed as a small-scale local activity in which only small numbers of wildlife would be smuggled illegally by collectors or opportunists. Nowadays, this image has changed: criminal networks are…
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Expert consensus statement on the science of <span>HIV</span> in the context of criminal law Open
Introduction Globally, prosecutions for non‐disclosure, exposure or transmission of HIV frequently relate to sexual activity, biting, or spitting. This includes instances in which no harm was intended, HIV transmission did not occur, and H…
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Archbold: International Criminal Courts: Practice, Procedure and Evidence Open
Introduction. Establishment and jurisdiction of the courts. Structure of the courts. Powers of the courts. Principles of interpretation. Indictments. Pre-trial procedure. Trial procedure. Rules of evidence. Forms of participation in offenc…
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The Sharī‘a and Islamic Criminal Justice in Time of war and Peace Open
Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni is a distinguished human rights advocate with anastounding career and publication record that exceeds seventy books (authoredand edited) and 260 articles. The Sharī‘a and Islamic Criminal Justice is yetanother rigo…
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The Corporate Criminal: Why Corporations Must Be Abolished Open
Drawing upon a wide range of sources of empirical evidence, historical analysis and theoretical argument, this book shows beyond any doubt that the private, profit-making, corporation is a habitual and routine offender. The book dissects t…
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The Utility of Desert Open
This chapter focuses on the crime-control value of the empirical desert. It argues that a number of specific crime-control powers become available to a system if, and only if, it earns with the community a reputation as a reliable moral au…
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‘Just’ punishment? Offenders’ views on the meaning and severity of punishment Open
In England and Wales, ‘punishment’ is a central element of criminal justice. What punishment entails exactly, however, and how it relates to the other aims of sentencing (crime reduction, rehabilitation, public protection and reparation), …
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Prison Abolition and Grounded Justice Open
This article introduces to legal scholarship the first sustained discussion of prison abolition and what I will call a “prison abolitionist ethic.” Prisons and punitive policing produce tremendous brutality, violence, racial stratification…
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Spectacle in international criminal law: the fundraising image of victimhood Open
This paper explores the relationship between spectacle and law as it unfolds in international criminal law. The spectacularised construction of the victim of international crime as a replica of the familiar fundraising image of victimhood …
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Penal humanitarianism beyond the nation state: An analysis of international criminal justice Open
In a recent account of border control, Mary Bosworth introduces the notion of ‘penal humanitarianism’ to describe how humanitarianism enables penal power to move beyond the nation state. Based on a study of international criminal justice, …
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Punishment and sentencing : a rational approach Open
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Human Rights Dynamics of Abortion Law Reform Open
The legal approach to abortion is evolving from criminal prohibition towards accommodation as a life-preserving and health-preserving option, particularly in light of data on maternal mortality and morbidity. Modern momentum for liberaliza…
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"Revenge Porn" Reform: a View From the Front Lines Open
The legal and social landscape of "revenge porn" has changed dramatically in the last few years. Before 2013, only three states criminalized the unauthorized disclosure of sexually explicit images of adults and few people had ever heard th…
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Victims who victimise Open
How to speak of the agency of the oppressed to harm others in times of atrocity? This article juxtaposes Holocaust literature (Levi, Frankl, Kerte´sz, Ka-Tzetnik) with Holocaust judging (the Kapo collaborator trials in Israel). It does so …
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Victim Impact Statements and Sentencing Open
Legislation allowing for victim impact statements ('VIS') to be presented during sentencing hearings has been introduced into the criminal justice systems of most common law nations, notwithstanding many reservations from defence lawyers a…
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The ‘Ideal’ Victim of International Criminal Law Open
The role of victims is increasingly central to discussions in and practices of international criminal law. Greater attention is, I argue, leading to a visual and discursive specification of victimhood. Drawing on criminologist Nils Christi…
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Commentary on the Law of the International Criminal Court Open
The Commentary on the Law of the International Criminal Court (CLICC) provides a provision-by-provision analysis of the Rome Statute and the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Criminal Court. It is available as a book in …
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Gambling-related embezzlement in the workplace: a qualitative study Open
People with severe gambling problems typically first spend all their available money on gambling and then resort to borrowing, selling personal property and other ways of procuring more money for gambling. Some problem gamblers commit econ…
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The Global Diffusion of Law: Transnational Crime and the Case of Human Trafficking Open
In the past few decades new laws criminalizing certain transnational activities have proliferated: from money laundering, corruption, and insider trading to trafficking in weapons and drugs. Human trafficking is one example. We argue that …
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Integrating a Victim Perspective within Criminal Justice: International Debates Open
Contents: Introduction, Adam Crawford An overview of key themes, Jo Goodey. The status of victims: Victims as consumers of the criminal justice system?, Renee Zauberman Individualization of the victim: from positivism to postmodernism, Les…