Law : Criminal Law

This volume explores the construction of gender norms and examines how they were reflected and reinforced by legal institutional practices in modern Europe. more...

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Seit zehn Jahren gibt es eine rasch zunehmende juristische Nachfrage bei der forensischen Psychiatrie und Rechtspsychologie nach kriminalprognostischen Gutachten. Diese dienen als Grundlage fr die juristische Entscheidung ber die bedingte Entlassung von Gefangenen mit lngeren Haftstrafen oder die Verhngung einer Maregel. Dieser Prognostik wird in der ffentlichkeit mit groen Bedenken begegnet. Tatschlich aber existieren inzwischen wissenschaftliche Grundlagen, die eine Aussage erlauben, ob im Einzelfall eine zuverlssige Prognose mglich ist oder nicht. Ebenso gibt es eine wissenschaftliche Evidenz, welche Therapieverfahren und -formen bei welchen psychischen Strungen von Rechtsbrechern und bei welchen Deliktformen erfolgversprechend oder kontraindiziert sind. Renommierte Wissenschaftler, die auch Praktiker in der Begutachtung und Behandlung sind, bieten hier eine kompetente Darstellung dessen, was an Interventionen mglich ist, und zeigen, wo die Grenzen liegen. more...

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The Criminal Justice Act 2003 re-wrote the hearsay evidence rule for the purpose of criminal proceedings, enacting the recommendations of the Law Commission together with some proposals from the Auld Review. Since the new provisions came into force a body of case-law has interpreted them and, in particular, given guidance as to how the new 'inclusionary discretion'. should be exercised. Following the style of his earlier book about the new law on bad character evidence, the central part of Professor Spencer's book on hearsay evidence consists of section-by-section commentary on the relevant provisions of the Act. The commentary is preceded by chapters on the history of the hearsay rule, and the requirements of Article 6(3)(d) of the European Convention on Human Rights. It is followed by an appendix containing the text of the statutory provisions and a selection of the leading cases. more...

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The UK's new Human Rights Act with its duty to give domestic effect to the European Convention on Human Rights and the jurisprudence of the Strasbourg court will have a significant effect on many aspects of the criminal and regulatory process. The papers in this volume,arising from the second Cambridge Centre for Public Law conference consider the Act's impact on investigation and surveillance, on evidence, procedure and the substantive law applied at trials and hearings, and at the post-trial stage e.g. sentencing and post-report action in respect of DTI Inspection. Contributions from many of the country's leading criminal and regulatory lawyers (both academic and practising) make this volume an important and original source for all criminal lawyers. more...

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Prohibitions against offensive conduct have existed for many years, but their extent and use was on the decline. Recently, however, several jurisdictions, including England and Wales, have moved to broaden the reach and severity of measures against incivilities. New measures include expanded targeting of unpopular forms of public conduct, such as begging, and legislation authorising magistrates to issue prohibitory orders against anti-social behaviour. Because these quality-of-life prohibitions can be so restrictive of personal liberties, it is essential to develop adequate guiding and limiting principles concerning State intervention in this area. This book addresses the legal regulation of offensive behaviour. Topics include: the nature of offensiveness; the grounds and permissible scope of criminal prohibitions against offensive behaviour; the legitimacy of civil orders against incivilities; and identifying the social trends that have generated current political interest in preventing incivilities through intervention of law. These questions are addressed by eleven distinguished philosophers, criminal law theorists, criminologists, and sociologists. In an area that has attracted much public comment but little theoretical analysis to date, these essays develop a fuller conceptual framework for debating questions about the legal regulation of offensive behaviour. more...

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