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Human Trafficking Around the World
Columbia University Press 2013; US$ 26.99This unprecedented study of sex trafficking, forced labor, organ trafficking, and sex tourism across twenty-four nations highlights the experiences of the victims, perpetrators, and anti-traffickers involved in this brutal trade. Combining statistical data with intimate accounts and interviews, journalist Stephanie Hepburn and justice scholar Rita... more...
Globalizing Justice for Mass Atrocities
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95This major new study examines the developing practice of universal jurisdiction, as well as the broader phenomenon of "globalizing" justice, and its ramifications. With a detailed overview of the contemporary practice of universal jurisdiction, it discerns three trends at work: pure universal jurisdiction, universal jurisdiction "plus", and... more...
When Robots Kill
Northeastern University Press 2013; US$ 39.99The first book to develop standards for the criminal liability of artificial intelligence technologies more...
Injustice
The History Press 2013; US$ 29.17To a lawyer, injustice is the unfair conduct of a trial. Consequently, a trial can be considered 'fair' even though an innocent man has been convicted, and vice versa. To the person on the street a fair trail is one which results in the guiltly being convicted and the innocent acquitted. In this fascinating book, Brian Harris QC looks into several... more...
Transitional Justice
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 114.95This book goes further than providing a legal analysis of the effectiveness of transitional justice and presents a wider perspective. It is a critical appraisal of the different dimensions of the process of transitional justice that affects the imagery and constructions of past experiences and perceptions of conflict. Examining hidden histories of... more...
La rationalité pénale moderne
Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa 2013; US$ 39.95L?ouvrage traite du concept de « rationalité pénale moderne », conçu par le professeur Alvaro Pires comme le système de pensée dominant du droit criminel moderne. Il porte également sur les obstacles liés à l?émergence de pratiques alternatives à l?enfermement, plus sensibles au problème de stigmatisation et d?exclusion sociale du condamné. more...
Evil or Ill?
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 42.95Lawrie Reznek addresses these questions and more in his controversial investigation of the insanity defense in Evil or Ill ? Drawing from countless intriguing case examples, he aims to understand the concept of an excuse, and explains why the law excuses certain actions and not others. In his easily accessible and elegant style, he explains that in... more...
International Law Documents Relating To Terrorism
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 330.00Since 9/11, terrorism has been at the forefront of global politics and international relations. This new edition has been thoroughly updated and provides a comprehensive compilation of international law documents relating to terrorism. Covering the main instruments passed by the United Nations, regional organizations and the State practice of the US... more...
Sex and Punishment
Saqi 2013; US$ 13.11Sex and Punishment tells the story of the struggle throughout millennia to regulate the most powerful engine of human behaviour: sex. From the savage impalement of an Ancient Mesopotamian adulteress to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde for ?gross indecency? in 1895, Eric Berkowitz evokes the entire sweep of Western sex law. ?I don?t... more...
Banking Secrecy and Offshore Financial Centers
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 135.00This book brings together the issues surrounding banking secrecy and confiscation of criminal proceeds. The book examines the existing legal agreements at the international, regional and national levels and their interaction in the substantive areas of confiscation, anti-money laundering and banking confidentiality laws. It looks at how these agreements... more...









