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  • Representing Rapeby Susan Ehrlich

    Routledge 2001; US$ 59.95

    Representing Rape is the first feminist analysis of the language of sexual assault trials from the perspective of linguistics. more...

  • Terrorism and International Lawby Rosalyn Higgins; Maurice Flory

    Routledge 1997; US$ 170.00

    The first book to address in one volume the wide variety of responses in law to terrorism as they exist in both domestic and international contexts. There are contributions from 13 recognised authorities in UK, French, and international law. more...

  • Practice of Punishmentby Wesley Cragg

    Routledge 1992; US$ 155.00

    Cragg combines the findings of contemporary studies, reports and papers focusing on crime, punishment and penal practice with philosophical argument and thereby constructs a radical theory of restorative justice. more...

  • New Perspectives on Economic Crimeby Hans Sjogren; Goran Skogh

    Edward Elgar Publishing 2004; US$ 40.00

    Economic crime is, by definition, crime committed to gain profit within an otherwise legitimate business. Examples are illegal pollution, brand name infringement and tax evasion. The victims of such crimes may be private citizens, businesses and the state. The leading authors in this vital new book survey recent advances in the study of economic crime from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. more...

  • The Abolition of the Death Penalty in International Lawby William A. Schabas

    Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 64.00

    This extensively revised third edition considers capital punishment in UN human rights system, international humanitarian law, European human rights law and Inter-American human rights law. New chapters address capital punishment in African human rights law and international criminal law. Includes extensive appendices and introduction by the president of the ICJ. more...

  • Uk's Legal Responses To Terrorismby Professor Yonah Alexander; Professor Edgar H Brenner

    Routledge-Cavendish 2003; US$ 150.00

    The UK's legal responses to terrorism are widely regarded as a model of effective anti-terrorism measures. This book brings all the relevant materials together in one volume to produce a reference tool for the legal, law enforcement, policy-making and academic communities. more...

  • Law Against Genocideby David Hirsh

    Glasshouse Press 2003; US$ 63.95

    Based on first-hand observation of international war crimes tribunals and the English courts, this book examines the emergence of "cosmopolitan" criminal law - principles and institutions that aim to protect the human rights of all individuals, even when they are threatened by their own state. more...

  • Prosecuting International Crimesby Robert Cryer; James Crawford; John Bell; Hilary Charlesworth; John Collier; Lori Damrosch; John Dugard; Mary-Ann Glendon; Christopher Greenwood; Hein K?tz; Donald M. McRae

    Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 56.00

    This book concentrates on the legitimacy of the international criminal law regime. It explains the development of the system of international criminal law enforcement in historical context, with regard to international relations theory. more...

  • Elements of War Crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Courtby Knut Dörmann; Louise Doswald-Beck; Robert Kolb

    Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 123.00

    This commentary provides a critical insight into the negotiating history that led to the adoption of the elements of war crimes. It also presents existing jurisprudence, which is relevant for the interpretation of the war crimes in the ICC Statute. more...

  • Genocide in International Lawby William A. Schabas

    Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 56.00

    The provisions of the 1948 Genocide Convention are now being interpreted in important judgements throughout the world. In this definitive work William A. Schabas examines the concept of protected groups, the quantitative dimension of genocide, problems of criminal prosecution and international judicial cooperation, and the international duty to prevent genocide. more...