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Book SynopsisRob Canton is Professor in Community and Criminal Justice at De Montfort University, UK. He has worked extensively with the Council of Europe and the EU to develop penal practices in several countries and contributed to framing the European Probation Rules and the European Rules on Community Sanctions and Measures. He also acted as Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons Justice Select Committee during their inquiry into the role of the probation service.Trade ReviewCanton’s work is always superbly structured and written in an accessible but engaging style that belies the depth of the material and the sophistication of the arguments … a book for the student new to the study of criminology, the social sciences, and philosophy, and it is also a book for the seasoned practitioner, manager, and leader, as well as experienced academics; but most of all it should be read by politicians, their policy shapers and special advisors. * Steve Collett, Probation Journal, Vol. 64 (3) *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Origins and Meanings of Punishment 2. The Purposes and effects of Punishment 3. Retribution 4. Deterrence 5. Rehabilitation and Desistance 6. Incapacitation and Risk 7. Restorative Justice 8. The Limits and Perils of Punishment 9. Rethinking Punishment.

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Book SynopsisThis volume uncovers the basic ideas behind concepts of criminal law and procedure, thus elucidating differences as well as similarities among legal systems.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the multifunctional role negotiations play in the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice. Prior negotiations may be necessary to bring to the surface and clarify the legal aspects of a dispute before its submission to the ICJ. Negotiations may play a potential and parallel role during the course of the proceedings; results of negotiations may find their way into the judicial reasoning and may even form part of the basis of the judicial settlement. The Courtâs judgment may require further negotiations for its implementation. A failure of this process may bring the parties back before the Court. This volume presents a detailed and critical examination of the case law of the ICJ through the prism of the functional interaction between negotiation and judicial settlement of disputes. In cases where legal interests of third States are involved this functional interaction becomes even more complex. The focus is not on the merits of each individual case, butTrade Review’This book devotes an impressive amount of the decisions of the ICJ to the most diverse aspects of the inevitable functional interplay between negotiation and adjudication. Karel Wellens offers lucid and incisive surveys to chart the complicated legal terrain for a new world of peaceful settlement of dispute.’ Hironobu Sakai, Kyoto University, Japan ’This is an original treatment of an important subject that has not previously had the attention it ought to have received. Professor Wellens treats it with his customary thoroughness and care and brings out clearly the continuing relevance of negotiation before and after the judicial phase of dispute settlement, and even during the judicial process itself.’ Sir Franklin Berman QC, Essex Court Chambers, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction; Chapter 1 The Dynamics of Negotiations as a Process from an International Relations Perspective: A Brief Visit; Part I Negotiations in the Pre-Adjudicative Phase; Chapter 1a The Multifunctionality of Negotiations as Means for the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes and their Status under International Law; Chapter 2 A First Visit to the Functional Interaction between Negotiations and Adjudication by the Court as Mechanisms for the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes; Chapter 3 Negotiations as a Precondition for the Submission of a Dispute to the Court; Part II Negotiations and the Adjudicative Phase; Chapter 4 Entering the Peace Palace: Seisin of the Court and Meetings with the President; Chapter 5 The Existence and Nature of a Dispute and Failed Negotiations are the Keys to the Great Hall of Justice, But Who is the Key Holder?; Chapter 6 Negotiations during the Course of the Proceedings; Chapter 7 Negotiations and their Role in the Judicial Settlement by the Court; Part III Negotiations during the Post-Adjudicative Phase; Chapter 8 Functional Interaction in the Post-Adjudicative Phase; Chapter 9 Failed Post-Adjudicative Negotiations and Returning to the Court; Chapter 10 Conclusions;

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