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Book SynopsisThis collection brings together the key papers in the area of efficiency in law and economics. Alongside an original introduction, the collection covers the applications of economic efficiency to law and the limitations and morality of efficiency. This important book will appeal to anyone interested in the underlying welfare theory relating to the use of economics in law, examining both the history and impact of the theory, as well as its deficiencies.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction The Development of Economic Efficiency in Law - Richard O. Zerbe Jr. PART I APPLICATIONS OF ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY TO LAW 1. Arnold C. Harberger (1971), ‘Three Basic Postulates for Applied Welfare Economics: An Interpretive Essay’ 2. Steven Shavell (1981), ‘A Note on Efficiency vs. Distributional Equity in Legal Rulemaking: Should Distributional Equity Matter Given Optimal Income Taxation?’ 3. Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell (1994), ‘Why the Legal System is Less Efficient than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income’ 4. Jonathan R. Macey and Maureen O’Hara (1999), ‘Regulating Exchanges and Alternative Trading Systems: A Law and Economics Perspective’ 5. Ugo Mattei (1994), ‘Efficiency in Legal Transplants: An Essay in Comparative Law and Economics’ 6. Alan Schwartz and Joel Watson (2004), ‘The Law and Economics of Costly Contracting’ PART II LIMITATIONS OF EFFICIENCY 7. Robert D. Cooter (1987), ‘Liberty, Efficiency, and Law’ 8. Homer Kripke (1985), ‘Law and Economics: Measuring the Economic Efficiency of Commercial Law in a Vacuum of Fact’ 9. Mario J. Rizzo (1979-1980), ‘The Mirage of Efficiency’ PART III UTILITARIANISM AND WEALTH MAXIMIZATION 10. Richard A. Posner (1979), ‘Utilitarianism, Economics, and Legal Thought’ 11. Anthony T. Kronman (1980), ‘Wealth Maximization as a Normative Principle’ 12. Richard A. Posner (1985), ‘Wealth Maximization Revisited’ PART IV MORALITY OF EFFICIENCY 13. Richard O. Zerbe, Jr. (2007), ‘The Legal Foundation of Cost-Benefit Analysis’ 14. Mark D. White (2006), ‘A Kantian Critique of Neoclassical Law and Economics’ 15. Russell Hardin (1992), ‘The Morality of Law and Economics’ 16. Richard O. Zerbe, Jr. (2006), ‘Justice and the Evolution of Common Law’ PART V OTHER CONCEPTS OF EFFICIENCY 17. John Rawls (1958), ‘Justice as Fairness’ 18. Amartya Sen (1993), ‘Capability and Well-Being’ 19. Guido Calabresi (1991), ‘The Pointlessness of Pareto: Carrying Coase Further’ 20. Jonathan Klick and Francesco Parisi (2004), ‘Wealth, Utility, and the Human Dimension’ 21. Richard O. Zerbe, Jr. (1998), ‘Response: An Integration of Equity and Efficiency’

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Book Synopsis'The rhetoric of transformation in transitional justice seems to be everywhere. Padraig McAuliffe takes this agenda down to its roots and exposes unproven or wishful assumptions that fail to connect with conditions in actual post-conflict settings. This bracing and powerful book, massively researched and tightly argued, throws down a gauntlet and defines an agenda for future research. McAuliffe's book is a singular and outstanding intervention in the transitional justice field.'- Margaret Urban Walker, Marquette University Despite the growing focus on issues of socio-economic transformation in contemporary transitional justice, the path dependencies imposed by the political economy of war-to-peace transitions and the limitations imposed by weak statehood are seldom considered. This book explores transitional justice's prospects for seeking economic justice and reform of structures of poverty in the specific context of post-conflict states. Systematic and timely, this book examines how the evolution of contemporary civil war, the modalities of peacemaking and peacebuilding, as well as the role of grassroots forms of justice, condition prospects for tackling the economic roots of conflict. It argues that discourse in the area focuses too much on the liberal commitments of interveners to the exclusion of understanding how interventionist impulses are compromised by the agency of local actors. Ultimately, the book illustrates that for transitional justice to become effective in transforming structures of injustice, it needs to acknowledge the salience of domestic political incentives and accumulation patterns. Transitional justice scholars will find this book indispensable as the first consideration of transitional justice and economic transformation from the perspective of the domestic political economy. Both peacebuilding and development specialists will also benefit from its wealth of lessons to be learned.Trade Review'This is one of the most important and original contributions to recent transitional justice literature. In this outstanding work of non-ideal theory, McAuliffe argues that wishful thinking and good intentions are not enough to bring about lasting economic improvements in post war states. What is required is a clear-eyed examination of how transitional justice precepts about economic justice work in particular post war contexts; how they can be realized given the real world institutional weakness, lingering old-guard influence, lack of political tradition and corruption typical of fledgling states. Beautifully written and argued, this is a must read for both scholars and practitioners of transitional justice.' --(Nir Eisikovits, Suffolk University)'''Economic transformation'' has become the order of the day in contemporary transitional justice discourse. The question of how deep-seated economic injustice can be effectively addressed in real-world post-conflict scenarios is rarely considered, however. McAuliffe's inspiring book tackles this much-neglected issue head-on. It is one of those rare books that ''advance the conversation'', a must-read for everyone wishing to go beyond oversimplified formulas and to critically think about the real place of economic justice in post-conflict states.' --(Frank Haldemann, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Switzerland)'Padraig McAuliffe's book has both the ambition to go beyond traditional debates surrounding transitional justice and propose an innovative understanding of transformative justice and the humility to understand the limits of holistic solutions that often do not cater for the specific features of particular situations. It guides the reader away from certain intellectual dead ends, and opens new avenues for fruitful discussion on how to deal with post conflict situations in a way that addresses not only the immediate reasons for conflict but also the underlying structural causes. Padraig McAuliffe takes us on this path with a clear, pedagogic and well written book which will be essential reading for all those trying to understand what is at stake when trying to achieve lasting peace in post-conflict countries.' --(Dov Jacobs, Leiden University, the Netherlands)Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Acknowledging the Complexities of Post-Conflict Socio-Economic Justice 2. Transitional Justice’s Transformative Turn: How We Got Here, What We Know and What We Don’t 3. Transitional Opportunity? How Peace Negotiations and Power-sharing Impede Root Cause Approaches 4. Transitional Justice, Liberal Peacebuilding and the Endogenous Determinants of Transformation 5. ‘Trickle-up Justice?’: The Impact of Bottom-Up Justice Beyond the Local 6. Conclusion: Lesson’s Learned, Lessons Spurned Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing on the expertise and experience of contributors from a wide range of academic, professional and judicial backgrounds, the Research Handbook on the International Penal System critically analyses the laws, policies and practices that govern detention, punishment and the enforcement of sentences in the international criminal justice context. Comprehensive and innovative, it examines the operation of the international penal system, covering pertinent issues such as non-custodial sanctions, monitoring of conditions of detention, the protection of prisoners under international law and the transfer of prisoners. These aspects are presented in a logical order, linking up with the chronological sequence of the international criminal justice process. Far-reaching, this Handbook also explores broader normative questions related to contemporary human rights law, transitional and restorative justice and victim redress, before exploring contemporary and alternative mechanisms for punishing and overseeing punishment, and possible avenues for development.This up-to-date assessment will provide valuable insights for researchers and students of international criminal law and justice, comparative penal law, penology, prisoners' rights and transitional and restorative justice. Its recommendations for development will also interest international and national officials working in criminal law and justice.Contributors: D. Abels, K. Ambos, O. Bekou, S. D Ascoli, T.A. Doherty, M.A. Drumbl, S.A. Fisher, B. Holá, A. Jones, N. Kiefer, C. McCarthy, L. McGregor, R. Mulgrew, J.C. Nemitz, M.M. Penrose, G. Sluiter, S. Snacken, A. Trotter, H. van der Wilt, J. van Wijk, D. van Zyl Smit, R. YoungTrade Review'A huge gap in the literature is filled with this authoritative volume. The issues at the delivery point of the international justice system, when convicted criminals are punished, receive comprehensive treatment by the world's experts in this field. This work is an indispensable addition to any international criminal law library.' --William A. Schabas, Middlesex University, UK and Leiden University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I INTERNATIONAL REMAND DETENTION 1. The Legal Position of International Detainees: Applicable Law and Standards Jan Christoph Nemitz 2. Provisional Release from International Remand Detention Andrew Trotter PART II INTERNATIONAL PENALTIES 3. Ius Puniendi and Individual Criminal Responsibility in International Criminal Law Kai Ambos 4. Determinate and Indeterminate Sentences of Imprisonment in International Criminal Justice Dirk Van Zyl Smit 5. Fines and Forfeiture in International Criminal Justice Rebecca Young PART III INTERNATIONAL SENTENCING 6. International Sentencing: Law and Practice Silvia D’Ascoli 7. Judicial Cross-Referencing in the Sentencing Practice of International(ized) Criminal Courts and Tribunals Annika Jones PART IV INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS 8. The Transfer of the Execution of Sentences of the International Criminal Court in Light of Inter-State Practice Harmen Van Der Wilt 9. Rule 11bis: Exploring the Penal Aspects of Transferring Cases to National Courts by the Ad Hoc Tribunals Olympia Bekou PART V INTERNATIONAL IMPRISONMENT 10. State Cooperation in the Enforcement of Sentences Göran Sluiter 11. Limiting the Objectives of the Enforcement of International Punishment Denis Abels 12. Rehabilitating International Prisoners Barbora Holá and Joris Van Wijk PART VI INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, OVERSIGHT AND SUPERVISION 13. International Penal Law: Aligned with or Autonomous from International Human Rights Law? Lorna Mcgregor 14. Oversight of International Imprisonment: The Committee for the Prevention of Torture Sonja Snacken and Nik Kiefer 15. Enforcement of Sentences and Oversight of Prisoners Convicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone Teresa Anne Doherty and Shireen Avis Fisher PART VII ALTERNATIVES TO CUSTODIAL PUNISHMENT 16. International Punishment from ‘Other’ Perspectives Mark A. Drumbl 17. The International Criminal Court’s Regime of Victim Redress: Non-Punitive Responses to Crimes Under the Rome Statute Conor Mccarthy PART VIII DEVELOPING THE INTERNATIONAL PENAL SYSTEM 18. Creating an International Prison Margaret M. Penrose 19. The Costs of Suspicion: A Critical Analysis of the Compensation Scheme Established By Article 85(3) of the Rome Statute Róisín Mulgrew Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisUsing Human Rights to Counter Terrorism uses practical examples to argue that a State's lack of respect for human rights is counter-productive and hinders its fight against terrorism. Through analysing legislative developments since 2001, this book examines how and why many counter terrorism measures have so far been unsuccessful; arguing that longer term, a human rights-centric approach is required. The book's expert contributors have a wide breadth of experience at a national and international level. They have worked with institutions such as national intelligence agencies, the UN Security Council, the UN Human Rights Council as well as a number of UN bodies specializing in Human Rights and Terrorism. Various counter terrorism measures, including mass digital surveillance, the use of drones, and the use of torture are examined. The impact of counter terrorism measures on migration, civil society, and the delivery of humanitarian assistance are assessed. The chapters serve to show that a lack of accountability for human rights violations in these areas can be conducive to an increase in terrorist activity. Those working within State authorities, international and non-governmental organizations will find the arguments presented in this work compelling. Legal practitioners working in the security and human rights sectors will also find this book a useful source of evidence to support human rights countering the challenges of terrorism.Contributors include: F.N. Aoláin, R. Barrett, A. Charbord, B. Emmerson, U. Garms, L. Ginsborg, M. Nowak, L. Oldring, T. Parker, M. ScheininTrade ReviewOne often hears calls not to see anti-terrorism measures and the pursuit of human rights necessarily as opposites, but in many cases as complementary activities. This book offers a welcome exploration of this idea in a wide range of contexts, by experts on the practical as well as the conceptual level. This is a timely and important book with a significant contribution to make towards ensuring survival of people and of the human rights project.' --Christof Heyns, University of Pretoria, South Africa and Member of the UN Human Rights Committee; Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (2010-2016)'This excellent book edited by Manfred Nowak and Anne Charbord tackles the interplay between human rights and counter-terrorism in a comprehensive, digestible, and convincing fashion. The authors navigate the intricate complexities of the interplay between human rights and counter-terrorism with great skill. They are unanimous in their assessment that respect for human rights is a prerequisite for long-term success in countering terrorism.' --Tarik Gherbaoui, European Journal of Legal StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Manfred Nowak and Anne Charbord 1. Key trends in the fight against terrorism and key aspects of international human rights law Manfred Nowak and Anne Charbord 2. Impact of post-9/11 counter-terrorism measures on all human rights Martin Scheinin 3. New counter-terrorism measures: Continuing challenges for human rights Ben Emmerson QC 4. The complexity and challenges of addressing the conditions conducive to terrorism Fionnuala Ní Aoláin 5. One step forward, two steps back: The Security Council, ‘Foreign Terrorist Fighters’, and human rights Lisa Ginsborg 6. Acting ethically in the shadows: Intelligence gathering and human rights Richard Barrett and Tom Parker 7. The preventive criminal justice strategy against terrorism and its human rights implications Ulrich Garms 8. Questions of accountability in countering terrorism Lisa N. Oldring Index

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Book SynopsisWhat is international criminal justice? The authors of this book set out a framework for understanding international criminal justice in all its facets. Considering both definition and content, the authors argue for its treatment as a holistic field of study, rather than a by-product of international criminal law. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this book draws on a range of legal and extra-legal disciplines. Whilst addressing crucial legal questions throughout, it also considers the role and impact of politics, history, psychology, terrorism, transitioning society, and even the idea of hope in how we understand international criminal justice. Challenging many of the prevalent paradigms of thinking in this area, Gideon Boas and Pascale Chifflet explore whether it is possible to reconcile some of the enduring intellectual conflict, such as whether and how retributive and restorative approaches to justice can co-exist. Written by leading academics who themselves are also practitioners in the field, this unique work performs a significant role in defining and explaining international criminal justice, and as such will be important reading for scholars and practitioners, as well as providing an entry point for students in a classroom environment.Trade Review'A great introduction to the subject, rich with scholarly analysis including an essential historical perspective on the origins of international criminal justice, but at the same time sparkling with the unique insights of practitioners.' --William A. Schabas, Middlesex University London, UK'This exceptional book explores the emerging discipline of international criminal justice from new and important perspectives. Its thematic approach lends a deeper understanding not just of the legal frameworks and challenges, but also of the many disciplines that inform and make up this growing field. Written by two distinguished practitioners and scholars of international criminal justice, this book offers readers vital insight into the successes, failures and challenges that confront the response by states and the international community to mass atrocity today.' --Michael P. Scharf, Case Western Reserve University, School of Law, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. What is International Criminal Justice? 2. International Criminal Justice and History 3. International Criminal Justice and Politics 4. International Criminal Justice and Psychology 5. International Criminal Justice and Responses to Terrorism 6. International Criminal Justice and Transitioning Societies 7. International Criminal Justice and Hope – Some Concluding Remarks Index

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Book SynopsisIn China the process of criminal reconciliation allows the alleged perpetrators and victims of certain crimes to resolve criminal cases through reconciliation or mediation. Based on empirical studies, which include case file examination and interviews with judges, prosecutors, lawyers and individual parties in three cities in mainland China, this important new book provides a comprehensive description and in-depth analysis of the operation. Criminal reconciliation has been a key feature in the reform of China's judicial system and as part of her analysis of it the author relates flaws in the criminal reconciliation programme to wider problems in the Chinese criminal justice system.Students and scholars of law and related subjects, especially those focussing on Asian studies, will find this book to be of interest. It will also be of use to associations and organisations working on restorative justice, mediation, and reconciliation.Trade Review'This is an excellent book that provides us with important insights into a central, but so far insufficiently studied aspect of China's criminal justice through its in-depth studies of how 'criminal reconciliation' works on the ground. It is well-grounded in empirical research and critical analysis, and its argument is persuasive. This book is of great value to readers interested in the criminal justice system, judicial reforms, and human rights in China.' --Eva Pils, King's College London, UK'This detailed ethnographic study of ''criminal reconciliation'' (xingshi hejie) in China's criminal process uncovers a major contradiction between the formal rules and lived reality. In place of voluntary admissions of guilt, education and correction, the author found enforced ''reconciliation'' driven by criminal justice officials seeking to meet official performance evaluation criteria. This insightful study demonstrates how informal rules may be accorded primary importance in practice mirroring the Party's promotion of the ''rule of law with Chinese characteristics'' as it extends its authoritarian grip on everyday life.' --Mike McConville, Emeritus Professor, The Chinese University of Hong KongTable of ContentsContents: 1. The criminal reconciliation (xingshi hejie) system in China: background, pilot projects and debates 2. A comparative look at criminal reconciliation: a transplant of restorative justice? 3. Criminal reconciliation in practice: evidence from official case files 4. The process of criminal reconciliation programmes: evidence from interviews 5. The participants of criminal reconciliation programmes: evidence from interviews 6. Understanding wider problems with the Chinese criminal justice system through the lens of criminal reconciliation 7. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis Short Introduction looks at judging and reasoning from three perspectives: what legal reasoning has been; what legal reasoning is from the view of judges and jurists; and what legal reasoning is from the view of a social scientist epistemologist or humanities specialist. Geoffrey Samuel begins by identifying the main institutional focal points of legal reasoning (ius, regulae iuris, Interpretatio, utilitas and actiones). While examining legal reasoning from both an internal and external viewpoint, the book simultaneously incorporates theory and scholarship from a range of other disciplines including social science and film studies. The author also includes a discussion of fiction theory, schemes of intelligibility, and other epistemological issues as well as standard reasoning devices such as induction, deduction and analogy.Combining cases and materials with original text, this unique, concise format is designed to be accessible for students who are starting out on their law programs, as well as providing insights for students and researchers who would like to examine judging and legal reasoning in more depth.Trade Review'In this useful and timely book Geoffrey Samuel offers to his readers a new understanding of the rich complexity of legal reasoning - an understanding that has sometimes been lacking in accounts of law written from a single perspective. Professor Samuel has made excellent use of his wide and deep knowledge of Roman law, of English legal history, of modern English law, and of mediaeval and modern civil law. The book is well set out, with clear, concise, and apt quotations throughout.' --Stephen Waddams, University of Toronto, Canada'A wonderful idea and a stimulating book! Harmonization of Law in Europe will only come to life if students and practitioners begin to understand how judges think about cases. Geoffrey Samuel's unique ability to teach and understand both French law and continental perspectives, as well as English law allows him to give invaluable insight on legal methodology both for English and civil law lawyers. This book is the result of a large historical and methodological knowledge, of a deep understanding of decision-making processes and of a tremendous work with cases. Just remarkable!' --Pascal Pichonnaz, University of Fribourg, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction 1. What Judging and Legal Reasoning Have Been 2. Judging and Legal Reasoning Today (‘Official Portrait’) (1) 3. Judging and Legal Reasoning Today (‘Official Portrait’) (2) 4. The ‘Unofficial Portrait’ 5. The Relationship Between the Official and Unofficial Portraits (1) 6. The Relationship Between the Official and Unofficial Portraits (2) Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisThis Short Introduction looks at judging and reasoning from three perspectives: what legal reasoning has been; what legal reasoning is from the view of judges and jurists; and what legal reasoning is from the view of a social scientist epistemologist or humanities specialist. Geoffrey Samuel begins by identifying the main institutional focal points of legal reasoning (ius, regulae iuris, Interpretatio, utilitas and actiones). While examining legal reasoning from both an internal and external viewpoint, the book simultaneously incorporates theory and scholarship from a range of other disciplines including social science and film studies. The author also includes a discussion of fiction theory, schemes of intelligibility, and other epistemological issues as well as standard reasoning devices such as induction, deduction and analogy.Combining cases and materials with original text, this unique, concise format is designed to be accessible for students who are starting out on their law programs, as well as providing insights for students and researchers who would like to examine judging and legal reasoning in more depth.Trade Review'In this useful and timely book Geoffrey Samuel offers to his readers a new understanding of the rich complexity of legal reasoning - an understanding that has sometimes been lacking in accounts of law written from a single perspective. Professor Samuel has made excellent use of his wide and deep knowledge of Roman law, of English legal history, of modern English law, and of mediaeval and modern civil law. The book is well set out, with clear, concise, and apt quotations throughout.' --Stephen Waddams, University of Toronto, Canada'A wonderful idea and a stimulating book! Harmonization of Law in Europe will only come to life if students and practitioners begin to understand how judges think about cases. Geoffrey Samuel's unique ability to teach and understand both French law and continental perspectives, as well as English law allows him to give invaluable insight on legal methodology both for English and civil law lawyers. This book is the result of a large historical and methodological knowledge, of a deep understanding of decision-making processes and of a tremendous work with cases. Just remarkable!' --Pascal Pichonnaz, University of Fribourg, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction 1. What Judging and Legal Reasoning Have Been 2. Judging and Legal Reasoning Today (‘Official Portrait’) (1) 3. Judging and Legal Reasoning Today (‘Official Portrait’) (2) 4. The ‘Unofficial Portrait’ 5. The Relationship Between the Official and Unofficial Portraits (1) 6. The Relationship Between the Official and Unofficial Portraits (2) Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisThis handbook presents cutting-edge research that compares different criminal procedure systems by focusing on the mechanisms by which legal systems seek to avoid error, protect rights, ground their legitimacy, expand lay participation in the criminal process, and develop alternatives to criminal trials, such as plea bargaining, as well as alternatives to the criminal process as a whole, such as intelligence operations. The criminal procedures examined in this book include those of the United States, Germany, France, Spain, Russia, India, Latin America, Taiwan, and Japan, among others.This book explores a number of key topics in the field of criminal procedure: the role of screening mechanisms in weeding out weak cases before trial; the willingness of different legal systems to suppress illegally obtained evidence; the ways legal systems set meaningful evidentiary thresholds for arrest and pretrial detention; the problem of wrongful convictions; the way legal systems balance the search for truth against other values, such as protections for fundamental rights; emerging legal protections for criminal defendants, including new safeguards against custodial questioning in the European Union, limitations on covert operations in post-Soviet states, and the Indian system of anticipatory bail; as well as the mechanisms by which legal systems avoid trials altogether. A number of contributors also examine the impact of legal reforms that have newly introduced lay jurors into the fact-finding process or that now require juries to give reasons for verdicts.The ideal readership for this handbook includes law students, scholars of criminal procedure and comparative law, as well as civil liberties lawyers. Scholars of national security, the European Union, transitional justice, and privacy will also be interested in the volume's contributions to their fields.Contributors include: S.M. Boyne, M. Cohen, S. Fouladvand, E. Grande, J.S. Hodgson, D.T. Johnson, V. Khanna, N. Kovalev, M. Langer, A.D. Leipold, K. Mahajan, J. Mazzone, J.E. Ross, C. Slobogin, S.C. Thaman, J.I. Turner, R. Vogler, T. WenTrade Review'Contemporary criminal procedure may be seen as a global garden in which myriad blossoms - with names like ''lay judges,'' ''anticipatory bail,'' and ''confession bargaining'' - have sprung out of a grafting of old adversarial-inquisitorial roots. In this impressive volume, contributors from England, India, Italy, Taiwan, and the United States examine many facets of these new hybridities. Cross-pollination among national and supranational systems, differences and similarities at various stages of the criminal process, and even efforts to avoid that process altogether, are explored. The result is a comparative analysis that enriches understanding of global criminal procedure.' --Diane Marie Amann, University of Georgia School of Law'This enlightening book assembles cutting-edge work from the finest scholars of comparative criminal procedure around the world. It marks a real advance in our knowledge and poses policy challenges that every country in the world will have to face.' --James Q. Whitman, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION: MAPPING DIALOGUE AND CHANGE IN COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Jacqueline E. Ross and Stephen C. Thaman PART II HOLISTIC COMPARISONS 1. Limits on the Search for Truth in Criminal Procedure: A Comparative View Jenia Iontcheva Turner 2. Ensuring the Factual Reliability of Criminal Convictions: Reasoned Judgments or a Return to Formal Rules of Evidence? Stephen C. Thaman PART III DIACHRONIC COMPARISONS A. Screening Mechanisms 3. Anticipatory Bail in India: Addressing Misuse of the Criminal Justice Process? Vikramaditya S. Khanna and Kartikey Mahajan 4. Mechanisms for Screening Prosecutorial Charging Decisions in the United States and Taiwan Tzu-te Wen and Andrew D. Leipold 5. Standards for Making Factual Determinations in Arrest and Pretrial Detention: A Comparative Analysis of Law and Practice Richard Vogler and Shahrzad Fouladvand B. Pretrial Investigation 6. Procedural Economy in Pre-Trial Procedure: Developments in Germany and the United States Shawn Marie Boyne 7. From the Domestic to the European: An Empirical Approach to Comparative Custodial Legal Advice Jacqueline S. Hodgson 8. A Comparative Perspective on the Exclusionary Rule in Search and Seizure Cases Christopher Slobogin 9. Silence, Self-Incrimination, and Hazards of Globalization Jason Mazzone C. Adjudication: Jury Trials 10. Rumba Justice and the Spanish Jury Trial Elisabetta Grande 11. Japan’s Lay Judge System David T. Johnson 12. The French Case for Requiring Juries to Give Reasons: Safeguarding Defendants or Guarding the Judges? Mathilde Cohen PART IV SYNCHRONIC COMPARISONS: ALTERNATIVES TO TRIAL, TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, AND TO THE CRIMINAL PROCESS ITSELF 13. Special Investigative Techniques in Post-Soviet States: The Divide Between Preventive Policing and Criminal Investigation Nikolai Kovalev and Stephen C. Thaman 14. The Emergence of Foreign Intelligence Investigations as Alternatives to the Criminal Process: A View of American Counterterrorism Surveillance Through German Lenses Jacqueline E. Ross V EPILOGUE Strength, Weakness, or Both? On the Endurance of the Adversarial-Inquisitorial Systems in Comparative Criminal Procedure Máximo Langer Index

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Book SynopsisComparative Capital Punishment offers a set of in-depth, critical and comparative contributions addressing death practices around the world. Despite the dramatic decline of the death penalty in the last half of the twentieth century, capital punishment remains in force in a substantial number of countries around the globe. This research handbook explores both the forces behind the stunning recent rejection of the death penalty, as well as the changing shape of capital practices where it is retained. The expert contributors address the social, political, economic, and cultural influences on both retention and abolition of the death penalty and consider the distinctive possibilities and pathways to worldwide abolition. Scholars in the fields of law, sociology, political science and history, as well as human rights lawyers, abolitionists, law makers and judges who wish to remain up-to-date on changing death penalty practices will need Comparative Capital Punishment on their reading list. Contributors include: S.L. Babcock, S. Bae, R.C. Dieter, B.L. Garrett, E. Girling, C. Hoyle, P. Jabbar, S. Lehrfreund, D. Lourtau, B. Malkani, M. Miao, A. Nazir, A. Novak, K. Pant, D. Pascoe, A. Sarat, M. Sato, W. Schabas, C.S. Steiker, J.M. Steiker, J. Yorke Trade Review'The kaleidoscopic contributions to this book provide more comparative insight into capital punishment than any other volume. The Steikers have recruited an all-star team of writers, and they have delivered on everything from methods of execution and miscarriages of justice to capital clemency and international norms. If you want to think better about the death penalty's past, present, and future, read this magnificent book.' --David T. Johnson, University of Hawaii and co-author of The Next Frontier: National Development, Political Change, and the Death Penalty in AsiaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: international perspectives on the death penalty Richard C. Dieter Part I Substantive Law 2. Deserving of death: the changing scope of capital offenses in an age of death penalty decline Delphine Lourtau 3. Deciding who lives and who dies: eligibility for capital punishment under national and international law Sandra L. Babcock Part II Procedural Law 4. Extradition and non-refoulement Bharat Malkani 5. An unfair fight for justice: legal representation of persons facing the death penalty Sandra L. Babcock 6. Towards a global theory of capital clemency incidence Daniel Pascoe Part III Administration 7. Imposing a ‘mandatory’ death penalty: a practice out of sync with evolving standards Parvais Jabbar 8. Methods of execution: the American story in comparative perspective Austin Sarat and Keshav Pant 9. Capital punishment at the intersections of discrimination and disadvantage: the plight of foreign nationals Carolyn Hoyle 10. Innocence and the global death penalty Brandon L. Garrett Part IV Institutions 11. International law and the abolition of the death penalty William Schabas 12. The role of institutions in the norm life cycle: the United Nations and the anti–capital punishment norm Sangmin Bae 13. Regional institutions and death penalty abolition: comparative perspectives and their discontents Evi Girling 14. Undoing the British colonial legacy: the judicial reform of the death penalty Saul Lehrfreund Part V The Future of the Death Penalty 15. Reframing the debate on attitudes towards the death penalty Mai Sato 16. Pulling states towards abolitionism: the power of acculturation as a socialization mechanism Michelle Miao 17. Imagining utopia: the global abolition of the death penalty Jon Yorke and Amna Nazir 18. After abolition: the empirical, jurisprudential and strategic legacy of transnational death penalty litigation Andrew Novak 19. Global abolition of capital punishment: contributors, challenges and conundrums Carol S Steiker and Jordan M. Steiker Index

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Book SynopsisThe boundaries between core crimes and transnational crimes are blurring. Should prosecution and trial of transnational crimes be transferred from national to international jurisdictions? Or should criminal law repression in respect of such crimes remain the prerogative of the state? Cutting edge contributions to this book demonstrate that there is no ?one-size-fits-all? answer to these questions.Addressing the distinctions and commonalities of transnational and international crimes, eminent contributors discuss the implications of this relationship in the realm of law enforcement. This book critically reflects on the connection between ?core crimes? of the International Criminal Court including; war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, aggression, and several newly emerging transnational crimes. In view of this gradual merger of the categories, one of the major questions is whether the distinction in legal regime is still warranted. Significantly, the human rights consequences of transnational criminal law enforcement are brought to attention in this timely study. Academics and students of law, officials, policy makers and practicing criminal lawyers, will all greatly benefit from the crucial insight into the future of handling transnational crime.Contributors include: I. Bantekas, M. Bo, N. Boister, H. Bosdriesz, I. Braber, N. Bussolati, A. Chehtman, M.L. Ferioli, S. Gless, C. Jalloh, G. Nessi, H. Olasolo, C. Paulussen, H. van der Wilt, D. van Leeuwen, S. WirkenTrade Review'Occupying an important middle ground between international crimes, such as genocide, and so-called ''ordinary'' crimes, like murder and rape, sit the ''transnational crimes'', such as piracy, and cross-border trafficking in persons and prohibited substances. In this splendid book, eminent scholars explore the features and attributes of transnational crimes, their fluid boundaries, and their very raison d'etre within the international legal system.' --William Schabas, Middlesex University London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Part I Conceptual Framework 1. Legal responses to transnational and international crimes: towards an integrative approach? Harmen van der Wilt 2. Responding to transnational crime: the distinguishing features of transnational criminal law Neil Boister 3. Is international criminal law an appropriate mechanism to deal with organised crime in a global society? Héctor Olásolo Part II Specific Crimes 4. Piracy at the intersection between international and national: regional enforcement of a transnational crime Marta Bo 5. Terrorism as a new generation transnational crime: prosecuting terrorism at the International Criminal Court Inez Braber 6. Terrorism and the conceptual divide between international and transnational criminal law Alejandro Chehtman 7. Cybercrime and its sovereign spaces: an international law perspective Ilias Bantekas 8. Domestic and international legal approaches to the repression of politically-motivated cyber-attacks Nicolò Bussolati 9. Transnational prosecution of grand corruption and its discontent Giulio Nessi 10. Prosecuting money laundering at the ICC: can it stop the funding of international criminal organisations? Dirk van Leeuwen Part III Fair Trial Issues 11. Safeguarding defendants’ rights in transnational and international cooperation Maria Laura Ferioli 12. Ne bis in idem in an international and transnational criminal justice perspective — paving the way for an individual right? Sabine Gless Part IV Regional Case Studies 13. Privatisation and increasing complexity of mass violence in Mexico and Central America: exploring appropriate international responses Sander Wirken and Hanna Bosdriesz 14. The distinction between ‘international’ and ‘transnational’ crimes in the African Criminal Court Charles Chernor Jalloh Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing on the expertise and experience of contributors from a wide range of academic, professional and judicial backgrounds, the Research Handbook on the International Penal System critically analyses the laws, policies and practices that govern detention, punishment and the enforcement of sentences in the international criminal justice context. Comprehensive and innovative, it examines the operation of the international penal system, covering pertinent issues such as non-custodial sanctions, monitoring of conditions of detention, the protection of prisoners under international law and the transfer of prisoners. These aspects are presented in a logical order, linking up with the chronological sequence of the international criminal justice process. Far-reaching, this Handbook also explores broader normative questions related to contemporary human rights law, transitional and restorative justice and victim redress, before exploring contemporary and alternative mechanisms for punishing and overseeing punishment, and possible avenues for development.This up-to-date assessment will provide valuable insights for researchers and students of international criminal law and justice, comparative penal law, penology, prisoners' rights and transitional and restorative justice. Its recommendations for development will also interest international and national officials working in criminal law and justice.Contributors: D. Abels, K. Ambos, O. Bekou, S. D Ascoli, T.A. Doherty, M.A. Drumbl, S.A. Fisher, B. Holá, A. Jones, N. Kiefer, C. McCarthy, L. McGregor, R. Mulgrew, J.C. Nemitz, M.M. Penrose, G. Sluiter, S. Snacken, A. Trotter, H. van der Wilt, J. van Wijk, D. van Zyl Smit, R. YoungTrade Review'A huge gap in the literature is filled with this authoritative volume. The issues at the delivery point of the international justice system, when convicted criminals are punished, receive comprehensive treatment by the world's experts in this field. This work is an indispensable addition to any international criminal law library.' --William A. Schabas, Middlesex University, UK and Leiden University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I INTERNATIONAL REMAND DETENTION 1. The Legal Position of International Detainees: Applicable Law and Standards Jan Christoph Nemitz 2. Provisional Release from International Remand Detention Andrew Trotter PART II INTERNATIONAL PENALTIES 3. Ius Puniendi and Individual Criminal Responsibility in International Criminal Law Kai Ambos 4. Determinate and Indeterminate Sentences of Imprisonment in International Criminal Justice Dirk Van Zyl Smit 5. Fines and Forfeiture in International Criminal Justice Rebecca Young PART III INTERNATIONAL SENTENCING 6. International Sentencing: Law and Practice Silvia D’Ascoli 7. Judicial Cross-Referencing in the Sentencing Practice of International(ized) Criminal Courts and Tribunals Annika Jones PART IV INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS 8. The Transfer of the Execution of Sentences of the International Criminal Court in Light of Inter-State Practice Harmen Van Der Wilt 9. Rule 11bis: Exploring the Penal Aspects of Transferring Cases to National Courts by the Ad Hoc Tribunals Olympia Bekou PART V INTERNATIONAL IMPRISONMENT 10. State Cooperation in the Enforcement of Sentences Göran Sluiter 11. Limiting the Objectives of the Enforcement of International Punishment Denis Abels 12. Rehabilitating International Prisoners Barbora Holá and Joris Van Wijk PART VI INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, OVERSIGHT AND SUPERVISION 13. International Penal Law: Aligned with or Autonomous from International Human Rights Law? Lorna Mcgregor 14. Oversight of International Imprisonment: The Committee for the Prevention of Torture Sonja Snacken and Nik Kiefer 15. Enforcement of Sentences and Oversight of Prisoners Convicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone Teresa Anne Doherty and Shireen Avis Fisher PART VII ALTERNATIVES TO CUSTODIAL PUNISHMENT 16. International Punishment from ‘Other’ Perspectives Mark A. Drumbl 17. The International Criminal Court’s Regime of Victim Redress: Non-Punitive Responses to Crimes Under the Rome Statute Conor Mccarthy PART VIII DEVELOPING THE INTERNATIONAL PENAL SYSTEM 18. Creating an International Prison Margaret M. Penrose 19. The Costs of Suspicion: A Critical Analysis of the Compensation Scheme Established By Article 85(3) of the Rome Statute Róisín Mulgrew Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This insightful and highly readable Advanced Introduction provides a succinct, yet comprehensive, overview of legal reasoning, covering both reasoning from canonical texts and legal decision-making in the absence of rules. Overall, it argues that there are only two methods by which judges decide legal disputes: deductive reasoning from rules and unconstrained moral, practical, and empirical reasoning. discussion and analysis of the interpretive methods used in legal decision-making guidance for the reader through the debates on analogical reasoning and construction of legal principles a defense of intention-based interpretation of legal rules and natural reasoning in law. This Advanced Introduction will be an invaluable resource for students looking for an overview of the subject. It will also be useful for legal practitioners, scholars, and judges. Trade Review'In an eminently lucid book, Alexander and Sherwin argue that legal reasoning is just not special or distinct. Whether or not one agrees with their claim, no one reading their wonderful and engaging book can escape the conclusion that their reasoning, and their book, are quite special. Perhaps their book could have been called ''Advanced Introduction to Reasoning''.' -- Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash, University of Virginia, US'Building on their previous and highly influential work, Alexander and Sherwin go well beyond what they have said before to offer an analysis of legal reasoning that not only introduces the subject, but also makes important cutting-edge academic contributions to our understanding of legal interpretation, rules, precedent, and the very functions of law.' -- Frederick Schauer, University of Virginia, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to legal reasoning PART I THE FUNCTION OF LAW 1. Settling moral controversy PART II REASONING FROM CANONICAL TEXTS 2. Interpreting posited rules 3. Infelicities of, and norms constraining, intended meaning 4. Non-intentionalist interpretation PART III COMMON LAW REASONING 5. Natural reasoning and deduction from rules 6. The mystification of common law reasoning 7. Judicial practice 8. All or nothing Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This insightful and highly readable Advanced Introduction provides a succinct, yet comprehensive, overview of legal reasoning, covering both reasoning from canonical texts and legal decision-making in the absence of rules. Overall, it argues that there are only two methods by which judges decide legal disputes: deductive reasoning from rules and unconstrained moral, practical, and empirical reasoning. discussion and analysis of the interpretive methods used in legal decision-making guidance for the reader through the debates on analogical reasoning and construction of legal principles a defense of intention-based interpretation of legal rules and natural reasoning in law. This Advanced Introduction will be an invaluable resource for students looking for an overview of the subject. It will also be useful for legal practitioners, scholars, and judges. Trade Review'In an eminently lucid book, Alexander and Sherwin argue that legal reasoning is just not special or distinct. Whether or not one agrees with their claim, no one reading their wonderful and engaging book can escape the conclusion that their reasoning, and their book, are quite special. Perhaps their book could have been called ''Advanced Introduction to Reasoning''.' -- Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash, University of Virginia, US'Building on their previous and highly influential work, Alexander and Sherwin go well beyond what they have said before to offer an analysis of legal reasoning that not only introduces the subject, but also makes important cutting-edge academic contributions to our understanding of legal interpretation, rules, precedent, and the very functions of law.' -- Frederick Schauer, University of Virginia, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to legal reasoning PART I THE FUNCTION OF LAW 1. Settling moral controversy PART II REASONING FROM CANONICAL TEXTS 2. Interpreting posited rules 3. Infelicities of, and norms constraining, intended meaning 4. Non-intentionalist interpretation PART III COMMON LAW REASONING 5. Natural reasoning and deduction from rules 6. The mystification of common law reasoning 7. Judicial practice 8. All or nothing Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book critically explores the political, constitutional, legal, and economic challenges of effectively combating the laundering of the proceeds of crime by politically exposed persons (PEPs) in Africa. Professor John Hatchard draws on numerous recent examples from Africa and beyond, arguing that a three-pronged approach is required to address the issues surrounding money laundering by PEPs; there must be action at the national, transnational, and corporate levels. Taking a forward-thinking perspective, he reviews the strategies which would make this approach effective and offers suggestions for their further enhancement. Professor Hatchard also provides an in-depth analysis of the different money laundering techniques used in African countries and suggests how constitutions, financial intelligence units, asset recovery mechanisms, and the African Court of Justice and Human Rights can be utilised to tackle the problem. The book concludes that while challenges remain, there is cause for optimism that money laundering by African PEPs can be addressed successfully. This book will be of interest to academics and students of law, particularly those focusing on financial law, corruption, and economic crime. Containing a wealth of practical case studies, it will also be beneficial for legal practitioners, policymakers, public officials, and civil society organisations.Trade Review‘The current study by Hatchard comes at a time when several instances of abuse of authority by people in power across all continents have come to light. The book is topical, and contains a wealth of case studies from Africa, covering ?nancial crime, corruption, and AML, to name a few. One is convinced that this book will be of interest to academics and researchers. It is a must-have for policymakers and practitioners alike.’ -- Jae Sundaram, Journal of Contemporary African Studies‘This extensively researched and coherently written piece of scholarship ought to be widely consulted by scholars and practitioners seeking to combat money laundering (ML) in Africa. Hatchard's scholarship deserves a wide readership and consideration by academics and stakeholders in the AML space. The book heralds the dominance of an existing voice, intertwining AML strategies and constitutional law, complex areas of law which the author simplifies.’ -- Nkechikwu Valerie Azinge-Egbiri, African Journal of International Economic Law‘This is a book which will be of enormous value to anti-AML technocrats as well as government policymakers.’ -- Venkat Iyer, The Commonwealth Lawyer‘. . . a must have for African corruption fighters.’ -- Richard Messick, The Global Anticorruption Blog'This timely and welcome book examines both the legislative and institutional mechanisms and strategies necessary to combat the laundering of the proceeds of corruption in Africa. Corruption undermines democracy, good governance, and social cohesion, and distorts the allocation of resources. Combating this scourge is an important ingredient of the development agenda in Africa. This book provides a brilliant diagnosis of critical issues to be addressed by countries and the international community in their efforts to combat money laundering. It brings to the forefront the policy agenda necessary in the fight against money laundering, and is a necessary read for students, scholars, and policymakers engaged in the efforts to combat corruption world-wide.' --Muna Ndulo, Cornell Law School, US'The author's anti-corruption expertise merges with his close personal connection to the African continent to produce a wisdom too rarely seen in dialogues between the global north and south. Indeed, John Hatchard would have us collapse that distinction. He envisions an integrated global approach to money laundering - a problem that not only plagues every region and level of development, but for which nearly every country on the globe can genuinely claim to be both victim and perpetrator.' --Andrew Spalding, University of Richmond, US'John Hatchard is doubtlessly one of the most authoritative writers on corruption and good governance in Africa. This book reflects his long-standing interest on the topic and draws on his wealth of personal experience from many years of work in this field. The book provides an impressive and insightful array of strategies for combating money laundering by PEPs in Africa. I am convinced that this will become a standard reference document and is a must-read for researchers, policymakers, and any persons interested in engaging with this fascinating topic.' --Charles M. Fombad, University of Pretoria, South AfricaTable of ContentsContents: Preface: Hope For The Future? Part I: Setting The Scene 1. Money Laundering Challenges In The African Context: Constitutions, Law, Politics And Economics 2. PEPs And The Money Laundering Process In The African Context Part II: The Global And Africa-Specific Strategies Designed To Combat Money Laudering 3. The International And Africa-Specific AML-Related Instruments 4. PEPs, FATF And The African FATF-Style Regional Bodies Part III: Developing And Maintaining Effective AML Strategies In African States 5. PEPs And The Role Of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) And Regulators 6. PEPs And Constitutions As AML Instruments 7. Preventing Money Laundering By PEPs: The Constitutional Role Of The Auditor General 8. PEPs, Constitutions And Investigating Money Laundering 9. Prosecuting PEPs 10. Asset recovery in the African context 11. PEPs and the use and abuse of the constitutional power Part IV: PEPs And Transnational AML Initiatives 12. ‘Know Your Beneficial Owner’: PEPs And Beneficial Ownership Transparency 13. Combating Money Laundering By PEPs: The Private Sector And The ‘Reveal All’ Approach 14. PEPs, Money Laundering And The African Court Of Justice And Human And Peoples’ Rights 15. Hope For The Future: Dealing With PEPs, Towards Enhancing AML Strategies In African Countries Index

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Book Synopsis‘Rough sex’ has been at the forefront of criminal law in recent years following several high-profile murders of women killed during alleged consensual sex ‘gone wrong’, leading to widespread calls for reform to prevent the use of what has been termed the ‘rough sex defence.’ Situated in a global context in which violence against women is one of the leading preventable contributors to death and illness for women aged 18–44 worldwide, this timely collection examines the rough sex defence and responds to some of the wider debates around sex and the law. Drawing on a range of empirical and theoretical standpoints, chapters delve into a range of topics including the female experience of ‘unwanted’ slapping, choking and spitting during sex, the BDSM community, the impacts of pornography, the normalization and sexualization of violence against women, early depictions of BDSM involving the eroticization of non-consensual relations, problematic perceptions of BDSM as inherently violent, and more. Bows and Herring expertly collate a wide-reaching mix of perspectives to contribute to a powerful feminist investigation of this critical issue. It is a compelling read for scholars interested in the intersection of sex, the law, and the criminal justice system.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Hannah Bows and Jonathan Herring Chapter 1. Consensual Aggression and Violence During Sex (‘rough sex’) in the General Population – A Scoping (Literature) Review; Bernard Gallagher, Nadia Wager, Victoria Gall, Barbara Gilroy, Lara Flynn Hudspith, Manisha Singh, Joseph Sykes, and Vicky Whitaker Chapter 2. Coercive Control and Rough Sex; Jonathan Herring Chapter 3. Defining rough sex via mainstream pornography; Samantha Keene Chapter 4. BDSM and the legal imaginary; Alexandra Fanghanel Chapter 5. The Legality of Love-bites; Amanda Spalding Chapter 6. Effectively Recognising and Punishing Sexual Coercion: Proposals for Reform; Susan Leahy Chapter 7. A Critique of the ‘Rough Sex Defence’ in Australian Rape Law; Rachael Burgin and Jonathan Crowe Chapter 8. Understanding women’s experiences of non-consensual violence in sex; Lucy Snow Chapter 9. The rough sex defence in the UK; Fiona Mackenzie Chapter 10. Reacting to Rough Sex: The Unexpected Toll of Section 71 Domestic Abuse Act 2021; Emily Bradley Chapter 11. On Sadism: Placing the Rough Sex Defence Within a History of Sadistic Conceptualisation; Ray Harris

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Book SynopsisIn this timely Research Agenda, Barry Rider has assembled a cast of internationally renowned experts to identify the most pressing questions and issues around financial crime, helping to inform our understanding of how best to protect our economies and financial institutions.The book begins by considering what is meant by the term financial crime, addressing how and to whom it causes harm, the ways in which we might evaluate its incidence and impact, and the increasing relevance of measures designed to disrupt economically motivated criminals. Chapters explore the various factors that have led to the rise of financial crime in recent decades, from advances in technology to the practical issues in effective prevention and interdiction. Bringing together an array of perspectives from experts in law, criminology, and regulation and compliance, the book ultimately advances multiple agendas for future research to enhance our understanding of financial crime and better promote its prevention, containment, and management.This incisive Research Agenda will be an invaluable resource for scholars of law, criminology, management studies, and compliance and risk. Its practical insights will also benefit criminal and regulatory lawyers, as well as legislators and researchers involved in the protection of their economies and financial institutions against financial crime.Trade Review‘Professor Barry Rider, himself a first rate authority on economic crime, has corralled a team of 10 noted academics to produce a timely agenda for research into fraud. His theme of prevention, containment and management provides a convincing response to a neglected but vital sector of criminality which enjoys worryingly exponential growth.’ -- Sir David Green CB QC, Former Director of the Serious Fraud Office‘This is an impressive array of experts with practical experience of the fight against all kinds of financial crime. Their agenda for in-depth research into the surge facing legislators, prosecutors, courts and regulators is thought-provoking. Conclusion: unless Governments resource more research and take more effective measures to prevent and punish financial crime things will only get worse, everywhere and for everyone except the criminals.’ -- Sir John Mummery, former Lord Justice of Appeal and former President of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal‘The nature of financial crime has changed due to automation and globalisation. The Research Agenda needs to change too. This book provides the up-to-date guidance researchers need to use if they’re going to provide the advice society needs to battle economic crime.’ -- Michael Mainelli, Chairman, Z/Yen Group, late Sheriff of the City of London 2019-2021Table of ContentsContents: Foreword xiii Introduction xvii 1 Financial crime as an area of study and research 1 Barry Rider 2 Corporate misconduct’s relevance to society 31 Eugene Soltes 3 Financial crimes – a criminological research perspective 49 Michael Levi 4 Controlling financial crime by utilizing the criminal justice system 69 John Reading SC 5 Challenges in policing financial crime 89 Mary Alice Young and Amber Phillips 6 Financial crime: the regulator’s perspective 105 G Philip Rutledge 7 Financial regulation and fraudulent activity 125 Andrew Haynes 8 Cybercrime and cyber resilience 147 Richard Parlour 9 Research priorities for the international control of economic and financial crime 169 Richard Alexander Index 189

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.This insightful Research Agenda explores the varied manifestations of organised crime, both on the street and through transnational enterprises, and reveals its impact on the integrity of the financial system. Leading academics identify measures which would disrupt and discourage these threats, however sophisticated, and consider avenues for future research. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the multi-faceted dangers posed by organised crime, the book begins with an overview of the misconceptions surrounding the topic, evaluating the limitations of the traditional justice system in addressing corruption and conspiracy. Progressive chapters illustrate a practical knowledge of addressing such threats, identifying new directions for the study of concepts such as organised crime and power, as well as tackling the ways in which enterprises use money laundering to clean their proceeds. They also point to ways in which the law will need to develop to address the opportunities for cyber-enabled crime facilitated by recent technological developments. An engaging platform for future scholarship, this topical Research Agenda will prove a thought-provoking read for academics and policymakers in the areas of criminal justice law, criminology, corruption, and economic crime.Trade Review‘The 1986 US President’s Commission on Organized Crime concluded that the problem with defining “organized crime” was not with the word crime, but rather with the word organized. In this valuable contribution to the literature on what it is agreed is a multifaceted, understudied topic, a fruitful mix of authors from academic, policy and practitioner backgrounds provide an agenda for better understanding and thus confronting organized crime. This roadmap should stimulate much needed research on a matter of global concern.’ -- James O. Finckenauer, Rutgers University, Newark, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xiii Preface xvii 1 Organised crime – what we know and what we think we know! 1 Professor Barry Rider OBE 2 Organised crime and power in the modern world 57 Anna Sergi 3 Organised crime and society 77 William Tupman 4 Organized crime, structures and operations 93 Peter M. German 5 Organised crime and business 113 Kenneth Murray 6 Research issues that could be addressed to better identify and interdict the assets of organised criminals in the UK 135 Jeffrey Bryant 7 Organised crime – offshore and international aspects 155 Dominic Thomas-James 8 Organised crime – the cyber dimension 179 Dionysios Demetis 9 The disruption of crime 197 Shima D Keene Index

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Book SynopsisThis contemporary Research Agenda examines the threats to stability and sustainability presented by economically motivated crime and misconduct. Featuring contributions from distinguished experts in the field of criminal law and justice, this book proposes avenues for future research into the legal frameworks designed to prevent and manage economic crime and corruption. Barry Rider begins by considering the importance of discouraging economically relevant criminals from undermining the efficacy and stability of global economies. Chapters analyse a myriad of topics, including the economic crime-related repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic, the development of small state financial centres, and the key measures adopted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to combat corruption. The book concludes by examining comparative perspectives in fighting organised crime, featuring case studies involving human trafficking and issues of compliance. A Research Agenda for Economic Crime and Development will be an essential resource for scholars and academics studying criminal law and justice, economic crime and corruption, and law and development. It will also be beneficial to criminal and regulatory lawyers, policymakers, and researchers interested in the prevention of economic crime.Trade Review‘Professor Barry Rider OBE has been the leading academic on economic crime since the early 1980s. His important scholarship on financial fraud, and on cross cutting issues including restitution and tort liability, has shaped the academic field and set the agenda for the cooperation between different government agencies. This book introduces a fresh and important research agenda for economic crime and development, challenging traditional assumptions, and confronting the real damage that economic crime can do to the economies of the world.’ -- Mads Andenas KC, University of Oslo, Norway and University of London, UK‘A Research Agenda for Economic Crime and Development seamlessly weaves together a compendium of insightful, thought-provoking pieces written by established, and emerging, scholars and legal practitioners. Professor Barry Rider and all the contributors should be commended for producing this timely must-read for academics, policymakers and anyone concerned with the much overlooked, yet fundamental, inter-relationship between economic crime and developmental issues.’ -- Shazeeda Ali, University of the West Indies, JamaicaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xv Preface xix 1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for Economic Crime and Development 1 Barry Rider 2 Stability, security and sustainable development 47 Ingrida Kerusauskaite 3 Economic crime in developing and transition economies 75 Dayanath Jayasuriya 4 Corruption and development 93 Patrick Rappo 5 Anti-money laundering, suspect wealth and development 117 Dominic Thomas-James 6 International interventions and sovereignty 137 Rohan Clarke 7 Governance, integrity and sustainability – joining the dots? 155 Chizu Nakajima 8 FATF measures and the combating of corruption in developing countries 175 Louis de Koker 9 Comparative perspectives in fighting organized crime 205 Antonello Miranda Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book critically explores the political, constitutional, legal, and economic challenges of effectively combating the laundering of the proceeds of crime by politically exposed persons (PEPs) in Africa. Professor John Hatchard draws on numerous recent examples from Africa and beyond, arguing that a three-pronged approach is required to address the issues surrounding money laundering by PEPs; there must be action at the national, transnational, and corporate levels. Taking a forward-thinking perspective, he reviews the strategies which would make this approach effective and offers suggestions for their further enhancement. Professor Hatchard also provides an in-depth analysis of the different money laundering techniques used in African countries and suggests how constitutions, financial intelligence units, asset recovery mechanisms, and the African Court of Justice and Human Rights can be utilised to tackle the problem. The book concludes that while challenges remain, there is cause for optimism that money laundering by African PEPs can be addressed successfully. This book will be of interest to academics and students of law, particularly those focusing on financial law, corruption, and economic crime. Containing a wealth of practical case studies, it will also be beneficial for legal practitioners, policymakers, public officials, and civil society organisations.Trade Review‘The current study by Hatchard comes at a time when several instances of abuse of authority by people in power across all continents have come to light. The book is topical, and contains a wealth of case studies from Africa, covering ?nancial crime, corruption, and AML, to name a few. One is convinced that this book will be of interest to academics and researchers. It is a must-have for policymakers and practitioners alike.’ -- Jae Sundaram, Journal of Contemporary African Studies‘This extensively researched and coherently written piece of scholarship ought to be widely consulted by scholars and practitioners seeking to combat money laundering (ML) in Africa. Hatchard's scholarship deserves a wide readership and consideration by academics and stakeholders in the AML space. The book heralds the dominance of an existing voice, intertwining AML strategies and constitutional law, complex areas of law which the author simplifies.’ -- Nkechikwu Valerie Azinge-Egbiri, African Journal of International Economic Law‘This is a book which will be of enormous value to anti-AML technocrats as well as government policymakers.’ -- Venkat Iyer, The Commonwealth Lawyer‘. . . a must have for African corruption fighters.’ -- Richard Messick, The Global Anticorruption Blog'This timely and welcome book examines both the legislative and institutional mechanisms and strategies necessary to combat the laundering of the proceeds of corruption in Africa. Corruption undermines democracy, good governance, and social cohesion, and distorts the allocation of resources. Combating this scourge is an important ingredient of the development agenda in Africa. This book provides a brilliant diagnosis of critical issues to be addressed by countries and the international community in their efforts to combat money laundering. It brings to the forefront the policy agenda necessary in the fight against money laundering, and is a necessary read for students, scholars, and policymakers engaged in the efforts to combat corruption world-wide.' --Muna Ndulo, Cornell Law School, US'The author's anti-corruption expertise merges with his close personal connection to the African continent to produce a wisdom too rarely seen in dialogues between the global north and south. Indeed, John Hatchard would have us collapse that distinction. He envisions an integrated global approach to money laundering - a problem that not only plagues every region and level of development, but for which nearly every country on the globe can genuinely claim to be both victim and perpetrator.' --Andrew Spalding, University of Richmond, US'John Hatchard is doubtlessly one of the most authoritative writers on corruption and good governance in Africa. This book reflects his long-standing interest on the topic and draws on his wealth of personal experience from many years of work in this field. The book provides an impressive and insightful array of strategies for combating money laundering by PEPs in Africa. I am convinced that this will become a standard reference document and is a must-read for researchers, policymakers, and any persons interested in engaging with this fascinating topic.' --Charles M. Fombad, University of Pretoria, South AfricaTable of ContentsContents: Preface: Hope For The Future? Part I: Setting The Scene 1. Money Laundering Challenges In The African Context: Constitutions, Law, Politics And Economics 2. PEPs And The Money Laundering Process In The African Context Part II: The Global And Africa-Specific Strategies Designed To Combat Money Laudering 3. The International And Africa-Specific AML-Related Instruments 4. PEPs, FATF And The African FATF-Style Regional Bodies Part III: Developing And Maintaining Effective AML Strategies In African States 5. PEPs And The Role Of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) And Regulators 6. PEPs And Constitutions As AML Instruments 7. Preventing Money Laundering By PEPs: The Constitutional Role Of The Auditor General 8. PEPs, Constitutions And Investigating Money Laundering 9. Prosecuting PEPs 10. Asset recovery in the African context 11. PEPs and the use and abuse of the constitutional power Part IV: PEPs And Transnational AML Initiatives 12. ‘Know Your Beneficial Owner’: PEPs And Beneficial Ownership Transparency 13. Combating Money Laundering By PEPs: The Private Sector And The ‘Reveal All’ Approach 14. PEPs, Money Laundering And The African Court Of Justice And Human And Peoples’ Rights 15. Hope For The Future: Dealing With PEPs, Towards Enhancing AML Strategies In African Countries Index

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Book SynopsisIn this path-breaking book, Richard Zerbe introduces a new way to think about the concept of economic efficiency that is both consistent with its historical derivation and more useful than concepts currently used. He establishes an expanded version of Kaldor-Hicks efficiency as an axiomatic system that performs the following tasks: the new approach obviates certain technical and ethical criticisms that have been made of economic efficiency; it answers critics of efficiency; it allows an expanded range for efficiency analysis; it establishes the conditions under which economists can reasonably say that some state of the world is inefficient. He then applies the new analysis to a number of hard and fascinating cases, including the economics of duelling, cannibalism and rape. He develops a new theory of common law efficiency and indicates the circumstances under which the common law will be inefficient.The book will be of great interest to scholars, students, and practitioners interested in the concept of economic efficiency and how it should be applied to law and economics.Trade Review'Economic Efficiency in Law and Economics is an interesting and worthwhile book.' -- Megan Richardson, Economic Record'Zerbe's new book is high-powered and potentially important.' -- Bill Goodman, Monthly Labor ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. History of the Concept of Economic Efficiency 2. The Foundation: A New Measure for Economic Efficiency 3. The Nature of Economic Efficiency 4. The Nature of Inefficiency 5. Rights and the Relationship of Law to Efficiency 6. The Problem of Missing Values in Normative Law and Economic Analysis 7. The Failure of Market Failure 8. Of Distributive Justice and Economic Efficiency: An Integrated Theory of the Common Law 9. The Efficiency of the Common Law: An Economic Analysis of Dueling, Cannibalism, the Gold Rush, Racism, and Antitrust Law 10. A Recapitulation References Index

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Book SynopsisThis paperback reader brings together some seminal papers on law and economics, with special emphasis on the foundational contributions to the economics of property, contracts and torts. The growing influence of these writings in the judicial profession, and in the academic world, underscores the relevance and importance of these early contributions and the growing maturity of the law and economics movement. These seminal papers have provided the foundations for the development of an overarching economic theory of law and, most importantly, have opened new areas of research for present and future generations of jurists and economists alike.The articles are arranged by theme, with topics including the methodological foundations of law and economics, the efficiency of the common law hypothesis, the economics of property law and the Coase theorem, the economics of contracts and the economics of tort law. The editors, themselves distinguished scholars in the field, have written a new introduction to accompany the readings.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements The Economic Foundations of Private Law: An Introduction Richard A. Posner and Francesco Parisi PART I THE METHODOLOGY OF LAW AND ECONOMICS 1. Richard A. Posner (1987), ‘The Law and Economics Movement’ 2. Guido Calabresi (1980), ‘About Law and Economics: A Letter to Ronald Dworkin’ 3. Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell (1994), ‘Why the Legal System is Less Efficient than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income’ 4. Richard A. Posner (1985), ‘Wealth Maximization Revisited’ PART II THE EFFICIENCY OF THE COMMON LAW HYPOTHESIS 5. William M. Landes (1971), ‘An Economic Analysis of the Courts’ 6. Isaac Ehrlich and Richard A. Posner (1974), ‘An Economic Analysis of Legal Rulemaking’ 7. Paul H. Rubin (1977), ‘Why is the Common Law Efficient?’ 8. George L. Priest (1977), ‘The Common Law Process and the Selection of Efficient Rules’ 9. Robert D. Cooter and Daniel L. Rubinfeld (1989), ‘Economic Analysis of Legal Disputes and Their Resolution’ PART III THE COASE THEOREM AND THE ECONOMICS OF PROPERTY RIGHTS 10. R.H. Coase (1960), ‘The Problem of Social Cost’ 11. Harold Demsetz (1972), ‘When Does the Rule of Liability Matter?’ 12. Harold Demsetz (1967), ‘Toward a Theory of Property Rights’ 13. Guido Calabresi and A. Douglas Melamed (1972), ‘Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral’ PART IV THE ECONOMICS OF CONTRACT LAW 14. John H. Barton (1972), ‘The Economic Basis of Damages for Breach of Contract’ 15. Anthony T. Kronman (1978), ‘Mistake, Disclosure, Information, and the Law of Contracts’ 16. Alan Schwartz (1979), ‘The Case for Specific Performance’ 17. Charles J. Goetz and Robert E. Scott (1980), ‘Enforcing Promises: An Examination of the Basis of Contract’ 18. Steven Shavell (1980), ‘Damage Measures for Breach of Contract’ 19. Ian Ayres and Robert Gertner (1989), ‘Filling Gaps in Incomplete Contracts: An Economic Theory of Default Rules’ PART V THE ECONOMICS OF TORT LAW AND LIABILITY SYSTEMS 20. William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner (1981), ‘The Positive Economic Theory of Tort Law’ 21. Steven Shavell (1980), ‘Strict Liability Versus Negligence’ 22. Steven Shavell (1984), ‘Liability for Harm Versus Regulation of Safety’ 23. Robert D. Cooter (1982), ‘Economic Analysis of Punitive Damages’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisAll the major financial centres have experienced a rise in anti-money laundering rules and regulations. Initially, anti-money laundering laws were used as a weapon in the war on drugs, whilst more recently they have been deployed in the ongoing fight against terrorism. These developments, the authors reveal, have had serious consequences for banks and other financial institutions - affecting not only profit margins but also the way in which business is conducted. Topical and pertinent issues addressed in this book include questions such as, has all the recent legislative activity really put a stop to the problem? Are the international rules being implemented as carefully as they should? How level is the playing field in cross border banking?The regimes and implementation of anti-money laundering laws and regulations of four major, cross border, financial centres are also examined in depth: Switzerland, Singapore, the UK, and the USA. Going beyond the purely descriptive, there are comparative analyses of these countries against existing international standards - with illuminating results.This new book is full of original insight and analysis and will be an invaluable resource for lawyers, both scholarly and practitioner based, with an interest in economic crime as well as policymakers and compliance officers within banks and other financial institutions.Trade Review'This analysis is extremely illuminating because it demonstrates a level of diversity that can be generated when implementing at national-level multifaceted, complex, and extensive global requirements. The authors suggest that the latest trend in antimony laundering measures, regulation on the basis of a "risk-based" approach, may serve to promote greater convergence in the future. It is in these insights - along with the detailed approach to subject matter - that the value of this volume lies.' -- Valsamis Mitsilegas, International Criminal Justice ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction Part I 1. International Standards Against Money Laundering Part II: Country Reports 2. Role of Switzerland, United States of America, United Kingdom and Singapore as Major Financial Centres 3. Country Report: Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Regulations in Singapore 4. Country Report: Combating Money Laundering in Switzerland 5. Country Report: Customer Due Diligence in Switzerland 6. Country Report: Anti-Money Laundering Rules in the United Kingdom 7. Country Report: The US Anti-Money Laundering System Part III 8. Synthesis: Comparing International Standards and their Implementation Index

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Book SynopsisThe pursuit of the financial proceeds of criminal activity has become a central theme of contemporary crime control. Initially conceived to tackle the global trade in illegal drugs, these methods have been more recently employed in the context of terrorism. This work offers a judicious account of the national and international strategies which seek to cope with crime by attacking its financial underpinnings. The book focuses on the increasingly civil legal orientation of these strategies - a sea change from criminal prosecutions to civil legal instruments. The author focuses on developments of the civil strategy in the US and the UK beginning with its historical origins. The work reveals the contradictions that animate the civil approach to criminal finance and discloses the failure of civil devices, as presently constituted, to comply with rights. It bridges the gap between two jurisdictions prominent in this area; the United States and the United Kingdom. This comparative element distinguishes the project from other work in the field that focuses on a single jurisdiction. Critical in its perspective, the work brings balance and reflection to an emergent area of national and international interest.Money Laundering and the Proceeds of Crime analyzes rather than merely describes the proceeds of crime laws, anti-money laundering regimes and the civil legal approach to criminal finance and as such will have a wide readership. The book will appeal to, amongst others, government actors involved in constructing instruments to confront criminal finance, scholars and researchers working in the area and banks, financial institutions, lawyers and other professional private actors charged with anti-money laundering functions.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Financial Element of Crime 2. Confiscation, Proceeds and the Civil Standard of Proof 3. The Intersection of Civil Proceedings and Crime 4. Forfeiture and Criminal Assets 5. The American Model 6. The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 7. Criminal Money, Civil Proceedings and European Law 8. Civil Devices and the Financial Element of Crime References Index

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Book SynopsisThis three-volume set is an authoritative selection of some of the most important published papers in law and economics. It provides an extensive overview of recent work for law and economics scholars and an opportunity to explore developments in particular fields for those interested in more specialized study. Volume I presents current theories being applied in property law and intellectual property. Volume II addresses current issues in torts, criminal law, and remedies. Volume III explores a variety of approaches to contract and corporate law. These innovative papers offer ideas for the improvement of current legal policies and identify areas requiring additional study to further enhance our understanding of ways in which economics can inform the development of law.Table of ContentsContents: Volume I – Property and Intellectual Property Acknowledgements Introduction Robert D. Cooter and Francesco Parisi PART I PROPERTY LAW 1. Robert C. Ellickson (1993), ‘Property in Land’ 2. Dean Lueck (1995), ‘The Rule of First Possession and the Design of the Law’ 3. Michael A. Heller (1998), ‘The Tragedy of the Anticommons: Property in the Transition from Marx to Markets’ 4. James M. Buchanan and Yong J. Yoon (2000), ‘Symmetric Tragedies: Commons and Anticommons’ 5. Thomas W. Merrill and Henry E. Smith (2000), ‘Optimal Standardization in the Law of Property: The Numerous Clauses Principle’ 6. Francesco Parisi (2002), ‘Entropy in Property’ 7. Henry Hansmann and Reiner Kraakman (2000), ‘The Essential Role of Organizational Law’ PART II INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 8. Michael A. Heller and Rebecca S. Eisenberg (1998), ‘Can Patents Deter Innovation? The Anticommons in Biomedical Research’ 9. Hal R. Varian (2000), ‘Buying, Sharing and Renting Information Goods’ 10. Josh Lerner and Jean Tirole (2002), ‘Some Simple Economics of Open Source’ 11. Stephen Tadelis (1999), ‘What’s in a Name? Reputation as a Tradeable Asset’ 12. Robert G. Bone (2004), ‘Enforcement Costs and Trademark Puzzles’ Name Index Volume II – Torts, Crimes and Remedies Acknowledgements An Introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume I PART I TORT LAW 1. Guido Calabresi (2007), ‘Toward a Unified Theory of Torts’ 2. A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell (1998), ‘Punitive Damages: An Economic Analysis’ 3. Richard Craswell (1999), ‘Deterrence and Damages: The Multiplier Principle and its Alternatives’ 4. Francesco Parisi and Vincy Fon (2004), ‘Comparative Causation’ 5. Robert D. Cooter and Ariel Porat (2006), ‘Liability Externalities and Mandatory Choices: Should Doctors Pay Less?’ PART II REMEDIES 6. A. Mitchell Polinsky and Yeon-Koo Che (1991), ‘Decoupling Liability: Optimal Incentives for Care and Litigation’ 7. Yeon-Koo Che and Tai-Yeong Chung (1999), ‘Contract Damages and Cooperative Investments’ 8. Ian Ayres and Eric Talley (1995), ‘Solomonic Bargaining: Dividing a Legal Entitlement to Facilitate Coasean Trade’ 9. Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell (1996), ‘Property Rules versus Liability Rules: An Economic Analysis’ 10. Saul Levmore (1997), ‘Unifying Remedies: Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Starting Rules’ 11. Abraham Bell and Gideon Parchomovsky (2002), ‘Pliability Rules’ PART III CRIMINAL LAW 12. Daniel Kessler and Steven D. Levitt (1999), ‘Using Sentence Enhancements to Distinguish Between Deterrence and Incapacitation’ 13. John J. Donahue III and Steven D. Levitt (2001), ‘The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime’ 14. Gary S. Becker, Kevin K. Murphy and Michael Grossman (2004), ‘The Economic Theory of Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs’ Name Index Volume III – Contracts and Corporations Acknowledgements An Introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume I PART I CONTRACT LAW 1. Oliver Hart and John Moore (1999), ‘Foundations of Incomplete Contracts’ 2. Ian Ayres and Robert Gertner (1992), ‘Strategic Contractual Inefficiency and the Optimal Choice of Legal Rules’ 3. Douglas G. Baird (2006), ‘The Boilerplate Puzzle’ 4. Robert Cooter and Ariel Porat (2002), ‘Anti-Insurance’ 5. Robert E. Scott and George G. Triantis (2004), ‘Embedded Options and the Case Against Compensation in Contract Law’ 6. Richard Craswell (2006), ‘Taking Information Seriously: Misrepresentation and Nondisclosure in Contract Law and Elsewhere’ 7. Avery Weiner Katz (1999), ‘An Economic Analysis of the Guaranty Contract’ 8. Alexander J. Triantis and George G. Triantis (1998), ‘Timing Problems in Contract Breach Decisions’ 9. Oren Bar-Gill and Omri Ben-Shahar (2004), ‘Threatening an ‘Irrational’ Breach of Contract’ PART II CORPORATE LAW 10. Andrei Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny (1997), ‘A Survey of Corporate Governance’ 11. Margaret M. Blair and Lynn A. Stout (1999), ‘A Team Production Theory of Corporate Law’ 12. George G. Triantis (2000), ‘Financial Slack and the Laws of Secured Transactions’ 13. Lucian Ayre Bebchuk, Jesse M. Fried and David I. Walker (2002), ‘Managerial Power and Rent Extraction in the Design of Executive Compensation’ 14. Henry Hansmann and Reiner Kraakman (2001), ‘The End of History for Corporate Law’ 15. Mark J. Roe (2002), ‘Corporate Law’s Limits’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThe volume presents the seminal articles in the economic analysis of the criminal law. The articles include the path-breaking theoretical economic analyses of criminal behavior and the leading empirical tests of these theories. The volume also contains the most prominent economic analyses of the substantive doctrines of criminal law and criminal procedure. Other articles present influential applications of economic concepts and evidence to perennial issues in criminal law and criminal justice, such as gun control, drug prohibition, and sentencing policy. An introduction by the volume editors provides a comprehensive overview of the works included. Economics of Criminal Law will be an essential source of reference for scholars, graduate students in both law and in economics, and practitioners.Trade Review‘This volume brings together some of the most influential articles in the field of law and economics. Together the chapters illustrate how economic theory and rigorous empirical analysis can shed light on some of the most important issues in social science and public policy – namely, under what circumstances individuals break the law and how sanctions can be structured to most effectively prevent such behavior. This book will be an excellent resource for graduate students and researchers not only in economics, but in other social sciences as well.’Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Steven D. Levitt and Thomas J. Miles PART I ECONOMIC APPROACH TO CRIME AND CRIMINAL LAW 1. Gary S. Becker (1968), ‘Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach’ 2. George J. Stigler (1970), ‘The Optimum Enforcement of Laws’ 3. A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell (1975), ‘The Optimal Tradeoff between the Probability and Magnitude of Fines’ 4. Dan M. Kahan (1996), ‘What Do Alternative Sanctions Mean?’ 5. Richard A. Posner (1985), ‘An Economic Theory of the Criminal Law’ 6. Steven Shavell (1985), ‘Criminal Law and the Optimal Use of Nonmonetary Sanctions as a Deterrent’ 7. William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner (1975), ‘The Private Enforcement of Law’ 8. Frank H. Easterbrook (1983), ‘Criminal Procedure as a Market System’ PART II EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF THE ECONOMIC APPROACH 9. Franklin M. Fisher and Daniel Nagin (1978), ‘On the Feasibility of Identifying the Crime Function in a Simultaneous Model of Crime Rates and Sanction Levels’ 10. Steven D. Levitt (1996), ‘The Effect of Prison Population Size on Crime Rates: Evidence from Prison Overcrowding Litigation’ 11. Daniel Kessler and Steven D. Levitt (1999), ‘Using Sentence Enhancements to Distinguish Between Deterrence and Incapacitation’ 12. Edward L. Glaeser, Bruce Sacerdote and José A. Scheinkman (1996), ‘Crime and Social Interactions’ PART III ISSUES IN CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE A Gun Control 13. Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig (2003), ‘The Effects of the Brady Act on Gun Violence’ 14. Ian Ayres and John J. Donohue III (1999), ‘Nondiscretionary Concealed Weapons Laws: A Case Study of Statistics, Standards of Proof, and Public Policy’ B Capital Punishment 15. John J. Donohue and Justin Wolfers (2005), ‘Uses and Abuses of Empirical Data in the Death Penalty Debate’ C Drug Prohibition 16. Jeffrey A. Miron and Jeffrey Zwiebel (1995), ‘The Economic Case Against Drug Prohibition’ 17. Gary S. Becker, Kevin M. Murphy and Michael Grossman (2006), ‘The Market for Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs’ D Sentencing Policy 18. James M. Anderson, Jeffrey R. Kling and Kate Stith (1999), ‘Measuring Interjudge Sentencing Disparity: Before and After the Federal Sentencing Guidelines’ E Legalized Abortion and Crime 19. John J. Donohue III and Steven D. Levitt (2001), ‘The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThe September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of 2,973 innocent civilians required as much as $500,000 to stage. At the time, al Qaeda was operating on an annual budget of between $30 and $50 million. However, despite the obvious fact that terrorists need money to terrorize, preventing the financing of terrorism was not a priority for the United States or the international community prior to 9/11. Jimmy Gurule, former Under Secretary for Enforcement in the US Department of the Treasury, provides the first book-length, comprehensive analysis of the legal regime that evolved following the terrorist attacks.The book begins with a discussion of how shutting down the pipelines of funding is as important as dismantling the terrorist cells themselves. Next, the book covers the various means and methods used by terrorist groups to raise money, and examines how money is transferred globally to finance their lethal activities. The principal components of the legal strategy to disrupt the financing of terrorism are then discussed and evaluated. Unfortunately, the author concludes that the legal regime has met with mixed results, and finds that the sense of urgency to deprive terrorists of funding that existed following 9/11 has since dissipated. As a result, international efforts to freeze terrorist assets have dramatically declined. Moreover, the US Department of Justice has suffered several embarrassing and disappointing legal defeats in prosecuting major terrorist financiers. The author provides numerous recommendations to Congress, the Executive Branch, and the UN Security Council for strengthening the legal regime to deny terrorists the money needed to wage global jihad, acquire weapons of mass destruction, and launch another terrorist attack on the scale of 9/11.Unfunding Terror fills an important gap in the literature and will be essential reading for counter-terrorism experts, law enforcement and national security officials, policy makers, academics and all those interested in the global war on terror.Trade Review'The exposure of the clandestine funding of international terror is a practical subject in great need of resources like this one. . . This detailed study succinctly, but authoritatively, offers a vivid description of the problem and practical solutions. . . It is one of those must reads, necessary for the purpose of developing a comprehensive understanding of the intriguing subject of international terror, and how to control it.' -- ASIL Newsletter'Jimmy Gurule knows how to bankrupt terrorists like few others do. As Undersecretary of the Treasury for Enforcement, he spearheaded the fight against al-Qaeda's global bank accounts, helping to earn the highest grade awarded on the 9/11 Commissioners' report card. As an author, he performs once again. Unfunding Terror provides policymakers and laymen alike a clear roadmap on how to keep terrorists out of the global financial system.' -- Timothy J. Roemer, Center for National Policy, former US Congressman and member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission)'Jimmy Gurule has given us a superbly comprehensive and well-written assessment of why, regarding terrorism, Deep Throat's principle is bang on: follow the money.' -- R. James Woolsey, venture partner, VantagePoint, and former Director of Central Intelligence, US'A detailed study by a true scholar-practitioner, Unfunding Terror explains the legal response to terror finance in language accessible to both the expert and layman. Required reading.' -- Matthew Levitt, Director, Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis, USTable of ContentsContents: Part I: The Legal Framework 1. The Evolution of the Legal Framework to Deprive al Qaeda of Funding Part II: Why Go After the Money? 2. Terrorists Need Money to Terrorize 3. Al Qaeda’s Call to Jihad 4. Al Qaeda’s Global Presence Part III: Financing the Global Jihad 5. State Sponsors of Terrorism, Drug Trafficking, and Deep-Pocket Donors 6. Corrupt Islamic Charities Part IV: Developing a Global Legal Framework to Combat Terrorist Financing 7. Engaging the Financial Sector to Prevent the Financing of Terrorism 8. Domestic Asset Freeze 9. International Asset Freeze 10. The Law Enforcement Response to Terrorist Financing 11. Private Causes of Action: Using the Civil Justice System to Hold Terrorist Financiers Accountable Part V: Has the Legal Response to the Financing of Terrorism Been Effective? 12. Accomplishments, Failures, and Recommendations for Enhancing the Anti-Terrorist Financing Legal Regime Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCriminal Law and Economics applies economic theory to explain crime, law enforcement, criminal law and criminal procedure. This pathbreaking book draws together sixteen chapters by leading scholars in the field, summarizing theoretical and empirical work researched to date on criminal law and economics. The topics range from private and public enforcement of the law, criminal procedure and regulation to terrorism, cyber crime and tax evasion. The expert contributors also cover the political economy of criminal law as well as behavioral criminal law and economics.This updated state-of-the-art reference book on criminal law will be an excellent tool for scholars and graduate students in law and economics.Trade Review'Addressing everything from the basic issues of the definition of crime and the nature of public and private enforcement of law to more specialized topics such as corruption, tax evasion, environmental crime, and terrorism, Criminal Law and Economics illustrates the power of economic analysis as a tool for analyzing and designing rules and institutions. With a list of superstar contributors that includes Polinsky, Shavell, McAdams, Ulen, and Garoupa, this volume will be a major resource for scholars and students who are interested in the latest research and thinking in the law and economics of crime.' -- John J. Donohue, Yale Law School, US and Co-editor of the American Law and Economics Review'Organized by one of the top scholars in the field, this volume offers up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of a vitally important subfield of law and economics. The authors offer insightful contributions with respect to theory (enforcement and procedure) and practice (such as environmental crime, cyber crime, and terrorism). Researchers and policymakers will want this volume on their shelves, and students of law and economics will find the readings to be invaluable.' -- Daniel Rubinfeld, University of California, Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Public Enforcement of Law A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell 2. Private Enforcement of Law Reza Rajabiun 3. Criminal Law and Regulation Anthony Ogus 4. Criminal Law and Torts Antony Dnes 5. Criminal Procedure Thomas J. Miceli 6. Plea-Bargaining and Prosecution Oren Gazal-Ayal and Limor Riza 7. Political Economy of Criminal Procedure Keith N. Hylton and Vikramaditya S. Khanna 8. The Economics of Capital Punishment Joanna M. Shepherd 9. Corporate Crime Wallace P. Mullin and Christopher M. Snyder 10. Organized Crime Vimal Kumar and Stergios Skaperdas 11. Corruption Roger Bowles 12. Tax Evasion and Avoidance Luigi Alberto Franzoni 13. Environmental Crimes Michael Faure 14. Cyber Crime Mark A. Cohen 15. Terrorism Nuno Garoupa, Jonathan Klick and Francesco Parisi 16. Behavioral Criminal Law and Economics Richard H. McAdams and Thomas S. Ulen Index

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Book SynopsisThe September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of 2,973 innocent civilians required as much as $500,000 to stage. At the time, al Qaeda was operating on an annual budget of between $30 and $50 million. However, despite the obvious fact that terrorists need money to terrorize, preventing the financing of terrorism was not a priority for the United States or the international community prior to 9/11. Jimmy Gurule, former Under Secretary for Enforcement in the US Department of the Treasury, provides the first book-length, comprehensive analysis of the legal regime that evolved following the terrorist attacks.The book begins with a discussion of how shutting down the pipelines of funding is as important as dismantling the terrorist cells themselves. Next, the book covers the various means and methods used by terrorist groups to raise money, and examines how money is transferred globally to finance their lethal activities. The principal components of the legal strategy to disrupt the financing of terrorism are then discussed and evaluated. Unfortunately, the author concludes that the legal regime has met with mixed results, and finds that the sense of urgency to deprive terrorists of funding that existed following 9/11 has since dissipated. As a result, international efforts to freeze terrorist assets have dramatically declined. Moreover, the US Department of Justice has suffered several embarrassing and disappointing legal defeats in prosecuting major terrorist financiers. The author provides numerous recommendations to Congress, the Executive Branch, and the UN Security Council for strengthening the legal regime to deny terrorists the money needed to wage global jihad, acquire weapons of mass destruction, and launch another terrorist attack on the scale of 9/11.Unfunding Terror fills an important gap in the literature and will be essential reading for counter-terrorism experts, law enforcement and national security officials, policy makers, academics and all those interested in the global war on terror.Trade Review'The exposure of the clandestine funding of international terror is a practical subject in great need of resources like this one. . . This detailed study succinctly, but authoritatively, offers a vivid description of the problem and practical solutions. . . It is one of those must reads, necessary for the purpose of developing a comprehensive understanding of the intriguing subject of international terror, and how to control it.' -- ASIL Newsletter'Jimmy Gurule knows how to bankrupt terrorists like few others do. As Undersecretary of the Treasury for Enforcement, he spearheaded the fight against al-Qaeda's global bank accounts, helping to earn the highest grade awarded on the 9/11 Commissioners' report card. As an author, he performs once again. Unfunding Terror provides policymakers and laymen alike a clear roadmap on how to keep terrorists out of the global financial system.' -- Timothy J. Roemer, Center for National Policy, former US Congressman and member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission)'Jimmy Gurule has given us a superbly comprehensive and well-written assessment of why, regarding terrorism, Deep Throat's principle is bang on: follow the money.' -- R. James Woolsey, venture partner, VantagePoint, and former Director of Central Intelligence, US'A detailed study by a true scholar-practitioner, Unfunding Terror explains the legal response to terror finance in language accessible to both the expert and layman. Required reading.' -- Matthew Levitt, Director, Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis, USTable of ContentsContents: Part I: The Legal Framework 1. The Evolution of the Legal Framework to Deprive al Qaeda of Funding Part II: Why Go After the Money? 2. Terrorists Need Money to Terrorize 3. Al Qaeda’s Call to Jihad 4. Al Qaeda’s Global Presence Part III: Financing the Global Jihad 5. State Sponsors of Terrorism, Drug Trafficking, and Deep-Pocket Donors 6. Corrupt Islamic Charities Part IV: Developing a Global Legal Framework to Combat Terrorist Financing 7. Engaging the Financial Sector to Prevent the Financing of Terrorism 8. Domestic Asset Freeze 9. International Asset Freeze 10. The Law Enforcement Response to Terrorist Financing 11. Private Causes of Action: Using the Civil Justice System to Hold Terrorist Financiers Accountable Part V: Has the Legal Response to the Financing of Terrorism Been Effective? 12. Accomplishments, Failures, and Recommendations for Enhancing the Anti-Terrorist Financing Legal Regime Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis wide-ranging Research Handbook is the first to offer a stimulating and systematic review of the framework for criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights. If counterfeiting constitutes an ever-growing international phenomenon with major economic and social repercussions, potentially affecting consumer safety and public health, the question of which are the appropriate instruments to enforce IP rights is a complex and sensitive one. Although criminal penalties can constitute strong and effective means of enforcement, serious doubts exist as to whether criminal sanctions are appropriate in every infringement situation. Drawing on legal, economic, historical and judicial perspectives, this book provides a differentiated sector-by-sector approach to the question of enforcement, and draws useful conclusions for future legislative initiatives at European, international and national levels. Offering a broad survey of the field, and a sound platform for further research, this legal and cross-disciplinary study by leading scholars will prove insightful for professors, researchers and students in intellectual property, criminal, competition, consumer protection and health law. Contributors: C.M. Correa, J. Drexl, C. Geiger, D. Gervais, J. Gibson, J. Griffiths, H. Grosse Ruse-Khan, R.M. Hilty, H.-G. Koch, D. Lefranc, D. Matthews, T. Mylly, A. Ohly, A. Peukert, M.R. Roudaut, J. Schmidt-Szalewski, A. Wechsler, G. Westkamp, P.K. YuTrade Review’The first truly systematic analysis of the upsurge in criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights, this book offers a scholarly examination of the justifications for this approach, including claims regarding the involvement organized crime, heavy revenue losses, corruption, and safety risks. Legal, economic, prosecutorial, and historical perspectives are brought to bear on such issues as the comparative goals of criminal and intellectual property law, as well as the impact of criminalization on innovation, health, consumer protection, and global trade.’ -- Rochelle Dreyfuss, New York University, School of Law, US’This useful collection will repay careful reading by those involved in IPR policy formulation as well as by all IPR scholars.’’ -- Michael Blakeney, European Intellectual Property Review’Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Christophe Geiger PART I: COUNTERFEITING: A SOCIETY ISSUE 1. Economic, Legal and Social Impacts of Counterfeiting Reto M. Hilty 2. Counterfeiting and Consumer Protection Ansgar Ohly 3. Counterfeiting and Public Health Duncan Matthews 4. Anti-counterfeiting: A Trojan Horse for Expanding Intellectual Property Protection in Developing Countries? Carlos M. Correa 5. From Sweatshops to Organized Crime: The New Face of Counterfeiting Mickaël R. Roudaut PART II: COUNTERFEITING: FINDING THE RIGHT REMEDIES Section 1. Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Criminal Enforcement: Historical, Economic and Psychological Aspects 6. Historical Perspective on Criminal Enforcement David Lefranc 7. Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property Law: An Economic Approach Andrea Wechsler 8. Why do ‘Good People’ Disregard Copyright on the Internet? Alexander Peukert Section 2. The Legal Framework of Criminal Enforcement 9. Criminal Enforcement and International IP Law Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan 10. Criminal Liability for Intellectual Property Infringement in Europe: The Role of Fundamental Rights Jonathan Griffiths 11. Criminal Enforcement and European Union Law Tuomas Mylly 12. The Directive Proposal on Criminal Sanctions Johanna Gibson Section 3. National Experiences on Criminal Enforcement 13. Criminal Enforcement in the US and Canada Daniel Gervais 14. Shaping Chinese Criminal Enforcement Norms through the TRIPS Agreement Peter K. Yu 15. Criminalizing IP Use in the UK: From Trademark Use to Illicit Downloads Guido Westkamp 16. The French Case: Comparison of the Past, Present and Future of Criminal Law Joanna Schmidt-Szalewski PART III: COUNTERFEITING AND CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT: SELECTED ISSUES 17. Strategies Against Counterfeiting of Drugs: A Comparative Criminal Law Study Hans-Georg Koch 18. Counterfeiting and the Spare Parts Issue Josef Drexl 19. Counterfeiting and the Music Industry: Towards a Criminalization of End Users? The French ‘HADOPI’ Example Christophe Geiger Index

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Book SynopsisA companion volume to the International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption published in 2006, the specially commissioned papers in Volume Two present some of the best policy-oriented research in the field. They stress the institutional roots of corruption and include new research on topics ranging from corruption in regulation and procurement to vote buying and private firm payoffs.Understanding the consequences of corrupt transactions requires one to know what is being bought with a bribe and how the behavior of public and private actors has been affected. The contributors therefore emphasize how the economic analysis of corruption must take account of the broader context within which bribery and self-dealing operate. Several chapters offer new approaches to empirical research on corruption that range from individual-level data to the macro-economy. Chapters with an explicit policy focus deal with the efficacy of anti-corruption agencies, multi-stakeholder initiatives, red flag warning systems and international conventions.This cutting-edge work will be an unmatched resource for scholars and students of corruption, professionals in international aid and finance organizations, and scholars and professionals with more general interests in economic and political development.Contributors: T.S. Aidt, D.M. Aldrighi, E. Auriol, F. Boehm, E. Buscaglia, B. Clausen, S. Cole, A. Estache, B. Flyvbjerg, Y. Jeong, C. Kenny, A. Kraay, A. Lambert-Mogiliansky, E. Molloy, P. Murrell, M. Musatova, L.V. Peisakhin, G. Piga, J.D. Potter, F. Recanatini, S. Rose-Ackerman, T. Søreide, S. Straub, M. Tavits, A. Tran, R. Truex, M. Vagliasindi, P.C. Vicente, R.J. Weiner, L. Wren-LewisTrade Review’Volume Two of the International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption presents a comprehensive, detailed, and in-depth analysis of corruption as well as its economic and policy implications. . . It will be a valuable resource not only for experts and students of corruption studies, but also for public officials, NGO employees, and scholars of economic and political development throughout the world.’ -- Ararat L. Osipian, Journal of Economic IssuesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Susan Rose-Ackerman and Tina Søreide PART I: GENERAL OVERVIEWS 1. Corruption and Sustainable Development Toke S. Aidt 2. Curbing Corruption with Political Institutions Joshua D. Potter and Margit Tavits PART II: PROCUREMENT AND CORRUPTION 3. Delusion, Deception and Corruption in Major Infrastructure Projects: Causes, Consequences and Cures Bent Flyvbjerg and Eamonn Molloy 4. Corruption and Collusion: Strategic Complements in Procurement Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky 5. A Fighting Chance Against Corruption in Public Procurement? Gustavo Piga PART III: PRIVATIZATION AND SELF-DEALING IN PRIVATE FIRMS 6. Public versus Private Governance and Performance: Evidence from Public Utility Service Provision Maria Vagliasindi 7. Privatization of Rent-Generating Industries and Corruption Emmanuelle Auriol and Stéphane Straub 8. Risks of Wrongdoing in Public Companies and Ways to Cope with Them: The Case of Brazil Dante Mendes Aldrighi PART IV: PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION 9. Anti-Corruption Policy in Theories of Sector Regulation Antonio Estache and Liam Wren-Lewis 10. Is There an Anti-corruption Agenda in Regulation? Insights from Colombian and Zambian Water Regulation Frédéric Boehm PART V: MICRO-ANALYTIC RESEARCH: HOUSEHOLD AND FIRMS 11. Field Experimentation and the Study of Corruption Leonid V. Peisakhin 12. Oil, Corruption, and Vote-buying: A Review of the Case of São Tomé and Príncipe Pedro C. Vicente 13. Conflict and Corruption in International Trade: Who Helped Iraq Circumvent United Nations Sanctions? Yujin Jeong and Robert J. Weiner 14. Evidence from the Firm: A New Approach to Understanding Corruption Shawn Cole and Anh Tran 15. Does Respondent Reticence Affect the Results of Corruption Surveys? Evidence from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for Nigeria Bianca Clausen, Aart Kraay and Peter Murrell PART VI: POLICY INITIATIVES: CRITIQUES AND EVALUATIONS 16. On Best and Not So Good Practices for Addressing High-level Corruption Worldwide: An Empirical Assessment Edgardo Buscaglia 17. Why Multi-Stakeholder Groups Succeed and Fail Rory Truex and Tina Søreide 18. ‘Red Flags of Corruption’ in World Bank Projects: An Analysis of Infrastructure Contracts Charles Kenny and Maria Musatova 19. Anti-Corruption Authorities: An Effective Tool to Curb Corruption? Francesca Recanatini Index

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Book Synopsis'To effectively combat corruption globally, the collection and dissemination of knowledge is crucial. This excellent book takes us a step forward in our collective efforts to better understand the causes and effects of corruption from an international perspective. Through its detailed analysis of the economic impact of corruption in a diverse range of countries, this publication provides us with a new resource to draw on in our future efforts to reduce corruption together worldwide.'- Dimitri Vlassis, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna, AustriaCorruption presents many legal and regulatory challenges, but these challenges cannot be met by the law in isolation. This book presents economic analysis of crime as an essential tool for shaping an effective legal apparatus.The authors contend that in order to assess whether and how to regulate corruption, it is necessary to start with a thorough inquiry into the causes, institutional and social effects, and most of all, actual and potential economic and financial consequences of crimes. This, they argue, should inform and help shape a balanced legal and regulatory approach to corruption.Economic analysis is also the key to measuring the efficacy of current anti-corruption instruments, and in the light of this the book finds many existing legal counter-measures lacking. On the other hand, its assessment of new international instruments and their domestic implementation and enforcement, and the monitoring mechanisms embedded by certain international organizations, demonstrates a clear relationship between realistic economic analysis and effective solutions to the economic and legal problems posed by corruption.Offering a comprehensive legal study of corruption and grounded in economic analysis, this detailed book will appeal to scholars and researchers in crime and corruption, international public organizations and anti-corruption agencies.Contents: Foreword Preface Introduction Part I: Economics, Finance, and Governance Section 1: Economics 1. Opening Remarks: Corruption and Economic Analysis 2. Firms, Markets, and Corruption 3. Corruption and Macroeconomic Performance Section 2: Finance 4. Financial Markets: Bonds, Stocks, and Politically-connected Firms 5. The Impact of Corruption in Shares Returns of Euro-area Listed Industrial Firms 6. Operational Efficiency, Corruption, and Political Stability in Microfinance Section 3: Governance 7. Governance, Corruption, and Effects on Institutions Part II: Birth and Evolution of an Anti-corruption Global Legal Standard Trans-national Corruption and Effective Regulation Section 4: Cases of Trans-national Corruption: Description and Legal Issues 8. How Corruption Affects the Economic and Institutional Textures of States: three case examples Section 5: Horizontal Assessment of the International Hard Law Instruments 9. The US FCPA as the Archetype of the Supra-national Anti-bribery Regulation 10. The Emergence of an International Framework: Regional, International, and Multilateral Treaties and Initiatives 11. Criminalization of the Offence 12. Sanctions and Corporate Liability 13. Jurisdictional Issues 14. Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition 15. Preventive and Non-criminal Related Measures 16. Follow up Procedures as Specific Cases of International Supervision 17. Asset Recovery Afterword Bibliography IndexTrade Review'The volume offers a fascinating interdisciplinary analysis that examines the economics of corruption and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the international regulatory framework. It mainly focuses on one particular aspect of corruption, the dynamics of bribery between the private and public sector, but it also deals with the private-to-private (commercial) corruption. . . . this book will be valuable for economists, lawyers, and policymakers since it allows them to grasp the nature of corruption as well as the strengths of the available international legal instruments and the gaps that should be addressed to improve those instruments to make them more effective.' --Journal of International Economic Law'Overall, this book constitutes a fundamental research tool for all lawyers or political scientists interested in exploring the roots of corruption and in understanding the deep institutional and regulatory problems faced by policymakers in eliminating it. I am glad to have read it.' --Dr Federico Lupo-Pasini, Global Trade and Customs Journal'This book positively stands out from the mass of literature on corruption because of its in-depth treatment of themes which are relevant for business. It contains very detailed analysis and it is soundly rooted in extensive scientific research. The bibliography alone is 64 pages. Even those who have been researching corruption for many years will find in this book new ideas and new approaches.' --Olaf Meyer, Crime Law and Social ChangeTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface Introduction Part I: Economics, Finance, and Governance Section 1: Economics 1. Opening Remarks: Corruption and Economic Analysis 2. Firms, Markets, and Corruption 3. Corruption and Macroeconomic Performance Section 2: Finance 4. Financial Markets: Bonds, Stocks, and Politically-connected Firms 5. The Impact of Corruption in Shares’ Returns of Euro-area Listed Industrial Firms 6. Operational Efficiency, Corruption, and Political Stability in Microfinance Section 3: Governance 7. Governance, Corruption, and Effects on Institutions Part II: Birth and Evolution of an Anti-corruption Global Legal Standard Trans-national Corruption and Effective Regulation Section 4: Cases of Trans-national Corruption: Description and Legal Issues 8. How Corruption Affects the Economic and Institutional Textures of States: three case examples Section 5: Horizontal Assessment of the International Hard Law Instruments 9. The US FCPA as the Archetype of the Supra-national Anti-bribery Regulation 10. The Emergence of an International Framework: Regional, International, and Multilateral Treaties and Initiatives 11. Criminalization of the Offence 12. Sanctions and Corporate Liability 13. Jurisdictional Issues 14. Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition 15. Preventive and Non-criminal Related Measures 16. Follow up Procedures as Specific Cases of International Supervision 17. 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Book SynopsisCorruption is a global phenomenon with costs estimated to be in the trillions of dollars. This source of original research and policy analysis deals with the most important concepts and empirical evidence in foreign corrupt practices globally. Handbook of Global Research and Practice in Corruption includes research from all continents and provides a critical analysis of the key issues of corruption and its control. Through rigorous analysis and theoretical foundations, this book provides a multi-disciplinary and international account of corruption from the perspectives of public policy, criminal law and criminology, as well as considering principles of prevention and control in both the public and private sectors. With original and empirical analyses, this unique book will appeal to academics, researchers and students in international business and international law, staff of crime and corruption commissions and police integrity agencies, as well as international organizations such as the World Bank, IMF, Transparency International and the World Economic Forum. Contributors include: J.S. Albanese, S. Basu, L. Botterill, J.E. Campos, D. Chaikin, D. Chappell, C. Davids, I. Dussuyer, L. Elges, M. Felson, S.A. Fritzen, L. Gray, A. Graycar, R.G. Hearn, F. Heinrich, R. Hodess, P. Jorna, M. Joutsen, L. de Koker, P. Larmour, W.B. Magrath, B. Michael, S. Moss, R. Mulgan, S. Mumford, G.P. Noone, N.L. Piquero, K. Polk, F. Recanatini, G. Schubert, I. Scott, D. Siegel, R. Smith, G. Sullivan, J. Wanna, G.T. WareTrade ReviewGraycar and Smith's excellent edited volume studies corruption as a pervasive, global phenomenon. The chapters move from general overviews to in-depth studies of corruption-prone sectors such as forestry, financial markets, public procurement, and trade in diamonds and art. The volume is an important, contribution to the international study of corruption that mixes scholarly analysis with practical recommendations for the control and prevention of corruption - both international initiatives and country - or sector-specific policies. --Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale Law School, USAction against corruption has risen rapidly on the global political agenda and remains a key concern of peoples around the world. The United Nations Convention against Corruption, the first and only global binding legal instrument against the phenomenon, offers the framework and basis for a concerted, coordinated and comprehensive response. In order to buttress the Convention, however, knowledge and the consequent awareness are crucial. This Handbook is a commendable effort to address this need and serves to fill the gap that exists. The authors and editors have made a significant contribution, bringing together professionals and practitioners alike. --Dimitri Vlassis, Chief, Corruption and Economic Crime Branch, UNODC and Secretary, Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against CorruptionThis Handbook will serve as an invaluable resource for scholars, students and public officials interested in understanding corruption and its control. --James B. Jacobs, NYU School of LawTable of ContentsContents: PART I: CONTEXTUALISING CORRUPTION 1. Research and Practice in Corruption: An Introduction Adam Graycar and Russell G. Smith 2. Corruption in the Broad Sweep of History Marcus Felson 3. Measuring Corruption Finn Heinrich and Robin Hodess 4. Assessing Corruption at the Country Level Francesca Recanatini PART II: CORRUPTION IN PRACTICE 5. Corruption in Procurement Glenn T. Ware, Shaun Moss, J. Edgardo Campos and Gregory P. Noone 6. Circumventing Sanctions Against Iraq in the Oil-for-Food Programme Linda Courtenay Botterill 7. Identifying Corruption Risks in Public Climate Finance Governance Lisa Ann Elges 8. Corruption in REDD+ Schemes: A Framework for Analysis Peter Larmour 9. Corruption and Crime in Forestry William B. Magrath 10. The Relationship between Corruption and Financial Crime Nicole Leeper Piquero and Jay S. Albanese 11. Corrupt Practices Involving Offshore Financial Centres David Chaikin 12. Corruption and the Global Diamond Trade Dina Siegel 13. Corrupt Practices in the Global Trade in Art and Antiquities Duncan Chappell and Kenneth Polk 14. Corrupt Misuse of Information and Communications Technologies Russell G. Smith and Penny Jorna PART III: PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF CORRUPTION 15. From Information to Indicators: Monitoring Progress in the Fight Against Corruption in Multi-project, Multi-stakeholder Organizations Scott A. Fritzen and Shreya Basu 16. The United Nations Convention Against Corruption Matti Joutsen 17. The Global Architecture of Foreign Bribery Control: Applying the OECD Bribery Convention Cindy Davids and Grant Schubert 18. Applying Anti-money Laundering Laws to Fight Corruption Louis de Koker 19. Recovering Corruptly Obtained Assets Larissa Gray 20. Activist Regulatory Practices in Corruption Prevention: A Case Study from Montenegro Bryane Michael 21. The Hong Kong ICAC’s Approach to Corruption Control Ian Scott 22. Developing Cultures of Integrity in the Public and Private Sectors Richard Mulgan and John Wanna 23. Reporting Corrupt Practices in the Public Interest: Innovative Approaches to Whistleblowing Inez Dussuyer, Stephen Mumford and Glenn Sullivan 24. The Role of Education in Changing Corrupt Practices Rose Gill Hearn Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores how the law and the institutions of the criminal justice system expose minorities to different types of violence, either directly, through discrimination and harassment, or indirectly, by creating the conditions that make them vulnerable to violence from other groups of society. It draws on empirical insights across a broad array of communities and locales including Afghanistan, Colombia, Pakistan, India, Malawi, Turkey, Brazil, Singapore, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. It examines the challenges of protecting those at the margins of power, especially those whom the law is often used to oppress. The chapters explore intersecting, marginal identities influenced by four factors: rebuilding after violent regimes, economic interest behind the violence, entrenched cultural biases, and criminalisation of diversity. It provides scholars from the Global North with important lessons when attempting to impose their own solutions onto nations with a different history and context, or when applying their own laws to migrants from the Global South nations explored in this book. It speaks to legal and social science scholars in the fields of law, sociology, criminology, and social work. Table of ContentsPart I. Rebuilding after violence. - Chapter 1. The Caradiru Prison Massacre and Ongoing Military Repression in Brazil (Emilio Meyer, Marta Machado). - Chapter 2. Politics before Law: The New Penal Code of 2017 and its Limited Protections for Ethnic Minorities in Post-Conflict Afghanistan (Bashir Mobasher, Nasiruddin Nezaami). - Chapter 3. “Between denial and memory” a socio-legal reading of securitisation narratives in Transitional Colombia (Gustavo Rojas Paez). - Part II. Economic interest and the state. - Chapter 4. Enforcing Exclusion through the Law: The National Register of Citizens in India (Suraj Gogoi). - Chapter 5. Colonial Legal Continuities in Post-Colonial Pakistan: A look at the construction of law, ownership and crime (Sabeen Kazmi). - Chapter 6. (Cr)Immigration and Merit-Based Migration in the Global South: Policing "Alcoholic Indians" and "Bangladeshi Terrorists" in Singapore (George Radics). - Chapter 7. Disciplining colonial subjects: Neoliberal Legalities, Disasters and the Criminalization of Protest in Puerto Rico (José Atiles Osoria). - Part III. Entrenched cultural biases. - Chapter 8. “Truth” and “Consent” in Sexual Violence Reporting in Criminal Justice and Legal Contexts in Singapore (Dr Joseph Greener, Stacy Ooi). - Chapter 9. Between Toys and Behind Bars: Mothers in Jail in the State of Ceará, Brazil (Lara Nascimento Meneses, João Araújo Monteiro Neto, Nestor Eduardo Araruna Santiago). - Chapter 10. The “War on Drugs” in Philippine Criminal Courts: Legal Professionals' Moral Discourse and Plea Bargaining in Drug-Related Cases (Pablo Ciocchini, Jayson Lamchek). - Part IV. Criminalisation of Diversity. - Chapter 11. Circuits of Law: Everyday Criminalisation of Transgender Embodiment in Istanbul (Ezgi Taşcıoğlu). - Chapter 12. Reaffirming Womanhood: Young transwomen and online sex work in Philippines (Veronica Gregorio). - Chapter 13. A queer chinkhoswe: Reimagining the customary in Malawi (Nigel Timothy Mpemba Patel).

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Book SynopsisEinführend werden die Sonderstellung der Psychiatrie im Rahmen der Medizin und die grundlegenden Unterschiede zwischen allgemeiner und forensischer Psychiatrie geschildert. Anhand einer einfachen psychiatriegeschichtlichen Übersicht werden Fehlentwicklungen und Problemlösungen in der forensischen Psychiatrie so dargestellt, daß jeder Interessierte, - sei er Jurist, Nervenarzt, Psychologe oder Kriminologe -, sich mit der Bedeutung der unterschiedlichen methodologischen Perspektiven vertraut machen kann. Mit dieser Kenntnis wird die kritische, eigenständige Urteilsbildung in dem umstrittenen Gebiet der psychologisch-psychiatrischen Beurteilung der strafrechtlichen Schuldfähigkeit erleichtert. Es war ein Anliegen des Autors, mit einer leicht verständlichen Darstellung in die Grundprobleme dieser Methodologie einzuführen und dadurch das Verständnis für die Notwendigkeit ihrer Beachtung bei der Tätigkeit des psychologisch-psychiatrischen Sachverständigen in der Gerichtspraxis zu fördern.Table of ContentsEinführung.- 1 Die Sonderstellung der Psychiatrie im Rahmen der Medizin.- 2 Unterschiede der allgemeinen und der forensischen Psychiatrie.- 3 Perspektiven der Psychiatrie (ca. 1800–1975).- 4 Perspektiven der Psychiatrie in der Gegenwart.- 4.1 Veränderte juristisch-psychiatrische Aspekte.- 4.2 Veränderungen in der Psychiatrie.- 4.3 ICD-9.- 4.4 DSM III.- 4.5 Operationale Methoden in der forensischen Psychiatrie.- 5 Die psychopathologische Problemlösung der forensischen Psychiatrie.- 5.1 Verantwortungsfähigkeit und Realitätsbezug.- 5.2 Strukturale Psychopathologie.- 6 Zusammenfassung und Ausblick.

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Book SynopsisDas Lehrbuch vermittelt die Grundlagen der Kriminologie (Begriff, Geschichte und Methoden), erläutert die Kriminalitätstheorien und arbeitet zentrale Befunde zum Verbrechen, zu Tätern und Opfern von Verbrechen sowie zur Verbrechenskontrolle (Kriminalprävention und Strafrechtspflege) heraus. Sodann werden wichtige Deliktsbereiche unter kriminologischen Gesichtspunkten dargestellt. Statistische und methodische Grundlagen empirisch-kriminologischer Untersuchungen werden jeweils berücksichtigt.Table of Contents1. Teil: Grundlagen: § 1 Begriff und Aufgaben der Kriminologie sowie Stellung im Wissenschaftssystem (Dieter Dölling).- § 2 Geschichte der Kriminologie (Christian Laue).- § 3 Methoden der Kriminologie (Dieter Hermann).- 2. Teil: Kriminalitätstheorien: § 4 Begriff, Bedeutung und Einteilung von Kriminalitätstheorien (Dieter Dölling).- § 5 Individuumsorientierte Kriminalitätstheorien (Christian Laue).- § 6 Gesellschaftlich orientierte Kriminalitätstheorien (Dieter Hermann).- § 7 Integrative Kriminalitätstheorien (Dieter Dölling).- 3. Teil: Verbrechen: § 8 Die kriminologische Erfassung des Verbrechens (Dieter Dölling).- § 9 Hellfeld (Dieter Dölling).- § 10 Dunkelfeld (Dieter Hermann).- § 11 Gesamtbetrachtung (Dieter Dölling).- 4. Teil: Verbrecher: § 12 Lebensalter (Dieter Dölling).- § 13 Geschlecht (Dieter Hermann).- § 14 Nationalität (Christian Laue).- § 15 Persönlichkeit (Christian Laue).- § 16 Sozialisation (Dieter Hermann).- § 17 Medien (Dieter Hermann).- § 18 Sozialstatus (Dieter Hermann).- § 19 Tätertypologien (Dieter Dölling).- § 20 Kriminalprognose (Dieter Dölling).- § 21 Tätergruppen (Dieter Dölling).- 5. Teil: Verbrechensopfer: § 22 Begriff und Fragestellungen der Viktimologie (Dieter Dölling).- § 23 Viktimisierungen (Dieter Dölling).- § 24 Reaktionen auf Viktimisierungen (Dieter Dölling).- § 25 Kriminalitätsfurcht (Dieter Dölling).- 6. Teil: Verbrechenskontrolle: § 26 Begriff und Bedeutung der Verbrechenskontrolle (Dieter Dölling).- § 27 Kriminalprävention (Dieter Hermann).- § 28 Strafrechtspflege.- § 29 Kriminalpolitische Einstellungen der Bevölkerung (Dieter Dölling).- § 30 Gewaltdelikte (Dieter Hermann).- § 31 Sexualdelikte (Dieter Dölling).- § 32 Drogendelikte (Dieter Dölling).- § 33 Straßenverkehrsdelikte (Dieter Hermann).- § 34 Eigentums- und Vermögensdelikte (Dieter Hermann).- § 35 Wirtschaftskriminalität und Korruption (Dieter Dölling).- § 36 Umweltdelikte (Christian Laue).- § 37 Computerkriminalität (Christian Laue).

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Book SynopsisDas kriminologisch angelegte Thema behandelt das aktuelle und selten empirisch untersuchte Phänomen sogenannter Amoktaten – Mehrfachtötungen aus unklarer Motivlage, die vornehmlich im öffentlichen Raum begangen werden. Die Autorin liefert einen umfangreichen Überblick über bisherige Erkenntnisse zu verschiedenen Tötungsphänomenen. Dabei wird der Aspekt der Rekonstruktion der Tätersicht in ausgewählten Fällen besonders berücksichtigt, um aufzuzeigen, dass den Taten gemeinsame Strukturen zugrunde liegen.Table of ContentsBegriffsbestimmung und Forschungsstand zu Amoktaten.- Abgrenzungen und Vergleiche zu anderen Tötungsdelikten.- Typologie der Amoktäter in Fallgruppenbeschreibungen.- Fallgruppenübergreifende Charakteristika des Untersuchungskollektivs.

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Book SynopsisClara Ifsits steckt in diesem Buch die Grenze zwischen zulässigem und potenziell strafbarem Sponsoring ab. Mit Blick auf den Untreuetatbestand werden die sachlichen Grenzen des Handlungsspielraums organschaftlicher Vertretungsorgane bei Sponsoringentscheidungen sowie der Eintritt von Vermögensschäden unter Berücksichtigung positiver Sponsoringeffekte untersucht. Auf Seite des Gesponserten stehen korruptionsstrafrechtliche Spannungsfelder im Fokus. Dabei werden insbesondere der Vorteilsbegriff in Zusammenhang mit Sponsoring ebenso wie die Klimapflege und die praxisrelevanten Phänomene des Pharma- und Parteiensponsoring analysiert. Strafrechtliche Fragestellungen werden aus österreichischer Perspektive mit Bezug auf deutsche Literatur und Rechtsprechung umfassend behandelt.Trade Review“... Das Buch gibt einen guten Überblick zur Problematik des Sponsorings, wobei seine Stärke zum einen in der gründlichen Recherche, zum andern in der stringenten und klaren Aufbereitung der Problembereiche liegt. Es ist derzeit die ausführlichste – und natürlich auch aktuellste – Abhandlung zur Grenzziehung zwischen zuläs-sigem und potenziell strafbarem Sponsoring und daher jedem Interessierten zu empfehlen.” (Einhard Steininger, in: Journal für Strafrecht, Heft 3, 2020)Table of ContentsStrafbarkeit des Sponsors wegen Untreue.- Befugnismissbrauch und Vermögensschaden durch Sponsoring.- Strafbarkeit des Gesponserten wegen Korruption.- Sponsoringleistung als korruptionsstrafrechtlich relevanter Vorteil.

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Book SynopsisDiese Sammlung von 20 Aufsätzen umfasst aktuelle Themen der Kriminalwissenschaft. Sie bietet einen Überblick über die Arbeit des Strafvollzugsarchivs und die seines Gründers Johannes Feest. Dabei geht es um Fragen der Strafverfolgung („Definitionsmacht“), des Strafvollzuges und der Notwendigkeit einer Gesellschaft ohne Gefängnisse („Abolitionismus“). Das Strafvollzugsarchiv selbst ist im Zusammenhang mit der Kommentierung des deutschen Strafvollzugsgesetzes entstanden („Alternativkommentar zum StVollzG“). Es hat sich zu einer Institution zur Dokumentation von und zur Aufklärung über Recht und Rechtswirklichkeit in Gefängnissen entwickelt. Fundamental für die Untersuchungen zum Rechtsschutz im Gefängnis, aber auch für die wissenschaftliche und rechtspolitische Arbeit des Strafvollzugsarchivs ist die über Jahrzehnte andauernde Korrespondenz mit Gefangenen, über die hier ebenfalls berichtet wird.Der Autor:Dr. Johannes Feest war Professor (i.R.) für Strafverfolgung, Strafvollzug, Strafrecht an der Universität Bremen. Er ist Vorsitzender des Vereins Strafvollzugsarchiv e.V.Trade Review“... Das Buch richtet sich nicht nur an Studierende und Lehrende in der Kriminologie, der Rechtwissenschaften und der Sozialen Arbeit, sondern auch an die Polizei, die Strafjustiz und den Strafvollzug.” (Prof. em. Werner Nickolai, in: neue caritas, Jg. 121, Heft 7, 2020)Table of ContentsPolizei/Strafverfolgung.- Gefängnis.- Strafvollzugsarchiv.- Abolitionismus.

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Book SynopsisBereits seit den 1980er Jahren wurde eine Einbeziehung des Straftatopfers und seiner Belange in das deutsche Strafvollzugsrecht diskutiert. Im Strafvollzugsgesetz des Bundes spielte die Opferorientierung gleichwohl eine untergeordnete Rolle. Erst mit den nach der Föderalismusreform von 2006 erlassenen Landesstrafvollzugsgesetzen wurde die Opferorientierung umfangreich in das Strafvollzugsrecht einbezogen. Durch die Berücksichtigung von Opferinteressen bei der Ausgestaltung des Vollzugs der Freiheitsstrafe ergeben sich eine Vielzahl neuer strafvollzugsrechtlicher Fragestellungen. Diese betreffen beispielsweise die Vereinbarkeit von Opferorientierung und Resozialisierung, den Schutz von Opfern vor inhaftierten Täter*innen und die Möglichkeiten von Wiedergutmachung und Tatausgleich während der Inhaftierung. In diesem Buch werden die Hintergründe der Opferorientierung des Strafvollzugsrechts untersucht und so Maßstäbe zur Auslegung der opferorientierten Vorschriften der Landesstrafvollzugsgesetze entwickelt. Bei der Auslegung der opferorientierten Strafvollzugsvorschriften werden alle 16 Landesstrafvollzugsgesetze einbezogen. Dadurch wird versucht, zahlreiche Fragen zu beantworten, die sich durch die Berücksichtigung des Opfers und seiner Interessen innerhalb der Landesstrafvollzugsgesetze stellen.Table of ContentsEinführung.- Grundlagen für die Auslegung opferbezogener Vorschriften imStrafvollzugsrecht.- Auslegung opferbezogener Strafvollzugsvorschriften.- Folgerungen für die zukünftige Ausgestaltung der Opferorientierung im Strafvollzug.

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Book SynopsisDieses Lehrbuch informiert umfassend über die examensrelevanten Straftatbestände des StGB, die Vermögen, Eigentum oder sonstige Vermögensgüter schützen. Der Text bereitet den Stoff systematisch auf und hebt dabei schwierige und umstrittene Einzelfragen durch ausführliche Darstellung der dazu vertretenen Meinungen deutlich hervor. Unterstützt wird der Lernprozess mittels zahlreicher Fallbeispiele mit Lösungshinweisen, die dem Benutzer Gelegenheit zu aktiven Übungen an Strafrechtsfällen geben. Der Leser sollte daher zunächst versuchen, die Fälle selbst zu lösen und danach den Text weiter lesen. Auch die am Ende jedes Kapitels gestellten „Kontrollfragen“ sind eine Aufforderung zur Überprüfung des Lernerfolges und gegebenenfalls Wiederholung der Lektüre. Über den Bereich des Besonderen Teils hinausgehende Repetitionseffekte verspricht das Buch dem Leser auf Grund der vielfältigen Bezugnahmen auf das Allgemeine Strafrecht, beispielsweise zu Fragen von Täterschaft und Teilnahme oder Versuch, Vollendung und Beendigung. Table of ContentsTeil I: Straftaten gegen das Eigentum: Diebstahl, §§ 242 ff StGB.- Unterschlagung, § 246 StGB.- Sachbeschädigung, §§ 303 ff StGB.- Diebstahlsähnliche Delikte, §§ 248b, c StGB.- Teil II: Delikte gegen das Vermögen: Betrug, § 263 StGB.- Untreue, § 266 StGB.- Betrugs- und untreueähnliche Delikte, §§ 263a ff StGB.- Teil III: Delikte mit Nötigungselementen: Raub, §§ 249 ff StGB.- Räuberischer Diebstahl, § 252 StGB.- Erpressung, §§ 253, 255 StGB.- Raub- und erpressungsähnliche Delikte, §§ 316a, 239a StGB.- Teil IV: Anschlussdelikte: Begünstigung, § 257 StGB.- Hehlerei, § 259 ff StGB.- Geldwäsche, § 261 StGB.- Teil V: Sonstige Delikte: Wilderei, § 292 StGB.- Vereiteln der Zwangsvollstreckung, § 288 StGB.- Pfandkehr, § 289 StGB.- Wucher, § 291 StGB.

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Book SynopsisDer Band zu den Nichtvermögensdelikten enthält sieben „große Fälle“, die aktuellen und klassischen Entscheidungen der höchstrichterlichen Rechtsprechung nachgebildet sind und den Anforderungen im Ersten Juristischen Staatsexamen entsprechen. Auf diese Weise wird sowohl das prüfungsrelevante Wissen im strafrechtlichen Pflichtfachbereich als auch die Falllösung wiederholt und vertieft. Besonderes Augenmerk wird auf klausurtypische Querverbindungen von Allgemeinem und Besonderem Teil gelegt. Die Lösungsvorschläge sind vollständig ausformuliert und werden abgerundet durch Hinweise zur Klausurtaktik und zur Vertiefung des Stoffs etwa anhand grundlegender Gerichtsentscheidungen. Der Band zum Besonderen Teil - Nichtvermögensdelikte wird ergänzt durch einen zum „Allgemeinen Teil“ und einen zum „Besonderen Teil - Vermögensdelikte“. Die Gesamtreihe befähigt zu einer vollständigen, eigenverantwortlichen Examensvorbereitung im materiellen Strafrecht. Sie erscheint nunmehr in vollständig durchgesehener und überarbeiteter Neuauflage inklusive examensorientierter Verarbeitung jüngster höchstrichterlicher Rechtsprechung sowie Studienliteratur. Table of ContentsDer Steinewerfer und seine Eltern (Schwerpunkte: Straftaten gegen das Leben; Straftaten gegen die körperliche Unversehrtheit).- Verkehrserziehung (Schwerpunkt: Straftaten gegen die persönliche Freiheit).- A.C.A.B. im Saunaparadies (Schwerpunkte: Straftaten gegen die Ehre; Straftaten gegen den persönlichen Lebens- und Geheimbereich; Hausfriedensbruch; Widerstand gegen Vollstreckungsbeamte).- Der Transportunternehmer und die Finanzagentin (Schwerpunkt: Urkundenstraftaten).- Nachbarschaftsstreit vor Gericht (Schwerpunkt: Straftaten gegen die Rechtspflege).- Feuerteufel (Schwerpunkt: Brandstiftungsdelikte).- Der flüchtende Schulfotograf (Schwerpunkte: Straßenverkehrsdelikte; unterlassene Hilfeleistung; Straftaten im Amt).

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Book SynopsisIm Band zu den Vermögensdelikten sind 13 „große Fälle“ abgedruckt, die sich an aktuellen und klassischen Entscheidungen der höchsten Gerichte orientieren. Entsprechend den Anforderungen im Ersten Juristischen Staatsexamen werden so zum einen das examensrelevante Wissen im strafrechtlichen Pflichtfachbereich als auch die Technik der Falllösung wiederholt und vertieft. Klausurtypische Querverbindungen von Allgemeinem Teil und Besonderem Teil kommen dabei nicht zu kurz. Neben vollständig ausformulierten Lösungsvorschlägen enthält das Werk wertvolle Tipps zur Klausurtaktik und zur Vertiefung des materiellen Strafrechts, insbesondere anhand der Rechtsprechung. Der Band zu den Vermögensdelikten wird ergänzt durch einen zum „Allgemeinen Teil“ und einen zum „Besonderen Teil - Nichtvermögensdelikte“. Die Gesamtreihe befähigt zu einer vollständigen, eigenverantwortlichen Examensvorbereitung im materiellen Strafrecht. Sie erscheint nunmehr in vollständig durchgesehener und überarbeiteter Neuauflage inklusive examensorientierter Verarbeitung jüngster höchstrichterlicher Rechtsprechung sowie Studienliteratur. Table of ContentsErster Übungsfall „Gratis Tanken und Kiffen“ (Schwerpunkt: Diebstahl I).- Zweiter Übungsfall „Beutezug im Warenhaus“ (Schwerpunkt: Diebstahl II).- Dritter Übungsfall „Die rumänische Bande“ (Schwerpunkte: Diebstahl III; Unterschlagung).- Vierter Übungsfall „Rache an der Ex“ (Schwerpunkt: Sachbeschädigungsdelikte).- Fünfter Übungsfall „Die baskischen Terroristen“ (Schwerpunkt: Betrug I).- Sechster Übungsfall „An- und Verkauf von Betäubungsmitteln“ (Schwerpunkt: Betrug II).- Siebenter Übungsfall „Skimmer und Schwarzfahrer“ (Schwerpunkte: Computerbetrug; Erschleichen von Leistungen).- Achter Übungsfall „Probleme eines Bereichsvorstands“ (Schwerpunkt: Untreue).- Neunter Übungsfall „Das Deo-Spray und die Ferienhütte“ (Schwerpunkt: Raub I).- Zehnter Übungsfall „Misserfolg in der Grillstube“ (Schwerpunkt: Raub II).- Elfter Übungsfall „Im Schwesternwohnheim“ (Schwerpunkte: Räuberischer Diebstahl; Räuberischer Angriff auf Kraftfahrer).- Zwölfter Übungsfall „Geschäfte in der Kfz-Branche“ (Schwerpunkte: Erpressung und räuberische Erpressung; Erpresserischer Menschenraub; Geiselnahme).- Dreizehnter Übungsfall „Novosol und AgroInvest“ (Schwerpunkt: Anschlussdelikte).

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