Paperback: 564 pages
Author: william a. schabas
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Language: English
File Type: PDF
File Size: 2.20 MB

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The International Criminal Court has ushered in a new era in the protection of human rights. Protecting against genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, the Court acts when national justice systems are unwilling or unable to do so. This third edition of this seminal text on the Court considers it in action: its initial rulings by the Pre-Trial Chambers and the Appeals Chamber and those cases it is prosecuting as well as those where it had decided not to proceed, such as …

Paperback: 409 pages
Author: anke holljesiefken
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Language: German
File Type: PDF
File Size: 2.00 MB

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Die rechtliche Regulierung des Problems invasiver gebietsfremder Arten in Deutschland. Teil 1: begriffliche und rechtstats?chliche Grundlagen. Teil 2: Analyse und Bewertung der v?lker-, europa- und nationalen umweltrechtlichen Vorschriften. Hier stellt die Autorin erhebliche Defizite fest: mangelhafte Umsetzung und Koordination, fehlende Konkretisierung. Ein Handlungsbedarf, auf den die Autorin mit konkreten Regelungsvorschl?gen reagiert.

Paperback: 525 pages
Author: martin gellermann, matthias schreiber
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Language: German
File Type: PDF
File Size: 6.00 MB

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Rechtliche und naturschutzfachliche Fragen des Artenschutzes bei Verfahren der Fachplanung, der kommunalen Bauleitplanung sowie der Zulassung von Eingriffsvorhaben. Mit internationalen und europ?ischen Bestimmungen und den normativen Anforderungen des nationalen Artenschutzrechts, des gesetzlichen Biotopschutzes und der naturschutzrechtlichen Eingriffsregelung. Typische Fallkonstellationen, praktikable Probleml?sungen, umfangreicher Anhang.

Paperback: 182 pages
Author: doug hopton
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Language: English
File Type: PDF
File Size: 10.5 MB

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Around the world, anti-money laundering regulations and legislation have become one of the weapons of choice of governments that are fighting global terrorism and criminality. Within the UK, the latest regulation, The Money Laundering Regulations 2003, have extended the range of businesses covered by the Proceeds of Crime Act to include solicitors, lawyers, estate agents and, in effect, all companies involved in consultancy or business services. The complexity of the new law and the lack of any case law asks more questions about the …

Paperback: 530 pages
Author: arun k. thiruvengadam, victor v. ramraj
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Language: English
File Type: PDF
File Size: 2.60 MB

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What is the relevance of contemporary debates over emergency powers for countries situated in Asia? What role does, and should, the constitution play in constraining these powers? The essays in this collection address these issues, drawing on emergency situations in over 20 countries in Asia as a ready-made laboratory for exploring the relationship between emergency powers and constitutionalism. This volume therefore rests squarely at the intersection of two debates – a debate over the ability of law to constrain the …

Paperback: 648 pages
Author: frank wooldridge, mads andenas ma dphil phd
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Language: English
File Type: PDF
File Size: 3.00 MB

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Company law is undergoing fundamental change in Europe. All European countries have undertaken extensive reform of their company legislation. Domestic reform has traditionally been driven by corporate failures or scandals. Initiatives to make corporate governance more effective are a feature of recent European law reform, as are measures to simplify and ease burdens on smaller and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). An increasing EU harmonisation is taking place through the Company Law Directives, and the free movement of companies is also …

Paperback: 340 pages
Author: wei shi
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Language: English
File Type: PDF
File Size: 2.00 MB

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After exploring multifaceted issues of IPR enforcement, this book argues that the problems with it are not an actual outcome of Confucian philosophy and “to steal a book” is not an “elegant offence.” This book demonstrates that counterfeiting and piracy are inevitable consequences of inadequate economic development. It goes on to state that they are a by-product of a unique set of socioeconomic crises that have their origin in a dysfunctional institutional regime.

Paperback: 168 pages
Author: paul iganski
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Language: English
File Type: PDF
File Size: 2.00 MB

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The impression often conveyed by the media about hate crime offenders is that they are hate-fuelled individuals who, in acting out their extremely bigoted views, target their victims in premeditated violent attacks. Scholarly research on the perpetrators of hate crime has begun to provide a more nuanced picture. But the preoccupation of researchers with convicted offenders neglects the vast majority of hate crime offenders that do not come into contact with the criminal justice system.This book, from a leading author in the field, widens …

Paperback: 178 pages
Author: matthew record
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Language: English
File Type: PDF
File Size: 1.00 MB

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Identity theft is the UK’s fastest growing crime. It affects individuals, government departments and private sector organisations and is estimated already to be costing the UK economy around GBP 2 billion per annum.With just a few of your personal details, criminals can open bank accounts, claim benefits, obtain credit cards, loans and mortgages and apply for passports and driving licences – all in your name. They can also gain access to your existing accounts and if you become a victim, you may be blacklisted …

Paperback: 216 pages
Author: robert d. keppel, william j. birnes
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Language: English
File Type: PDF
File Size: 6.00 MB

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Linking the murders of an alleged serial killer to successfully present a case in court involves a specific methodology that has been scrutinized by the judicial system but is largely absent in the current literature. Serial Violence: Analysis of Modus Operandi and Signature Characteristics of Killers fully explains the process of finding the nexus between one violent crime and another for the purpose of pursuing the same offender at trial.

Examines real cases of some of the world’s most notorious serial …