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How Administrative Law Halted the Death Penalty in Maryland
Rochvarg, Arnold - 2009
assistance of counsel, equal protection, right to trial by jury, and cruel and unusual punishment. The winning argument, however … Administrative Law. A death row inmate attacked the validity of the procedures for administering lethal injection capital punishment … which set forth the capital punishment process. In order for a Maryland agency to adopt a valid regulation, the agency must …
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America's Death Penalty : Just Another Form of Violence
Bessler, John D. - 2011
writer goes on to argue that capital punishment is, in and of itself, a form of violence. Also discussed in the article are …
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No Way Out? The Question of Unilateral Withdrawals of Referrals to the ICC and Other Human Rights Courts
Scharf, Michael P.; Dowd, Patrick - 2021
Growing out of the authors' work for the International Criminal Court, which was sponsored by a grant from the Open Society Institute, No Way Out examines one of the most vexing legal questions facing the International Criminal Court - whether a State that has referred a case to the Court can...
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Trafficking in Women and Forced Migration : Moving Victims Across the Border of Crime into the Domain of Human Rights
McSherry, Bernadette M. - 2010
The response to the trafficking of women is primarily dominated by the discourse of criminal law both internationally and nationally. By contrast, in the refugee law context, women are constructed as victims in a ‘culturally relative', patriarchal society. This paper explores the tensions...
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Case Study in Iranian Criminal system
Zarrokh, Ehsan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Criminal code is so important than other legal code, because its relevance to people life, honor and property. so I think if you want scrutiny develop of society you must note to its criminal law & penal procedure. In Iran we see that all of codes are based on FIGH (Islamic Rules); so it's...
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Eine explorative Analyse der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Veterinärämtern und Staatsanwaltschaften bei Verstößen gegen das Tierschutzgesetz
Bergschmidt, Angela - 2015
Ziel der explorativen Untersuchung war es, mögliche Probleme in der Verfolgung von Verstößen gegen Tierschutzgesetze im Nutztierbereich zu identifizieren und Verbesserungsvorschläge zu sammeln. Der Ausgangspunkt für die Studie war die Aussage von Amtstierärzten, dass eindeutige Verstöße...
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Crime and the transition to marriage. The roles of gender and partner's criminal involvement
Monsbakken, Christian Weisæth; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde; … - 2012
Several previous studies have argued that marriage leads to a decline in criminal propensity. Most of these studies have focused on men and have given little attention to the characteristics of their partner and events related to changes in offending. In this article, we use Norwegian registry...
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Crime and weather: Evidence from the Czech Republic
Mišák, Vojtěch - 2022
This article estimates the impact of weather on crime in the Czech Republic. Using detailed crime data during the years 2005-2015, I show that temperature has a significant positive effect on the total number of assaults, thefts, robberies and sexual crimes recorded. Furthermore, precipitation...
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Opting Out of EU Criminal Law : What is Actually Involved?
Hinarejos, Alicia - 2012
Protocol 36 to the Lisbon Treaty gives the UK the right to opt out en bloc of all the police and criminal justice measures adopted under the Treaty of Maastricht ahead of the date when the Court of Justice of the EU at Luxembourg will acquire jurisdiction in relation to them. The government is...
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The Law of Insider Trading : Legal Theories, Common Defenses, and Best Practices for Ensuring Compliance
Bondi, Bradley J. - 2012
The government's 2011 prosecution of hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam and the various investigations into the use of expert networks by hedge funds and other institutional investors have prompted questions about the law of insider trading, permissible methods of gathering information, general...
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