Comparative criminal law… Lex Makarewicz (and Makowski) – the Polish Criminal Code of 1932 and Its Authors in a Comparative and Philosophical Light, by Aleksander Leszczyński and Jan Rudnicki 24 May 202417 May 2024 Introduction Studies of Interwar legal history seem to prove that proper comparative analysis may be an indispensable element of a sound legislative process. The history of the creation of the…
Comparative criminal law… Rafał Lemkin (1900-1959): A Life-Long Story of Engagement in the Development of Human Rights Law, by A. Krzywoń 26 May 202326 May 2023 Introduction: The Life and Legacy of Rafał Lemkin “Genocide is as old as humanity”. This statement by Jean-Paul Sartre highlights the sad reality that destroying entire groups of people has…
Comparative criminal law Fault in Criminal Law: A Research Companion (Routledge 2022), edited by Alan Reed and Michael Bohlander with Bethany Simpson and Verity Adams 24 Feb 202323 Feb 2023 The published volumes in the Substantive Issues in Criminal Law series are on the following topics: Participation in Crime (Ashgate 2013); General Defences in Criminal Law (Ashgate 2014); Consent (Routledge…
Comparative criminal law… Juries, Lay Judges, and Mixed Courts: A Global Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2021) Edited by Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Shari Seidman Diamond, Valerie P. Hans, and Nancy S. Marder 4 Nov 20223 Nov 2022 Introduction Most countries around the world use professional judges, but many also rely on lay citizens, untrained in the law, to decide criminal cases. What percent of the countries in…
Comparative criminal law… Assisted dying: A subject at the heart of legal and societal issues, by L MILLESCAMPS 28 Jun 202227 Jun 2022 On October 16, 2021, David Peace, a terminally ill patient, claimed that the English legislation had ‘failed' him. Diagnosed in 2019 with a disease affecting his motor skills, this Londoner…
Comparative criminal law… The McDonaldization of justice and the disappearance of fair trial? University of Warwick, 19-21 May, 2022 22 Feb 202221 Feb 2022 Warwick’s School of Law and Criminal Justice Centre are delighted to be hosting The McDonaldization of justice and the disappearance of fair trial? the 11th Conference in the series ‘The…
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