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…
Comparative criminal law The Metamorphosis of Criminal Justice: A Comparative Account (New York: Oxford University Press, 2020), by Jacqueline S. Hodgson 18 Feb 202214 Feb 2022 A retreat from fundamental values The focus of this comparative account is the potentially radical and fundamental changes that are taking place within criminal justice in Britain and in France…
Call for papers… Too Big to Convict? Corporate Criminal Liability – Challenges and Solutions – CALL FOR PAPERS 17 Dec 20219 Jan 2022 Abstracts due: No later than 13:00 (BST) on 11th February 2022 (link below)Conference: 7 June 2022 10:00-16:30 (BST) (online) Background Traditionally the legislator attempted to assimilate legal persons to humans…
Comparative criminal law What makes criminal justice systems effective? A comparative perspective, by Robin Hofmann 26 Oct 20213 Oct 2021 In 2006, the US American scholar Robert Bohm coined the term of the McDonaldization of the criminal justice system. Bohm criticized the increased influence of managerialism and efficiency on criminal…
Call for papers… The Regulation of Hate Speech Online and its Enforcement in a Comparative Perspective 27 Jan 202127 Jan 2021 Call for Papers for the British Association of Comparative Law’s Annual Seminar Regulators around the world are grappling with the problem of hate speech online. Definitions of hate speech, the…
Call for papers… Call for contributions to an edited edition on white-collar crime 26 Jan 202119 Jan 2021 Draft book title: Corporate Economic Crime - A Contemporary Review of White-Collar Crime Goal: Comparative analysis of various corporate economic crimes across jurisdictions, exploring international and European law Proposed deadline for…
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