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Preface / Lord Judge of Draycote -- Introduction / Mark Hill -- Criminal Law in the Old Testament : Homicide, the Problem of Mens Rea, and God / Brent A. Strawn -- Conflicting Criminal Jurisdictions in Early Christianity / Markus Bockmuehl -- Crime and the Canon Law / R. H. Helmholz -- Retaliation : Christian Reasons for Punishment : An overview / Mathias Schmoeckel -- Christianity and the Liberal Enlightenment Reforms of Criminal Law / Heikki Pihlajamäki -- The Nature of Sin and Crime : Spiritual and Civil Jurisdictions Compared / -- Norman Doe -- Christianity, Mens Rea and the Boundaries of Criminal Liability / David McIlroy -- Christianity, Human Dignity and Due Process / Peter Collier -- Christianity and Crimes Against the State / Nathan S. Chapman -- Christianity and Offences Against the Person / David Etherington -- Law Like Love Like Language : The Christian Uses of Property Crime / -- John F Stinneford -- Crimes against God and the Church / Jeroen Temperman -- Sex Crimes and Christianity / John Witte, Jr -- Attempts, Complicity, Virtue and the Limits of the Law / Richard W. Garnett -- Defences : Justification, Excuse and Provocation / Chloë Kennedy -- Punishment, Forgiveness, and Mercy / Jeffrie Murphy -- Christian Virtue and Pardons / Albert W. Alschuler -- Parole, Risk Assessment of Offenders and Christianity / Sir John Saunders -- Judicial Punishment in Transitional Justice : A Restorative / Daniel Philpott -- The Weight of Judgment / Nathan S. Chapman

This paper provides a commentary on the evolution and position of petty offence law in the Polish legal system. For the sake of order, it should be noted that the nature of petty offences is ambiguous and not one-dimensional. Their status and role depend on the assumptions of the legislator, who may emphasise their various aspects. A petty offence may be an element of criminal law in the broad sense, as a "small crime" or an administrative tort. More-over, the development of Polish petty offence law and the arguments supporting the choice of specific legal solutions are presented. The probable future of Polish petty offence law was also indicated, aiming at the conclusion that the most serious petty offences would become crimes, and the rest would become administrative torts.

Talks about the issues of legal and social legitimacy which surround criminal measures relating to trafficking in human beings in six Member States and the EU. This book also explains the legal nature of the types of measures which have been adopted and the presentation of criminal sanctions and the positions taken by key actors in civil society

Legislative Policy in Spain. Analysis of the Current Situation and the Challenges for a Quality Legislative Technique -- Sword or Shield? The Influence of International Organisations in Counterterrorism Law and Policy Making -- EU Law-Making Process in Criminal Matters after Lisbon. In Search of a Better EU Criminal Policy -- From Lobbying to Corruption: The Strategies of Pressure Groups to Influence the Law-Making Process -- Does Public Opinion Matter for Criminal Law? Revisable Life Imprisonment in Spain and its Relationship with Social Demands -- Perpetual Prison in Colombia. Analysis of the Legislative Initiatives for their Authorization, and the «rational» Arguments for their Incorporation in the Colombian Legal System -- The Influence of the Law-and-Order Model in Spanish Juvenile Criminal Lawmaking Policy -- Instrumental Rationality of the Legislator and Social Stereotypes on Crime: Models of Punitive Argumentation -- The Victim as a Client of the Penal System -- Punitiveness and Spanish Criminal Law Making Policy. Four Homogeneous Legislative Terms (1996-2011) -- Brazilian Post-1988 Constitution Criminal Policies: Comparing Lawmaking with Impacts on Incarceration.

Über die Frage, ob Menschen willensfrei handeln können, diskutieren Neurowissenschaftler, Philosophen und Rechtswissenschaftler intensiv. Ist vor diesem Hintergrund ein Schuldvorwurf gegenüber einem Straftäter angemessen? Tatjana Hörnle, Professorin für Strafrecht und Rechtsphilosophie an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, rekonstruiert das plausibelste Modell menschlicher Entscheidungsfindung und kommt zum Ergebnis, dass ein Schuldvorwurf problematisch ist. Die Autorin bewertet die Strategien, mit denen Strafrechtswissenschaftler auf die Herausforderungen der Neurowissenschaften reagieren, als unbefriedigend. Stattdessen spricht sie sich für einen Verzicht auf einen Schuldvorwurf aus und dafür, dass der Tätern gemachte Vorwurf konsequent auf das Tatunrecht zugeschnitten werden müsse. Das Buch ist für alle von Interesse, die sich für die Themen Hirnforschung, Willensfreiheit und Schuld aus philosophischer oder strafrechtlicher Sicht interessieren

This paper examines the problems of incorporating norms of customary law into the substantive criminal laws of a Melanesian state system. It focuses on the particular crime of sorcery in Vanuatu. It explores the historical and sociological contexts to the belief in sorcery in society today, and also how behaviour generated by the belief (allegations of sorcery and sorcerer-related attacks) is dealt with by the non-state customary legal system. It then investigates how the state has treated the issue of sorcery, discussing both legislative initiatives and also a number of cases brought before the courts in recent years. The paper argues that merely transplanting substantive norms from the customary system into the state system without consideration of the procedural and institutional framework those norms were developed within, or the ramifications the law may have on other aspects of the legal system, is doomed to failure. Finally, it highlights a number of issues that must be considered in order to successfully initiate a more fruitful process of legal pluralism.

This article examines the most significant cases from the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Court of Appeals of Virginia over the past year. The article also outlines some of the most consequential changes to the law enacted by the Virginia General Assembly during the 2005 Session in the field of criminal law and procedure.