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When can a state give political support to a military intervention in another state? The Government of the Netherlands commissioned an Expert Group to examine this complex, topical and time-sensitive question and to consider whether it should press for international acceptance of humanitarian intervention as a new legal basis for the use of force between states in exceptional circumstances. This volume is the result of those efforts. The Expert Group was led by Professor Cyrille Fijjnaut and consisted of Mr. Kristian Fischer, Professor Terry Gill, Professor Larissa van den Herik, Professor Martti Koskenniemi, Professor Claus Kreß, Mr. Robert Serry, Ms. Monika Sie Dhian Ho, Ms. Elizabeth Wilmshurst and Professor Rob de Wijk. Their thorough analysis and recommendations offer important insights that can aid governments in formulating a position on political support for the use of force between states and humanitarian intervention. The volume also constitutes a useful tool for scholars and practitioners in considering these difficult and important issues

In November 2005, Tilburg University hosted an international Colloquium on the European and National Perspectives of the Regulation of Gambling. This book reflects the results of this day and brings together a range of perspectives from the contemporary debate surrounding the regulation of gambling markets within the context of the European Union

The Containment of Organised Crime and Terrorism: Thirty-Five Years of Research on Police, Judicial and Administrative Cooperation -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Curriculum Vitae: Prof. em. dr. dr. h.c. Cyrille Fijnaut -- Introduction -- I. A New Field of Academic Research in Europe -- 1. Seeking Refuge in Power? A Historical Study of the Police as a Political Institution -- 1. How to Reconstruct the Political History of a Police System? -- 2. The Evolution of the Modern Police System in Western Europe: A Model -- 3. A Few Comments on this Model

Preliminary Material /Fijnaut Fijnaut and Brice De Ruyver -- 1 General Introduction: A Way Out of the Deadlock /Fijnaut Fijnaut and Brice De Ruyver -- 2 The United Nations and Cannabis Policy /Fijnaut Fijnaut and Brice De Ruyver -- 3 Cannabis Policy in the Americas /Fijnaut Fijnaut and Brice De Ruyver -- 4 Cannabis Policy in the European Union /Fijnaut Fijnaut and Brice De Ruyver -- 5 The Dutch Cannabis Policy /Fijnaut Fijnaut and Brice De Ruyver -- 6 General Conclusion: Towards a Third Way /Fijnaut Fijnaut and Brice De Ruyver -- Bibliography /Fijnaut Fijnaut and Brice De Ruyver -- Index /Fijnaut Fijnaut and Brice De Ruyver.

Integrity and corruption have become important issues in the practice and theory of politics, public administration, law, economics and social life. Consequently, they have also become significant topics for law enforcement organisations. Indeed, these organisations play a crucial role in the struggle against corruption in society, and, in order to do that, their own integrity must be beyond doubt. This volume, with contributions by 35 authors from 13 countries in five continents, offers a comprehensive overview of "corruption, integrity and law enforcement". The related papers were presented at the Second Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity that took place in The Hague in May 2001. The content and extent of the problem of corruption are presented via case studies from individual countries. Furthermore, corruption and integrity in the law enforcement system itself are highlighted, and the legal instruments that are available to combat corruption and to safeguard integrity are discussed. Special attention is paid here to independent institutions that operate in several countries. Finally, several contributions focus on the global dimension of the subject: the international organisations and initiatives that play an important role in the world-wide struggle against corruption. This volume is therefore of great relevance for policy makers and academic researchers, as well as for practitioners

The United States and Europe have recently experienced a significant expansion in the use of undercover police tactics and technological means of surveillance. In a democratic society, such tactics raise significant questions for public policy and social research. New and sophisticated forms of crime and social control (and their internationalization) represent an important and neglected topic. Realizing this, the leading scholars in this field created a European and American working group for the comparative study of police surveillance. This collaborative, landmark volume reports the results of their work. It is the first book ever devoted to the comparative study of the topic and includes articles on the historical development of covert policing in Europe and its spread to the United States (where it was extended and recently exported back to Europe), plus detailed accounts of the use of covert tactics in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Sweden, Canada and the United States. Audience: Social scientists, historians, policy makers, lawyers, and criminal justice practitioners