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The Tapestry of the Law brings together a study of a particular legal system - that of Scotland - with a number of (mainly contemporary) theories of or about law. Rather than endorsing any one legal theory, it ends with some tentative conclusions about legal theory itself. It is written for all those interested in the law, whether in the academic context, as practitioners of law or politics, or from the lay point of view, but primarily with students in mind. At this level, chapters II to VI provide an information base for those embarking on courses in comparative law or politics, whilst the whole, and especially the later chapters, will offer most to those who already have some grounding in the issues with which jurisprudence is concerned

The Law & Anthropology Yearbook brings together a collection of studies that discuss legal problems raised by cultural differences between people and the law to which they are subject. Volume 10 of Law & Anthropology includes eight studies that discuss various forms in which the rights of indigenous people are violated. Topics include: the way in which the seemingly neutral criminal justice system of Canada discriminates against aboriginal people; the fact that land rights issues of indigenous peoples cannot be separated from political rights; the conceptual differences between the human rights concepts underlying the modern international system, and the concepts behind human rights as these are understood in the Guatemalan Highlands; and the relationship between the rights of indigenous peoples and upcoming new standards of environmental law

Under general criminal law in Malta, criminal liability is confined to individuals. Companies cannot be charged with a criminal offence and, accordingly, no criminal responsibility can attach to them. When a company is found to have breached the law and committed an offence, criminal responsibility has to be assigned to directors, managers or other officials of the company. ; peer-reviewed

Cover -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND DEDICATION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FROM THE FIRST EDITION -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- A. Difficult Questions -- B. The Study of Ethics and Criminal Law -- 1) The Components of an Ethics of Law -- 2) Our Approach -- C. Canadian Writings -- D. Canadian Governing Bodies and Rules of Professional Conduct -- E. Common Law and Statutory and Constitutional Principles -- F. A Comparative Approach -- G. American Published Standards of Professional Conduct -- 1) ABA Model Code of Professional Responsibility

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Table of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Emergence in Positive International Criminal Law -- Introduction -- The Making of the Charter: Law and Policy Considerations -- The Legislative History of Article 6(c) -- Formulations Arising as a Result of the Charter -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Sources: The Law of Armed Conflicts -- Introduction -- Historical Evolution -- Crimes Against Humanity" as an Outgrowth of War Crimes -- The Connection Between War Crimes and "Crimes Against Humanity -- Affirmation of the New Custom -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Threshold Issues of Legal Philosophy -- Introduction -- Historical Perspective -- Philosophical Underpinnings -- The Philosophy of International Law and the Law of the Charter -- The Charter's Dilemma: Between Law and Morality -- Pragmatism Prevails -- Chapter 4 Principles of Legality and the Law of the Charter -- Introduction -- Principles of Legality in the World's Major Criminal Justice Systems -- Principles of Legality in International Criminal Law -- The Charter and the Post-World War II Prosecution's Treatment of the Question -- Assessing the Arguments of Legality in the Law of the Charter -- Post-Charter Legal Developments -- Post-Charter Enunciations -- Chapter 5 Post-Charter Legal Developments -- Introduction -- Substantive Developments -- Codification of "Crimes Against Humanity:" The Work of the ILC -- The Statutes of the ICTY and ICTR: The Security Council's Formulations -- The ICC Statute: The Latest Development -- Other Normative Proscriptions Applicable to the Same Protected Interests -- 1948 Genocide Convention -- 1949 Geneva Conventions and 1977 Protocols -- 1973 Apartheid Convention -- 1984 Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.