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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Criminal prosecution"”.
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Alternative to state dominated criminal prosecution in Namibia
Criminal proceedings, in general, are proceedings which in substance are of a criminal nature, and not of a civil nature and include, inter alia, applications for a stay of prosecution and release from detention, etc. The constitution of the Republic of Namibia protects the rights of all persons …
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The criminal prosecution of heresy in the Theodosian code
This dissertation comprises an examination of the criminalization and prosecution of religious sectarianism during the first century of the Roman Empire's Christian era (the seminal period of the crime of heresy). The antisectarian legislation issued during this period is analysed in order to …
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A critical analysis of sea-fisheries enforcement in Ireland
… law which is enforced exclusively by criminal prosecution without any alternative sanction options. The effectiveness of this reliance on criminal prosecution is considered with a view to determining whether administrative sanctions could be introduced to supplement or replace the …
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PROSECUTION AND SENTENCING OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME IN FEDERAL COURT: UNDERSTANDING PATHS AND PROCESSES
… in which this leniency may manifest is in the criminal prosecution and sentencing of violations of law. And yet, the question of whether and how white collar cases are treated differently than other types of crimes has not received sufficient attention. Prior research findings have been clouded …
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Cops in Court: Assessing the Criminal Prosecutions of Police in Six Major Scandals in the New York City Police Department from 1894 to 1994
… dismissals, and forced retirements. Some faced criminal prosecution.</p> <p>This dissertation examines prosecutions of police in the context of the city’s changing social and political circumstances surrounding the scandals, while recognizing the influence of key individuals who served as …
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Copyrighting Chinese media: cultural commodification in a political economic context
… business strategies and copyright enforcement, criminal prosecution of copyright infringements, as well as copyright collective management. I argue that the dynamics of copyright growth in China today manifest one dimension of cultural commodification in specific global and historical contexts. …
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The German code of crimes against international law in context of international criminal law: can its penalty system serve as model for the international criminal court?
… Law. Since 1 July 2002, an International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has been able to hold individuals responsible for human rights violations. In the era of globalisation the world acts more and more on an international level and globalisation has also adopted a high significance in …
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The roles and functions of private security companies in UN Peace Missions - a critical analysis
… grave accountability problems associated with criminal prosecution mechanisms and the use of force by PSCs in the field. The thesis concludes that the reliance on contractors impacts the UNs peace mission endeavours in terms of increased militarization, a neo-colonial facet, and a gradual move …
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The Criminalisation of Adverse Medical Events in Criminal Negligence Cases: Exploring Fate, Agency, and Pragmatism in the Construction of Blame for Alleged Physician Negligence
The criminal law has been critiqued as an unsuitable system to regulate adverse medical events (AME) because the unintentional nature of AME renders it incompatible with the penal objectives of the criminal law. This project uses an interpretivist approach to examine how blameworthiness is …
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Is international law a building or stumbling block to States' response to a legacy of massive atrocities? Reassessing the obligations to investigate and prosecute
… of justice. But an uncompromising call for prosecution overlooks realpolitik considerations, practical difficulties, and the peculiar needs of fragile successor governments with limited power and room for maneuver. Granted that the rule of law cannot be reestablished in a society in which …
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Identity and the Prosecution of Interpersonal Violence in Late Medieval Yorkshire, 1340-85
… on quantifying medieval crime and profiling criminals. This methodology has often resulted in a failure to consider the intersection between the law and social attitudes. This current investigation is interested in the extent to which legal privileges or social norms shaped criminal …
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Outcome 21: an examination of practice and policy as a response to adolescent nude image sharing
… designed to divert young people from formal criminal prosecution for youth-produced sexual imagery offences (YPSIOs). The findings reveal that adolescent nude sharing is often driven by developmental immaturity, emotional factors, and the unique social dynamics of digital platforms rather …
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The Right to a Fair Trial within a Reasonable Time in Criminal Cases: A Comparative Study between Saudi Arabia and the Requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights, using English Law as an Exemplar
… a reasonable time within the Saudi Arabian criminal justice system. The European Convention on Human Rights 1950 (ECHR) has been used for comparison and as an aspirational model, and the thesis uses the English criminal justice system as an exemplar. The hypothesis of this thesis is that …
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Public policy considerations arising from the exchange of information about South African taxpayers with countries that sanction the use of death penalty, with a focus on China
… use information received from South Africa, for criminal prosecution of a South African taxpayer in a non-tax matter in China, if the South African Revenue Service (the SARS) authorises such use. The Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China 86 of 1997 sanctions the use of the death penalty …
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A critical analysis of the Discrimintaion of the Wilfulltransmission of HIV/Aids in Zambia
… disease. One of the mechanisms adopted is the criminalisation of the wilful transmission of HIV/AIDS. Basically, criminalisation of the wilful transmission of HIV/AIDS involves a process by which the government, through the Legislature and the Judiciary, impose criminal sanctions on persons who …
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Person Identification in a Legal Setting
In a criminal prosecution, CCTV footage from the crime scene may play a central role in establishing the culprit's identity, yet it is well established that unfamiliar face matching is highly error-prone. In an attempt to optimise identification from CCTV images, expert evidence based on forensic …
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Análise crítica da utilização da delação premiada como política criminal no Brasil
O presente trabalho analisa o instituto da delação premiada como foi previsto pelo legislador e como vem sendo utilizado na prática forense para tentar promover eficiência na persecução penal. Para tanto, há incialmente um exame dos aspectos gerais do instituto, conceito, evolução histórica até a …
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Die Rolle der Vergangenheitsbewältigung im Systemwechsel : Fallbeispiel Chile
… responsibility of the authors, the amnesty or criminal prosecution, restitution for the victims and not least the reconciliation of the society. In the present study this set of problems is taken up. The specific goal of the study is to perform an analysis of the role played by the way of …