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Trial attorneys are storytellers. They make human beings and the situations they find themselves in come to life in the courtroom, for the benefit of the jury. Gregg Naclerio is a storyteller. In You Can't Make This Stuff Up, he brings the people he encountered during his long career as a trial attorney to life for a wider audience-his readers. His war stories are tear-inducingly funny and tear-inducingly sad. What's never at doubt is Gregg Naclerio...
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No one in Cape May Court House, New Jersey, was surprised when Eric Thomas, a popular young local doctor, sued the Ford Motor Company for the wrongful death of his pregnant wife, Tracy. After all, the accident they were involved in was minor, and they were driving a big, powerful Explorer, a family vehicle. Nevertheless, Tracy died in the accident, leaving behind not just her husband but also her cherished young daughter, Alix, whom Eric Thomas would...
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Nolle Prosequi is a blunt shout out by Irwin to the legal system and to our political leaders "Lady Justice is dead!" Survivors of sexual assault are simply not getting justice 99% of the time despite Royal Commissions, Apologies, Redress Schemes, legislative changes like the abolishment of the Statute of Limitations and Ellis defence. The High Court has made it harder to get a conviction for sexual assault and cases brought for civil justice are...
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Hoover Crips is the product of field interviews with Crip gang members in South Central Los Angeles, California. Older gang members offer a dramatic portrayal of their life experiences within a social world beset by gangster politics. The book reveals the Hoover street gang is a community institution that significantly impacts the lifestyle choices of Black male residents. The main feature of the book is its insider's view of gangs. Unique information...
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"That relatively few criminal cases in this country are resolved by full Perry Mason-style strials is fairly common knowledge. Most cases are settled by a guilty plea after some form of negotiation over the charge or sentence. But why? The standard explanation is case pressure: the enormous volume of criminal cases, to be processed with limited staff, time and resources. . . . But a large body of new empirical research now demands that we re-examine...
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In Sorting Sexualities, Stefan Vogler deftly unpacks the politics of the techno-legal classification of sexuality in the United States. His study focuses specifically on state classification practices around LGBTQ people seeking asylum in the United States and sexual offenders being evaluated for carceral placement-two situations where state actors must determine individuals' sexualities. Though these legal settings are diametrically opposed-one a...
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"Jimmy Hoffa Is Missing"This was the main headline that appeared on the front page of The Detroit Free Press-Metro Edition on August 1, 1975. It was the first news story announcing the disappearance of James Riddle Hoffa from 2 days earlier on July 30, 1975. The news account said Jimmy Hoffa was simply a missing person and that he vanished from The Machus Red Fox Restaurant parking lot located on Telegraph Road just South of the 15 Mile Rad, also...
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Torture has lately become front page news, featured in popular movies and TV shows, and a topic of intense public debate. It grips our imagination, in part because torturing someone seems to be an unthinkable breach of humanity-theirs and ours. And yet, when confronted with horrendous events in war, or the prospect of catastrophic damage to one's own country, many come to wonder whether we can really afford to abstain entirely from torture. Before...
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The past 30 years have seen vast changes in our attitudes toward crime. More and more of us live in gated communities; prison populations have skyrocketed; and issues such as racial profiling, community policing, and "zero-tolerance" policies dominate the headlines. How is it that our response to crime and our sense of criminal justice has come to be so dramatically reconfigured? David Garland charts the changes in crime and criminal justice in America...
11) Code pénal
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Le Code pénal belge initial remontant à 1867, son adaptation à notre société moderne devenait nécessaire.
La réforme en cours du Code pénal vise à rendre la législation plus précise, plus simple et plus cohérente.
Mis à jour au 30 janvier 2024, ce Code pénal facilite votre lecture en soulignant chaque article modifié ou entré en vigueur :
- durant l'année 2022 (en rouge dans le texte)
- durant l'année 2023 (en vert dans le texte)
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From random security checks at airports to the use of risk assessment in sentencing, actuarial methods are being used more than ever to determine whom law enforcement officials target and punish. And with the exception of racial profiling on our highways and streets, most people favor these methods because they believe they're a more cost-effective way to fight crime.
In Against Prediction, Bernard E. Harcourt challenges this growing reliance on...
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In this path-breaking book, David Garland argues that punishment is a complex social institution that affects both social relations and cultural meanings. Drawing on theorists from Durkheim to Foucault, he insightfully critiques the entire spectrum of social thought concerning punishment, and reworks it into a new interpretive synthesis.
"Punishment and Modern Society is an outstanding delineation of the sociology of punishment. At last the process...
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"Le Code pénal social" a pour objectif de rassembler dans un seul texte toutes les dispositions relatives aux devoirs et pouvoirs des inspecteurs sociaux, au service des amendes administratives du SPF Emploi, Travail et Concertation sociale, aux sanctions applicables ainsi que l'inventaire des infractions puniespar les sanctions prévues dans le Code pénal social.
Il répartit les infractions en cinq niveaux selon la gravité des infractions commises...
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