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New Publication: 3rd edition of Crime, Reason and History
Alan Norrie, Crime, Reason and History: A Critical Introduction to Criminal Law, 3rd edition, published by Cambridge University Press.
Many books seek to explain the general principles of the criminal law. Crime, Reason and History stands out and alone as a book that critically and concisely analyses these principles and comes up with a different viewpoint: that the law is shaped by social history and therefore systematically structured around conflicting elements. Updated extensively to include two new chapters on loss of control and self defence and with an extended treatment of offence and defence, this new edition combines challenging and sophisticated analysis with accessibility.
- Proposes a different understanding of criminal law, which provides students with an alternative critical account that they can compare with other more orthodox texts
- Provides a broader, contextual treatment that sees the law as evolving in particular social conditions
- Challenges the basic assumption that the general principles of the criminal law are to be understood as consistent and coherent and encourages students to think beyond them
Job Vacancy - Research Fellow
The Criminal Justice Centre (together with the Centre for Operational Police Research) is advertising for a post-doctoral research fellow.
More detail on the role and on the required qualifications and experience can be found at: https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?owner=5062452&ownertype=fair&jcode=1439362&vt_template=1457&adminview=1
and at http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AJS343/research-fellow-criminal-justice-75247-094/
Please forward this information to your contacts and anyone you think might be interested.
Call for papers - Border Criminologies
brings together academics, practitioners and those who have experienced border control from around the world. Showcasing original research from a range of perspectives, they hope to better understand the effect of border control and to explore alternatives. Ana Aliverti is a regular contributor. with any questions.Foreign nationals in criminal courts to be investigated through British Academy award
Ana Aliverti's research on "Foreign nationals before the criminal courts: immigration status, deportability and punishment" has been awarded funding from the British Academy. Beginning in October the project wims to investigate the impact of immigration status on the treatment of defendants before the criminal justice system.
Alan Norrie to present 'Justice on the Slaughter-Bench' in Bogota
Alan Norrie’s essay ‘Justice on the Slaughter-Bench: The Problem of War Guilt In Arendt and Jaspers’ is being translated into Spanish and published as a short book (La Justicia en el banquillo de la muerte : El problema de la Culpa de la guerra en H. Arendt y K. Jaspers) by the Universidad Libre, Bogota.
He will discuss it at a seminar in Bogota on ‘Constitutions for Peace’ for law students, legal academics and practitioners on 25 September 2014. The purpose of the seminar is to think about the role of law in Colombia’s postconflict situation, following peace negotiations in Habana.