Alison Liebling and Leo Zaibert of the University of Cambridge, England, explore the modern prison as a site of suffering from the perspectives of empirical criminology and philosophical ethics. Prisons […]
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Alison Liebling and Leo Zaibert of the University of Cambridge, England, explore the modern prison as a site of suffering from the perspectives of empirical criminology and philosophical ethics. Prisons […]
This event reflects on the increased number of cases in domestic criminal courts that rely on each country’s assertion of universal jurisdiction. What justifies the assertion of universal jurisdiction beyond […]
This event reflects on the increased number of cases in domestic criminal courts that rely on each country’s assertion of universal jurisdiction. What justifies the assertion of universal jurisdiction beyond […]
➡︎ Supplementary Materials Colonialism Redux for the Digital Age? What to Make of India’s New Criminal Codes Abhinav Sekhri* The press bureau report for the day the government minister piloted […]
Rethinking Universal Criminal Jurisdiction: Toward a Multidimensional Framework Morten Boe* Universal criminal jurisdiction (UJ) has had an impressive, even turbulent, career during the last two decades. From a historical oddity […]
This workshop brings together contributors to the special issue on Criminal Law, Literature, and History (guest edited by Simon Stern, University of Toronto). The issue will explore relations between […]
The Prison and the Varieties of Suffering: An Exchange Prisons are the predominant means through which states punish wrongdoers. Punishment, by definition, is supposed to be painful, unpleasant, or […]
An international panel discussion of Decolonizing the Criminal Law: Colonial Legacies, Contemporary Problems (Oxford UP 2023) featuring the four co-editors of the book. [From the OUP website:] Within the discipline […]
An international panel discussion of Decolonizing the Criminal Law: Colonial Legacies, Contemporary Problems (Oxford UP 2023) featuring the four co-editors of the book. [From the OUP website:] Within the discipline […]
The Rockefeller Foundation’s Model Penal Code: Probing the Private Origins of American Criminal Law Daniel Friedman* The drafting and publication of the Model Penal Code (MPC) in 1962 by the […]
Anti-Slavery and the War on Gangs: Colonialism, Racial Capitalism, and the State Insa Koch* On 18th October 2023, Britain is celebrating its annual Anti-Slavery Day. Initiated by a private member’s […]
This event reflects on the increased number of cases in domestic criminal courts that rely on each country’s assertion of universal jurisdiction. What justifies the assertion of universal jurisdiction […]
Classic legacy of colonialism, or a necessary legal implement to protect the nation-state from threats to its sovereignty? These are the seemingly competing perspectives on offer as the Indian legal […]
Classic legacy of colonialism, or a necessary legal implement to protect the nation-state from threats to its sovereignty? These are the seemingly competing perspectives on offer as the Indian legal […]
A Moment of Reckoning for the Sedition Offense in India Abhinav Sekhri* The Indian Supreme Court is set to revisit the legality[1] of the sedition offense as defined within Section […]
A Modern Debtors’ Prison? Imprisonment for Unpaid Fines and Socioeconomic Inequality Morten Boe* Ever wanted to set a prisoner free? In Germany, it is easier than you would expect. No […]
Join us for an international panel discussion of Decolonizing the Criminal Law: Colonial Legacies, Contemporary Problems (Oxford UP 2023) featuring the four co-editors of the book. [From the OUP […]
This issue will explore relations between criminal law, literature, and history, covering a wide geographical and historical range, on topics relating to both law and procedure. Contributors: Simon Stern (Canada, […]
In this special issue, a diverse range of authors confront questions about whether, and how, we can reconstruct criminal law (as well as its associated institutional forms, including the trial […]