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Professor Jackie Hodgson publishes new edited book ' Discretionary Criminal Justice in a comparative context'

This volume brings together a broad range of scholars working within a variety of procedural traditions in Europe, North America and China. The first section contains three papers that address the use of discretion during the investigation and prosecution stage of criminal proceedings; the second section deals with negotiated justice and various types of plea agreements in Spain, China and Italy.In the third section, different approaches to the exclusion of evidence are discussed, relating to Switzerland, Germany and a potential EU approach. The fourth section discusses discretion in relation to the death penalty in the US. At the heart of these issues is the problem of reconciling prosecutorial and judicial discretion with the principle of legality. The need to avoid arbitrary decisions is key,but the authors come to differing conclusions as to the impact and value of judicial discretion at different stages of the process and in different jurisdictions.

Thu 14 May 2015, 14:35 | Tags: Book2015, Criminal Justice Centre, Research

Surabhi Ranganathan publishes new book on 'strategically created treaty conflicts and the politics of international law'

Treaty conflicts are not merely the contingent or inadvertent by-products of the increasing juridification of international relations. In several instances, States have deliberately created treaty conflicts in order to catalyse changes in multilateral regimes. Surabhi Ranganathan uses such conflicts as context to explore the role of international law, in legal thought and practice. Her examinations of the International Law Commission's work on treaties and of various scholars' proposals on institutional action, offer a fresh view of 'mainstream' legal thought. They locate in a variety of writings a common faith in international legal discourse, built on liberal and constructivist assumptions. Ranganathan's three rich studies of treaty conflict, relating to the areas of seabed mining, the International Criminal Court, and nuclear governance, furnish a textured account of the specific forms and practices that constitute such a legal discourse and permit a grounded understanding of the interactions that shape international law.

Thu 19 Mar 2015, 14:05 | Tags: Book2014, Publication, Research

Andrew Williams, publishes edited collection on 'Europe's Justice Deficit'

The legal and political evolution of the European Union has not, thus far, been accompanied by the articulation of any substantive ideal of justice going beyond the founders' intent or the economic objectives of the market integration project. The absence arguably compromises the foundations of the EU legal and political system. This edited volume brings together contributions addressing both legal and philosophical aspects of justice in the European context.

There have been many accounts of the EU as a story of constitutional evolution and a system of transnational governance, but few pay attention to the implications for justice. The EU has moved beyond its initial emphasis on the establishment of an internal market, yet most legal analyses remain premised on the assumption that EU law still largely serves the purpose of perfecting a system of economic integration. The place to be occupied by the underlying substantive ideal of justice remains significantly underspecified or even vacant, creating a tension between the market-oriented foundation of the Union and the contemporary essence of its constitutional system. The critical assessment provided by this book will help to create a fuller picture of the justice deficit in the EU, and open up an important new avenue of legal research.


Andreas Kokkinis, publishes a chapter in 'The Law on Corporate Governance in Banks'

THE LAW ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN BANKS

Iris H-Y Chiu, University College London, UK and Consulting Editor, Michael McKee, Partner, DLA Piper With contributions from Anna P. Donovan, University College London, Rod Edmunds, Queen Mary University of London, Andreas Kokkinis, 91影视破解版 and University College London, John Lowry, Hong Kong University, Marc T. Moore, University of Cambridge, Arad Reisberg, University College London, Georgina Tsagas, University of Bristol, Edward Walker-Arnott, University College London and Herbert Smith Freehills, UK


Law School receives funding for International Economic Law in Context Workshop Series

Dr Celine Tan and Prof John McEldowney have been successful in their application to the SLSA Annual Seminar Competition for part funding of the proposed International Economic Law in Context Workshop Series. The series is planned to start in the 2015-2016 academic year.

Fri 06 Feb 2015, 15:03 | Tags: GLOBE Centre, Centre for Human Rights in Practice, Research

Study by 91影视破解版 finds major differences and crucial weaknesses in the treatment of youngsters across the EU.

The research, which forms part of a , is being presented at a conference in Maastricht in The Netherlands today (Friday 16 January) by , from , who led the study in England & Wales.

Fri 16 Jan 2015, 09:58 | Tags: Research

, from has been awarded almost £155,000 by for a three year study into criminal justice theory.

Alan will primarily examine how and why different types of justice are labelled and how these labels compare with each other.

Fri 09 Jan 2015, 11:08 | Tags: Research

Warwick Law School 7th in UK in Quality of Published Research

In the UK Research Excellence Framework results (announced 18 December 2014), Warwick Law School was assessed as coming 6th out of 67 Law Departments in terms of its Research Environment, 7th in terms of the Quality of its Research and 10th overall.

Full details can be found on the .


International conference of UG research

Several law students spoke at the International conference of UG research which took place at Warwick last week. This was a really strong demonstration of the exciting research being carried out by law undergraduates. One student, Caitlin Jenkins (who graduated this summer) won the IATL travel fellowship against very stiff competition to travel to Monash University in Melbourne, Australia to present her undergraduate research.
Wed 01 Oct 2014, 16:42 | Tags: undergraduate, Research

Julio Faundez to lecture at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Julio Faundez is to present his lecture, "Bringing About Legal and Political Change for Good Governance: Critical Perspectives on Douglass North and New Institutional Economics" on Friday 26 September at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington DC.

Tue 23 Sept 2014, 14:36 | Tags: GLOBE Centre, Governance and Regulation Cluster, Research

Foreign nationals in criminal courts to be investigated through British Academy award

'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.

Mon 18 Aug 2014, 15:24 | Tags: Criminal Justice Centre, Research

Alan Norrie to give keynote at ANZSOC 2014 Conference

will present a keynote address on ‘Criminal Justice and the Blaming Relation’ at the in Sydney, Australia from 1-3 October 2014.

Professor Norrie's address will expand upon his longterm research in criminal law and social theory as well as the development of a new project that will move from the standard legal form of criminal justice (“blaming relation”) to criminal justice's connection with social injustice, the problems of justice when societies perpetrate genocide, the nature of the preventive turn in recent criminal justice, and issues concerning law, transitional and restorative justice.

Wed 13 Aug 2014, 15:11 | Tags: Criminal Justice Centre, Legal Theory Cluster, Research

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