Criminal Theory and International Human Rights Law

ISBN-13: 9780367776862 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 252 str.

Steven Malby

Opis

Systematic examination of international decisions on acts engaging the criminal law reveals an emerging human rights approach to the acceptability, or not, of criminalization. This book provides an in-depth characterization of the reasoning and principles that underpin those decisions.

Spis treści

Chapter One. Introduction; Chapter Two. An International Human Rights Law Approach; Chapter Three. Rights In Criminal Theory; Chapter Four. Crime And Criminalization Obligations In International Human Rights Law; Chapter Five. Criminalization In Human Rights Treaties; Chapter Six. Criminalization In Human Rights Cases; Chapter Seven. Reasoning In Criminalization Cases; Chapter Eight. Differences Between Criminal Theory And An International Human Rights Law Approach; Chapter Nine. The Value Of International Human Rights Law For Criminal Theory; Chapter Ten. Conclusion

O autorze

Steven Malby is Head of the Office of Civil and Criminal Justice Reform at the Commonwealth Secretariat, London, and an adjunct lecturer in international human rights law at the University of Essex. He previously worked for the Division for Treaty Affairs at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna. He qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales, and holds a doctoral degree in law from the University of Göttingen, Germany.