TY - BOOK ID - 38058354 TI - Justice, legality, and the rule of law : lessons from the Pitcairn prosecutions PY - 2009 SN - 019172159X 1283581477 9786613893925 0191582670 9780191721595 PB - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Law KW - Common law KW - Colonies KW - Trials (Rape) KW - Human rights KW - Criminal liability KW - Reception KW - Law and legislation KW - Accountability, Criminal KW - Criminal accountability KW - Criminal responsibility KW - Liability, Criminal KW - Responsibility, Criminal KW - Liability (Law) KW - Basic rights KW - Civil rights (International law) KW - Rights, Human KW - Rights of man KW - Human security KW - Transitional justice KW - Truth commissions KW - Rape KW - Anti-colonialism KW - Colonial affairs KW - Colonialism KW - Neocolonialism KW - Imperialism KW - Non-self-governing territories KW - Colonization KW - Anglo-American law KW - Law, Anglo-American KW - Customary law KW - Acts, Legislative KW - Enactments, Legislative KW - Laws (Statutes) KW - Legislative acts KW - Legislative enactments KW - Jurisprudence KW - Legislation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:38058354 AB - In 2004 six Pitcairn men were convicted of numerous offences against girls and young women, but what right did the British government have to initiate these prosecutions? Was it fair given that no laws had been published on the island? Indeed what law was there on this island? This book explores the issues raised by the Pitcairn case. ER -