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Civilising penal Law remains a topical issue but it began with Cesare Beccaria.
Criminal law --- Criminal justice, Administration of --- Criminals --- Punishment --- Capital punishment --- Abolition of capital punishment --- Death penalty --- Death sentence --- Executions and executioners --- Penalties (Criminal law) --- Penology --- Corrections --- Impunity --- Retribution --- Crime and criminals --- Delinquents --- Offenders --- Persons --- Crime --- Criminology --- Administration of criminal justice --- Justice, Administration of --- Philosophy. --- Early works to 1800. --- Law and legislation --- Beccaria, Cesare,
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An account of the lawyers who helped - over centuries - to develop and protect civil liberties, human rights and the Rule of Law. Also discusses breaches of the Rule of Law in modern cases and in response to terrorism.
Lawyers --- Rule of law --- Supremacy of law --- Administrative law --- Constitutional law --- History.
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A stream of dissent, protest, uprising and rebellion is a central part of UK history. Taking key events from both the past and modern times John Hostettler demonstrates how when legitimate avenues of challenge to the actions of the state or other powerful groups are closed to people then they are bound to assert their rights in other ways.
Dissenters --- Government, Resistance to --- Human rights --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Civil resistance --- Non-resistance to government --- Resistance to government --- Political science --- Political violence --- Insurgency --- Nonviolence --- Revolutions --- Dissidents --- Nonconformists --- Rebels (Social psychology) --- Conformity --- History. --- Law and legislation --- Political resistance
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A classic work and a collector's item which looks at the genesis and purposes of punishment. Shows how punishment, power differences, social control and (sometimes suspect) economics and politics have always been intertwined. A must for practitioners and students in this field.
Punishment --- Penalties (Criminal law) --- Penology --- Corrections --- Impunity --- Retribution --- History.
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With a backdrop of famous cases, trials and personalities, Twenty Famous Lawyers is a kaleidoscope of information. In the forefront are 20 lawyers selected by John Hostettler as representative of those who have left their mark on legal development from early times to the modern-day.
Lawyers --- Lawyers. --- Advocates --- Attorneys --- Bar --- Barristers --- Jurists --- Legal profession --- Solicitors --- Representation in administrative proceedings --- History. --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Persons
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The case of Ian Hay Gordon involves a miscarriage of justice brought about in circumstances of privilege, patronage and the social and religious divides existing in Northern Ireland in the decades following World War II.
Criminal justice, Administration of --- Insanity (Law) --- Criminal insanity --- Insanity --- Insanity (Jurisprudence) --- Lunacy (Law) --- Mental illness --- Mentally ill --- Capacity and disability --- Insanity defense --- Administration of criminal justice --- Justice, Administration of --- Crime --- Criminal law --- Criminals --- Law and legislation --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Hay Gordon, Iain --- Curran, Patricia, $d -1952 --- Trials, litigation, etc. --- Gordon, Iain Hay --- Curran, Patricia,
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Lawyers --- Law reform --- History. --- Garrow, William,
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