The paper analyzes the practice of states and international courts regarding recognition, non - recognition or withdrawal immunity in cases which are accordance with criminal law against state officials, including highlevel officials. This offers an analysis historical role World War II recognizing individual responsibilities law, enabling process prosecuting officers for violating jus cogens n...

Community courts are expressly oriented toward improving outcomes for offenders by addressing factors—like substance use disorders, mental health issues, and unemployment—that are often linked to criminal behavior; this is done by incorporating access to treatment and services within the criminal case management process itself. The community court model is a novel approach for processing crimin...

BACKGROUND Drug courts are a judicial response to drug-related crimes. They combine the coercive powers of the judiciary with drug treatment. This article is intended to familiarize physicians with the reasons why drug courts exist, what they are, and how physicians can assist their patients who are clients of a drug court. METHODS Methods for this article are based upon personal experience a...

Adopting the interpretative/hermeneutical method typical of much legal scholarship, this article considers two sets of issues pertaining to LTDNA profiles as evidence in criminal proceedings. The section titled Expert Evidence as Forensic Epistemic Warrant addresses some rather large questions about the epistemic status and probative value of expert testimony in general. It sketches a theoretic...

Adam Graycar Director The Australian Institute of Criminology has projects under way which attempt to fill a significant gap in our knowledge about the relationship between illicit drug use and criminal behaviour. Most Australian data relate to drug offences, but many other offences have a drug-related genesis. The existing judicial process does not appear to offer long-term solutions to drug-r...

Should criminal law principles be applied to life insurance claims made by the beneficiaries of an insured person who commits suicide? Any discussion of the criminal law and the M'Naghten test of criminal responsibility, as sometimes used by the courts and recommended by the authors, obfuscates the resolution of contemporary issues.

the will of international community to implement justice and to put an end to the impunity for the perpetrators of crimes against humanity, war crimes and the genocide lead to the establishment of international criminal court (icc). the icc is expected to prosecute and punish international criminals in order to prevent committing such crimes in the future. following the creation of the court in...

Forensic psychiatry expertise may be useful to criminal courts in several ways, including evaluating competence (e.g., to stand trial, waive Miranda rights, confess, plead, represent oneself, or be sentenced), assessing responsibility for alleged criminal behavior, and clarifying mental or psychosocial factors that may mitigate criminal charges or the form and severity of punishment. This colum...

The article deals with the right to defence in criminal proceedings accordance international law norms. It is proved that ensuring one of basic principles justice and a prerequisite for achievement fair trial. Particular attention paid self-defence (defence person), through choosing legal assistance, assigned assistance. Attention drawn fact human rights courts based on same principles, respect...