De lezer verkrijgt een compleet overzicht van de algemene rechtsbeginselen van het strafrecht. Van noodweer tot medeplichtigheid. Van opzet tot vormverzuimen. De uitgave verkent uiteenlopende leerstukken binnen ruim 20 onderwerpen, stuk voor stuk verhelderd aan de hand van relevante criteria, jurisprudentie en literatuur. Zowel geschikt voor de praktiserende juristen als het onderwijs. Wanneer is er sprake van noodweer? En onder welke omstandigheden is iemand medeplichtig? Vraagstukken zo...

In many fields, enforcement of EU policies is performed by the Member States. In principle, Member States are free to decide how and by which means they enforce such policies, albeit under the observance of EU legal principles and harmonised rules. While differences between Member States are inevitable, especially at the interface of criminal and administrative enforcement, they should not create legal obstacles to effective and rule of law-based enforcement in cross-border cases. In his diss...

Gedurende de afgelopen jaren zijn er belangrijke wijzigingen aangebracht in ons straf(proces)recht, waarmee de overheid de beschikking heeft gekregen over een aantal nieuwe straf(proces)rechtelijke instrumenten ter voorkoming en ter bestrijding van het hedendaagse terrorisme. In deze studiepocket worden deze instrumenten besproken.

De opzet van deze studiepocket komt het best tot uitdrukking in het begrippenpaar 'overzicht' en 'inzicht'.

Er worden diverse overzichten gegeven. In deze overzich...

Minors can be involved in judicial proceedings of a different Member State when they have – allegedly – committed an offence within the EU. Whereas the EU has developed instruments to facilitate cooperation between Member States in criminal matters, no specific instruments exist to deal with cross-border youth justice cases. This book assesses to what extent it is possible and feasible to develop EU cooperation in youth justice matters.

In EU youth justice: The personal scope of EU crimin...

Links have been established between the study of death assemblages by archaeologists and paleontologists and the application of physical anthropology concepts to the medicolegal investigation of death. This title explains these links. It covers such topics as archaeological methods and techniques and chemical aspects of decomposition.

All over the world, governments impose punishments on their citizens for transgressions of the criminal law. Consensus exists that this sanctioning should be in accordance with the principle of legality and the rule of law. However, governments around the world struggle with providing foreseeability and non-arbitrariness in their sentencing systems. This continuous struggle raises the question how - and to what extent - foreseeability and non-arbitrariness must be guaranteed. Not only in rela...