This special issue brings together nineteen topical and innovative papers, researching the boundaries of sexual integrity and affirmative sexual consent, gender violence, and image-based or online sexual abuse, including child sexual abuse material and non-consensual sexual deepfakes. It offers an original and nuanced approach to understanding the important legal elements, various agents and harms of topic-related deviant conduct as well as legislative processes aimed at tackling it. In light...

This book charts Dutch arbitration law for users of international arbitration rules who find themselves in Dutch waters. It also includes a chapter on the new NAI Arbitration Rules, designed for non-Dutch users.

As a successor to the Union Internationale de Droit Pénal (UIDP, 1889-1914), the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP/IAPL) was established in 1924, in Paris, France. Symbolically, the Association celebrated its centenary during its XXIst International Congress, held in Paris on 25-28 June 2024, dedicated to artificial intelligence and criminal law.This book comprises the main proceedings of the centenary celebration event of 27 June 2024. It provides insights into the history of the...

A victim-centred approach urges institutional guarantees to minimize the re-traumatization of victims in criminal investigations and empowers victims as participants and beneficiaries in the criminal procedure. It brings new views to the criminal justice process and transformation to the affected community and the entire society. Such a new approach in criminal law is becoming a trend in investigation and reparation phases in both domestic and international legal discourse.This RIDP libri iss...

Is it possible to master the basics of English grammar and to learn how to build correct complex sentences without drowning in too much abstract theory?The authors of this book believe it is. Getting to Grips with Grammar offers you the tools to do so.The book provides insight into the building blocks of English grammar and into the various word categories. It explains complex matters such as the tenses and modality in a transparent way and it shows you how to make your syntax more sophistica...

Artificial Intelligence systems are used today in several parts of the world to support the administration of criminal justice. The most widespread example concerns “predictive policing”, which aims at foretelling crime before it happens and improving its detection. AI allows geospatial as well as person-based policing and is involved in preventing and uncovering economic crimes such as fraud and money laundering.Especially in the context of crime mapping – or hot-spot analysis –, its...

In this first volume of essential texts, on the history of anthropological theory, the rise and fall of the notion of structure is certainly one of the most important to note. In this book, this development is traced and held against an understanding of ethnographic practice. The book intently starts with a contemporary ethnographic example that serves as a backdrop for testing theoretical notions.The movement through theory is one that oscillates between structure and no-thing (and perhaps b...

VAT is characterized by a set of very technical rules that are difficult to fathom for non-lawyers. However, economists are interested in the functioning of the VAT system in their analysis of trade transactions.This book provides a clear overview of the VAT-system in the EU. The focus lies on explaining the VAT consequences of economic transactions. The right of deduction has been referred to as the “cornerstone” of the VAT system, through the relationship between input and output one ca...