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Informationen zum Autor Melissa Bone is Associate Professor at Leicester Law School, University of Leicester, UK. J J Child is Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Birmingham and Co-founding Director of the Criminal Law Reform Now Network. . Jonathan Rogers is Associate Professor in Criminal Justice at the University of Cambridge, UK. Klappentext If you could change one part of the criminal law, what would it be? In the 2nd volume of this successful series, the same question is put to a new selection of leading academics and practitioners.The first 8 chapters of the collection present their responses in the form of legal reform proposals, with topics ranging across criminal law, criminal justice, and evidence - including corporate liability, consent to bodily harms, prostitution, domestic abuse, economic crimes, defendant anonymity, appeal court structures, and the procedures of the Criminal Cases Review Commission.Each chapter is followed by a comment from a different author, providing an additional expert view on each proposal. Finally, the last two chapters broaden the debate to discuss criminal law reform in general, from the challenges of decriminalisation, to exploring the systemic dynamics of centralisation, austerity, and politicisation. The collection highlights and explores the current reform debates that matter most to legal experts, with each chapter making a positive case for change. Vorwort Highlights and explores the current reform debates that matter most to legal experts, with each chapter making a case for positive change. Zusammenfassung If you could change one part of the criminal law, what would it be? Following the success of the 1st volume, the same question is put to a new selection of leading academics and practitioners.The first eight chapters of the collection present their responses in the form of legal reform proposals, with topics ranging across criminal law, criminal justice and evidence – including corporate liability, consent to bodily harms, prostitution, domestic abuse, economic crimes, defendant anonymity, appeal court structures and the procedures of the Criminal Cases Review Commission.Each chapter is followed by a comment from a different author, providing an additional expert view on each proposal. Finally, the last two chapters broaden the debate to discuss criminal law reform in general, from the challenges of decriminalisation to exploring the systemic dynamics of centralisation, austerity and politicisation. The collection highlights and explores the current reform debates that matter most to legal experts, with each chapter making a positive case for change. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Criminal Law Reform Now in 2024 Melissa Bone (University of Leicester, UK), JJ Child (University of Birmingham, UK) and Jonathan Rogers (University of Cambridge, UK) 1. Two Proposed Reforms to the Present System of Criminal Appeals (P) Paul Jarvis (Barrister and CLRNN Committee Member, UK) (R) Paul Roberts (University of Nottingham, UK) 2. Decriminalisation of Prostitution (P) Tanya Palmer (University of Sussex, UK) (R) Ronald Weitzer (George Washington University, USA) 3. Senior Corporate Managers’ Criminal Liability for the Crimes of Employees or Agents (P) Jeremy Horder (London School of Economics, UK) and Gabriele Watts (Lincoln’s Inn, UK) (R) Alison Cronin (Bournemouth University, UK) 4. A One-sided Coin? Attributing Agency and Responsibility in Contexts of Coercive Control (P) Vanessa Bettinson (Leicester De Montfort University, UK), Vanessa E Munro (University of Warwick, UK) and Nicola Wake (University of Northumbria, UK) (R) Paramjit Ahluwalia (1 Pump Court Chambers, UK) 5. Post Appeal Decision-Making: Reforming the Powers of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (P) Lucy Welsh (University of Sussex, UK) (R) John Curtis...
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Melissa Bone is Associate Professor at Leicester Law School, University of Leicester,
UK.
J J Child is Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Birmingham and Co-founding Director of the Criminal Law Reform Now Network. .Jonathan Rogers is Associate Professor in Criminal Justice at the University of Cambridge, UK.
