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The law relating to fitness to plead is an increasingly important area of the criminal law. While criminalization may be justified whenever an offender commits a sufficiently serious moral wrong requiring that he or she be called to account, the doctrine of fitness to plead calls this principle into question in the case of a person who lacks the capacity or ability to participate meaningfully in a criminal trial. In light of the emerging focus on capacity-based approaches to decision-making and the international human rights requirement that the law should treat defendants fairly, this volume offers a benchmark for the theory and practice of fitness to plead, providing readers with a unique ...
In prossimità del suo traguardo naturale, la XVII Legislatura ha portato a compimento alcuni importanti interventi di riforma del sistema penale, sia sostanziale, che processuale. È ben difficile ravvisare nel prodotto normativo finale l’espressione di un progetto unitario, trattandosi di un potpourri di contenuti eterogenei. Non si può negare, tuttavia, l’importanza complessiva dell’impatto riformatore. Sul piano sostanziale, accanto a innovazioni, forse pretenziose - come il tentativo di restaurare, attraverso la riserva di codice, un modello di normazione disarcionato dall’entropia imperante - spiccano l’introduzione di nuove figure di reato (come quella della tortura, lungam...
This book examines key issues in Christianity from various philosophical points of view. It brings together European authors with American theologians and philosophers on an interconfessional basis. Coverage combines analytical and continental approaches in a unique way. This comprehensive, innovative analysis will help readers gain a deep understanding into a wide range of philosophical approaches to basic Christian problems. The novelty of this volume is the unique combination of philosophical and theological approaches. It merges these points-of-view in a rational manner which characterizes segments of Anglo-American and Continental thought. The scope of the work covers historical issues,...
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