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The War in Court
How hundreds of lawyers mobilized to challenge the illegal treatment of prisoners captured in the war on terror and helped force an end to the US government's most odious policies. In The War in Court, sociologist Lisa Hajjar traces the fight against the US torture policy by lawyers who brought the "war on terror" into the courts. Their victories, though few and far between, forced the government to change the way prisoners were treated and focused attention on state crimes perpetrated in the shadows. If not for these lawyers and their allies, US torture would have gone unchallenged because elected officials and the American public, with a few exceptions, did nothing to oppose it. This war i...
Precursor Crimes of Terrorism
This illuminating book offers a timely assessment of the development and proliferation of precursor crimes of terrorism, exploring the functions and implications of these expanding offences in different jurisdictions. In response to new modes and sources of terrorism, attempts to pre-empt potential attacks through precursor offences have emerged. This book examines not only the meanings and effectiveness of this approach, but also the challenges posed to human rights and social and economic development.
War and Justice in the 21st Century
"This book is a case study of my nine-year practice as the first Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). It presents the functioning of the autonomous criminal justice system created by the Rome Statute. The book depicts the Rome Statute operations, its interaction with the War on Terror, and their relationship with national legal systems and the UN Security Council. It comments on regional organizations, including the mechanisms to protect human rights established during the fifties in Europe, after in the Americas, and more recently in Africa"--
Lawfare — Judicial Warfare in Spain
For centuries, the Spanish state has proved to be an expert system for repressing political dissent and any threat that could jeopardize the maintenance of the status quo. It has done so using all the institutions and all the areas of power that were necessary, for the end has always justified the means. Carles Mundo, Catalan Minister of Justice, 2016-2017. There is no book in Spain that talks about lawfare. Nor is there a book that deals with the system of judicial repression of political dissidence deployed by the Franco regime. Nor is there a book that denounces the judicial system inherited from the dictatorial regime and that was later embodied in the 1978 Constitution. Lawfare (the com...
Is There a Court for Gaza?
The 'Goldstone Report' of September 2009 started a critical debate at the international level. The Report raised serious allegations of grave violations of international law with regard to the Israeli attack on Gaza of 27 December 2008 - 18 January 2009, amounting to possible war crimes and crimes against humanity. The UN General Assembly and the Human Rights Council, amidst high political pressure, endorsed the Report’s recommendations, calling for prompt and proper investigations to ensure accountability and justice for the victims. Given the lack of proper investigations at the national level, international justice mechanisms are now needed. Indeed, the ICC opened a preliminary examinat...
Judici a la justícia
Una radiografia de la situació actual de la justícia política a Espanya amb l'ajut de diversos experts, jutges, juristes, advocats, periodistes, polítics i afectats. Amb ells repassarem com una part de la justícia -sobretot la cúpula-, una part dels cossos de seguretat i diversos mitjans de comunicació han organitzat un Estat paral·lel que actua, o bé retorçant la llei o directament al marge d'ella, per «castigar» tot tipus de dissidència, intentar resoldre a la seva manera conflictes que són polítics i retallar els drets civils i constitucionals del conjunt de la societat. Serà una anàlisi de la realitat partint del cas Boye o com a l'advocat de Carles Puigdemont li cau un ...
Steget före : när de svenska kontraktsmördarna Los Suecos drabbade Costa del Sol
En lördag i maj 2018 blandas ekot av pistolskott med ljudet av kyrkklockor i det vackra San Pedro de Alcántara på Costa del Sol. Knarkhandlaren Maradona dör för en lejd mördares kulor. Med mordet inleds en intensiv jakt på Los Suecos – svenskarna – en grupp unga män som tagit sig från Malmös gator till Spanien med kontraktsmord som affärsidé. Kriminalreportern Joakim Palmkvist följer jakten och avtäcker en länge okänd konflikt med rötter i den svenska gängkriminaliteten. Mordet på Maradona är bara ett av många våldsdåd kopplade till Los Suecos, som av media kom att kallas ”den blodigaste grupp yrkesmördare som någonsin drabbat solkusten”. Steget före är en resa in i mörkrets värld, en värld som få har insyn i, där varje människoliv har ett pris.
Developing New Identities in Social Conflicts
Conflicts are inherent to human society, but most of them do not concern us directly as participants or eyewitnesses. How we see social conflicts depends on how they are presented to us. This volume gathers together writings by contemporary specialists in different fields, from different backgrounds, cultures and locations, but united by a common thread: the conviction that history and current affairs are constructed and presented, not according to the facts themselves, but according to media, culture, politics, gender, religion and other factors.
Presidential Powers
Several articles explore the multiple issues surrounding the powers of the presidency, its impact on the law, societal costs, and its ethics.
Los años perdidos de Mariano Rajoy
Este nuevo y esperado libro de Federico Jiménez Losantos ―el primero que publica desde El linchamiento―, es el mejor y más completo análisis de la larga vida política de Mariano Rajoy y la crítica más acerada de sus años en el poder. De 2003 hasta la actualidad, Federico ha hecho un exhaustivo balance que repasa su larguísima y conflictiva trayectoria en el poder, en la oposición y de nuevo en el poder. Desde que fuera designado sucesor por Aznar, pasando por la masacre del 11-M y los misterios que la rodean ―escalofriante análisis en clave de novela negra― y analizando las dos legislaturas contra Zapatero y la que ha cumplido en el poder, todos los grandes problemas que heredó o creó el propio Rajoy son analizados con lupa y escalpelo. Del separatismo catalán al terrorismo vasco, pasando por la crisis económica, la corrupción de la Justicia o de la Corona, así como los posibles remedios para la nación y sus libertades, nada escapa a la prosa implacable y brillantísima del que es, desde hace años, uno de los creadores de opinión españoles realmente indiscutibles.
