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Ascertainment of the truth in international criminal justice [PDF]
, 2012 This thesis was submitted for the degree of Docter of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This thesis seeks to answer the principal question as to whether international criminal justice systems can serve as adequate truth-ascertaining forums.
Buisman, Caroline
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Interactional privilege of violence: Status and interaction in the street field
Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Criminologists have long described and theorized the relationship between status, respect, and violence within urban communities. Although this finding is generally accepted within criminology, ethnographic empirical illustrations of this phenomenon are sparse.
Hakan Kalkan, Heith Copes
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Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Research in the United States shows a strong link between right‐wing Christianity and support for law enforcement. Yet, it remains unclear whether this support extends uniformly across contexts, which has important implications for our understanding of public attitudes about police. Integrating insights from group identity theory with research
Christopher H. Seto +3 more
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Sanctions, National Security, and Free Speech
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A fundamental, but largely overlooked, aspect of the New Washington Consensus is the use of national security arguments to restrict speech and punish disfavored speakers. Although the United States has a longer history of using sanctions to restrict speech in the terrorism context, it has recently applied sanctions to restrict political speech,
Joshua Andresen
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Guardians Under Siege: Civil Society Access and Reform of the UN Human Rights Council
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines how restrictions on civil society participation at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) undermine the institution's effectiveness. Through stakeholder interviews and analysis of recent developments, we show that civil society engagement does not merely fulfil a democratic aspiration, but it is an operational ...
Inés M. Pousadela, Samuel King
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Conflict of law and the methodology of Tarjīẖ : a study in Islamic legal theory [PDF]
, 2015 Islamic law never achieved unity but expressed itself in, at least, four surviving schools. More interestingly, contemporary Muslim communities are still divided among themselves on a number of issues related to their laws.
Bakar, Mohd Daud
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Palestine, Public Sentiment and the Limits of Omani Foreign Policy Discourse
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines how expressions of solidarity with Palestine in Oman reveal transformations in state–society relations during the Gaza war of 2023–2025, a period of leadership transition and regional rupture. Drawing on elite statements, opinion columns and semi‐structured interviews, it combines framing analysis with thematic analysis ...
Sumaiya Al‐Wahaibi
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Moderate is the New Black: Shifts and Intersections in Saudi Arabia's Domestic and Foreign Policy
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is undergoing a period of intense changes. Its current stage of transformation has been led by Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) since 2015, seeking to turn the Kingdom into a story of successful governance and one of the leading powers in the Middle East. In hardly understood yet very consequential ways, KSA's
Javier Bordón +1 more
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Caste criminalisation in South India and permanent migration to Fiji, 1903–1927
Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Does the official criminalisation of a group lead to permanent out‐migration? In the early 20th century, British officials in south India designated multiple castes as inherently criminal under the Criminal Tribes Act (CTA). The CTA required police registration and could force entire groups into special settlements.
Alexander Persaud
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