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Abstract Could a trade agreement strengthen the enforcement of domestic environmental laws? This article explores this question in the context of the US–Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). The article examines, in particular, the potential role of the Secretariat for Submissions on Environmental Enforcement Matters (SEEM) of the TPA.
Pablo Peña
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The afterlives of political violence in Argentina: The gendered body and everyday cruelty
Abstract While the last decade in Argentina saw an expansion of civil rights and an increased awareness of gendered violence, prison conditions for women deteriorated. A prominent example took place in Buenos Aires in May 2014 when thirty women in ‘Unidad 31’ were violently transferred to make space for men convicted of crimes against humanity during ...
Leyla Savloff
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The Death Penalty and Historical Change in Spain
Abstract This article studies the long duration of the death penalty in Spain until its abolition in the Constitution of 1978. After analysing the plurality of theoretical approaches and possibilities offered by archival sources and specialised historiography (particularly those produced by specialists in the history of law and social history), I ...
Pedro Oliver Olmo
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Confessions in the Criminal Process
Abstract This article undertakes a theoretical exploration of the roles that confessions can play in the criminal process and of the importance that is placed on their voluntariness. It draws on contemporary and historical sources, as well as materials from different legal systems and traditions. Three possible perspectives on the topic are identified:
Hock Lai Ho
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La flexibilización probatoria en el proceso penal: una forma de injusticia epistémica [PDF]
This paper aims to analyze a type of epistemic injustice in the field of criminal procedural law. The central research question is: can reverse onus in criminal trial lead to epistemic injustice?
Toro Taborda, Mariana +1 more
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Using lessons from criminal justice research to improve conservation law enforcement research and practice. [PDF]
Abstract Urgency to save species from extinction has prompted increased investment in law enforcement in protected areas. To date, such law enforcement has largely focused on increasing costs and reducing opportunities for offending. However, these resource‐intensive approaches are not always effective and can contribute to conflict between people and ...
St John FAV +3 more
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Constitucionalización del proceso penal
PROBLEMA: la constitucionalización del proceso penal tiene por objeto dar un giro al sistema de Derecho Procesal Penal conocido hasta estos días, por medio de la aplicación de los principios constitucionales consagrados en la Carta Magna, los cuales pretenden proteger los derechos inherentes a todo ser humano, evitando su vulneración y la existencia de
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La acción civil en el proceso penal: elementos subjetivos [PDF]
La regulación actual relativa al ejercicio acumulado de la acción civil a la penal en una causa criminal resulta a todas luces anacrónica. Esto es así porque es evidente que el proceso penal actual no ha de limitarse a ser exclusivamente el escenario ...
Arnáiz Serrano, Amaya
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Legalidad y convencionalidad como base del sistema penal acusatorio en México
En este texto se pretende analizar el principio de legalidad en materia penal y su relación con la convencionalidad introducida al texto constitucional mexicano en junio de 2011. Todo ello, dentro del sistema penal acusatorio delineado en la Constitución
Rebeca Elizabeth Contreras López
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Repercusiones en las víctimas de la publicidad del proceso penal [PDF]
Con relativa frecuencia, la doctrina se ha preocupado por las repercusiones que el proceso penal y su publicidad tienen en la figura del imputado. Así, por ejemplo, la debida imparcialidad del juzgador y el eventual surgimiento de juicios paralelos han ...
Martín Ríos, Pilar
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