An Introduction to Transnational Criminal Law

Neil Boister (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

512 Seiten

2018 | 2nd Revised edition
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-879608-4 (ISBN)

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National borders do little to prevent trafficking in illegal goods, but often hamper the efforts of the authorities in pursuit. In this new edition Boister examines whether too much focus on suppressing criminality, and not enough on protecting human rights and the rule of law, has prevented efforts to create an effective transnational legal space.

National borders are permeable to all types of illicit action and contraband goods, whether it is trafficking humans, body parts, digital information, drugs, weapons, or money. Whilst criminals exist in a borderless world where territorial boundaries allow them to manipulate different markets in illicit goods, the authorities who pursue them can remain constrained inside their own jurisdictions.
In a new edition of his ground-breaking work, Boister examines how states must cooperate to tackle some of the greatest security threats in this century so far, analyses to what extent vested interests have determined the course of global policy and law enforcement, and illustrates how responding to transnational crime itself becomes a form of international relations which reorders global political power and becomes, at least in part, an end in itself.
Arguing that transnational criminal law is currently geared towards suppressing criminal activity, but is not as committed to ensuring justice, Boister suggests that it might be more strongly influenced by individual moral panics and a desire for criminal retribution than an interest in ensuring a proportional response to offences, protection of human rights, and the preservation of the rule of law.

Professor Neil Boister teaches Criminal Law, Transnational Criminal Law, International Criminal Law, and International Law at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. His principal research interest is the suppression of transnational crime through international law. He has written numerous articles on the subject. Neil Boister works as a consultant for NGOs in the area of the legal regulation of transnational crime and is currently involved in the development of a Protocol on the Illicit Trade in Tobacco. Finally, he is also the author of a number of pieces including The Tokyo International Military Tribunal, A Reappraisal.

A - Introduction
1: What is Transnational Crime?
2: What is Transnational Criminal Law?
B - Crimes
3: Piracy and Maritime Safety Offences
4: Slavery and Human Trafficking
5: Migrant Smuggling
6: Drug Trafficking
7: Terrorism
8: Transnational Organized Crime
9: Corruption
10: Money Laundering
11: Cybercrimes
12: Environmental Crimes
13: Firearms Trafficking
14: Illicit Traffic in Cultural Property
15: Emerging Transnational Crimes
C - Enforcement
16: Jurisdiction
17: International Law Enforcement Cooperation
18: Legal Assistance
19: Asset Recovery
20: Extradition of Transnational Criminals
D - Institutions, Implementation, and Development
21: Institutions
22: Implementation and Compliance
23: The Future Development of Transnational Criminal Law

Erscheinungsdatum	04.07.2018
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	173 x 247 mm
Gewicht	901 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-19-879608-0 / 0198796080
ISBN-13	978-0-19-879608-4 / 9780198796084
Zustand	Neuware