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13 Jul 2012
crime | Crime & Policing | Fourth estate | Journalism | justice | law | Media | Violence | Media | Culture | Law
Rarely a day goes by that the media does not report an incident of violent crime such as Grievously Bodily Harm, muggings or murder. These are reported via...
23 Feb 2012
justice | Politics | Post conflict | Society | South Africa | Government | International law | Minorities | Punishment | Law | Society
Truth and reconciliation commissions use the principles of restorative justice and alternative dispute resolution to help post conflict states recover from...
17 Feb 2012
African National Congress | al Qaeda | justice | Middle East | Politics | Religion | Repression | terrorism | War | Political philosophy | Terrorism | Philosophy
In the wake of the shocking events of 11 September 2001, terrorism and the “war on terror” became the number one issue for the US government. But terrorism has...
17 Feb 2012
jus ad bellum | jus in bello | just cause | Just War Theory | justice | laws of war | Politics | Ethics | Global | War/peace | International | Philosophy
War is always evil, but some thinkers have maintained that under limited circumstances it may be the lesser evil. From Cicero to St Augustine, Thomas Aquinas...
17 Feb 2012
crime | criminal | justice | statutes of limitations | Law General | Law
A statute of limitations is a law that prevents the prosecution of a crime once a specified amount of time has passed. For instance, if a rape was...
26 Jan 2012
crime | Crime & Policing | justice | law | prosecution | Law General | Law
Double jeopardy is a long-standing legal principle existing in many countries which dictates that a defendant cannot be tried twice for the same crime. ...
26 Jan 2012
Child offenders | justice | Juvenile Crime | Juvenile Delinquency | Prison | rehabilitation | retribution | Punishment | Youth | Law | Society
Many nations, including the UK and the US, created juvenile justice systems to punish juveniles in more lenient, rehabilitative ways. Therapy is often offered...
26 Jan 2012
crime | habeas corpus | Jury | justice | law | Rights | Trial | Law General | Political philosophy | Law | Philosophy
Trial by jury is a legal process through which a group of lay individuals make a decision about the outcome of a trial, which is then applied by a judge....
26 Jan 2012
court | crime | Crime & Policing | Criminals | Evidence | justice | law | prosecution | Trial | Law General | Human rights | International law | Punishment | Law
A plea bargain is a process in which the defendant arranges a 'deal' with the prosecution. A plea bargain essentially means that a defendant charged...
