Las demandas crecientes de seguridad en una sociedad global pueden abocar a un Derecho penal puesto al servicio de necesidades perentorias. Por otro lado, la tendencia a un discurso dogmático ajeno a las consecuencias puede conducir a un Derecho penal sin rendimiento. No es extraño que se hable de crisis del Derecho penal, para mostrar las trasformaciones que está experimentando. Con el fin de repensar los fundamentos y las construcciones dogmáticas del Derecho penal, este libro aborda un estudio crítico de los temas claves en la actualidad: los principios del ius puniendi, la expansión del Derecho penal y el denominado “Derecho penal del enemigo”, la construcción de la teoría del delito, los problemas dogmáticos de la responsabilidad penal por omisión y de la justificación, el Derecho penal económico, empresarial y europeo. En él sus autores, discípulos todos ellos del Profesor Silva Sánchez, entran en diálogo científico con el maestro y su obra a partir de las publicaciones señeras de éste. La obra tiene su origen en las ponencias de un seminario que tuvo lugar en la Universidad Pompeu Fabra en junio de 2009.

The book shares the results of project research granted by the Castilla-La Mancha government, which has been composed by philosophers of law and criminal law researchers, whose main conclusions are represented by the manifestations and trends of the current crisis of the constitutional State. The works identify these trends and manifestations in order to develop alternatives and remedies to solve the current negation process that classical liberties are involved, from the point of view of philosophy, policy, and dogmatic.

This edited collection introduces and defines the concept of “comparative restorative justice”, putting it in the context of power relations and inequality. It aims to compare the implementation and theoretical development of restorative justice internationally for research, policy and practice. In Part I, this volume compares practices in relation to the implementing environment - be that cultural, political, or societal. Part II looks at obstacles and enablers in relation to the criminal justice system, and considers whether inquisitorial versus adversarial jurisdictions have impact on how restorative justice is regulated and implemented. Finally, Part III compares the reasons that drive governments, regional bodies, and practitioners to implement restorative justice, and whether these impetuses impact on ultimate delivery. Featuring fifteen original chapters from diverse authors and practitioners, this will serve as a key resource for those working in social justice or those seeking to understand and implement the tenets of restorative justice comparatively.

Criminal Policy in Transition comes along at a time when the literature in criminology is desperately short of “global” perspectives. It helps fill that gap while it presents important new insights into changing penal policy and practice. That it raises as many questions as it seems to answer is one of its great strengths. The authors write knowledgeably about their home societies without being prematurely bounded by comparative criteria. As a result,they develop a complex and uneven image of similarities and differences, of divergence and convergence through time. In this sense the collection offers a model of how international collaborative work should proceed. The book is the product of a workshop held at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL) in Onati, Spain. The IISL is a partnership between the Research Committee on the Sociology of Law and the Basque Government

A history of the attempts to introduce international criminal courts and new international criminal laws after World War I to repress aggressive war, war crimes, terrorism, and genocide.