"This handbook ... fills a legal educational gap by exploring basic concepts of substantive criminal law in three major European legal systems: the common law s

A comparative and collaborative study of the foundational principles and concepts that underpin different domestic systems of criminal law.

In the United States today criminal justice can vary from state to state, as various states alter the Modern Penal Code to suit their own local preferences and

This book offers an accessible introduction to comparative criminal justice and examines and reflects on the ways different countries and jurisdictions deal wit