Criminal legalities in the Global South : cultural dynamics, political tensions, and institutional practices / Pablo Ciocchini and George Baylon Radics.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ciocchini, Pablo Leandro, 1978- author.

Radics, George Baylon, 1979- author.

Series:

Routledge studies in crime and justice in Asia and the global South.

Routledge studies in crime and justice in Asia and the Global South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal law--Developing countries.

Criminal law.

Criminal procedure--Developing countries.

Criminal procedure.

Crime--Developing countries.

Crime.

Criminal law (Islamic law)--Developing countries.

Criminal law (Islamic law).

Human rights--Developing countries.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"This book presents the work of academics from the Global South and explores, from local and regional settings, how the legal order and people's perception of it translates into an understanding of what constitutes 'criminal' behaviours or activities. It aims to make an important contribution in the development of Southern Criminology"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Reinterpreting chaos as diversity : an alternative legal approach from the Global South / Pablo Ciocchini

Criminalizing adultery in Colonial India : constructing the wife vs. the other in Islamic family law / Anisur Rahman

"First World problems" in the "Third World" : LGBT rights in Singapore / George Radics

Privacy in public spaces : the transformative potential of Navtej Johar v. Union of India / Danish Sheikh

Gambling with criminal law : the legal paradox of "Jogo do Bicho" (animal lottery) criminalization in Brazil / João Araújo Monteiro Neto and Nestor Eduardo Araruna Santiago

(Cr)immigration in the Dominican Republic? : decolonizing the human rights of vulnerable Haitian migrants / Carolina Yoko Furusho

Cosmologies of federal criminal procedural reform : democratizing and humanizing criminal justice in Argentina / Julieta Mira

Of punishment, protest, and press conferences : contentious politics amidst despotic decision in contemporary Burmese courtrooms / Elliott Prasse-Freeman

The politics of judicial actors in the Philippines : war on drugs / Pablo Ciocchini

Arresting a due process revolution : the reform of Indonesia's code of criminal procedure and the persistence of history / Jayson Lamchek

Examining premature dismissal rates in Peruvian corruption cases / Wilson Hernández

Sexual crimes and transitional justice before courts in Brazil : accountability for crimes against humanity / Emilio Peluso Neder Meyer and Claudia Paiva Carvalho

Seeking commonalities from across the South / George B. Radics.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-86168-0

0-429-86169-9

0-429-45976-9

9780429459764

OCLC:

1099540207