United States Attorneys' Manual
Author: United States. Department of Justice
Publisher:
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 720
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRead and Download eBook Full
Author: United States. Department of Justice
Publisher:
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 720
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gary Botting
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-10-01
Total Pages: 479
ISBN-13: 9004479597
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe tumultuous relationship between the United States and Canada’s extradition systems, their histories, and all of the issues, conflicts and controversies are here in this richly detailed, colorful text. The book is especially valuable today given the global response to the events of September 11, 2001 and the United States’ war on terrorism, which has had a dramatic impact on the way Canada and the U.S. conduct extradition procedures between one and other. The author examines the most crucial extradition cases from the 19th to the 21st century, including cases arising out of World War II, the civil rights era, and recent terrorist activities. Amongst the highlights are detailed analysis of: • Attitudes towards extradition in North America from initial reluctance to extradite to the negotiation of the Jay Treaty (1794), which had a rudimentary extradition provision; • The period of the greatest development of extradition law, which occurred at the beginning of the twentieth century; • The consolidation of extradition procedure towards a period of assertion of pre-eminent executive discretion, a “devolution” characterized by an eventual breakdown in cooperation between Canada and the United States in extradition matters after the Second World War; • The extent to which extradition dried up until 1971, when a new extradition treaty between Canada and the United States was negotiated, along with innovative procedures for improving cooperation in handling extradition requests on both sides of the border; • The Treaty of Extradition Between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States ratified in 1976, as amended in 1988 and 2003, which provides rules governing seizure and sufficiency of evidence, arrest, and provisional arrest; encourages mutual cooperation between the executive authorities of the two nations; and in theory at least provides a modicum of protection for individuals caught up in extradition proceedings. Current legislative scheme in Canada’s Extradition Act (1999), showing the ways in which executive discretion has been expanded and judicial discretion diminished in virtually every level. The shifting sands of extradition law from the perspective of the twenty-first century, including the ramifications of extraditing alleged terrorists to face justice in a shaken and bestirred America. This work will be valuable for anyone working on the myriad extradition cases now existing between the United States and Canada or for those interested in acquiring an understanding of certain historical differences between these North American neighbors. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.
Author: Moore
Publisher:
Published: 1890
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David A. Sadoff
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016-12-24
Total Pages: 725
ISBN-13: 1107129281
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA novel and robust examination of all policy means and their lawfulness for recovering fugitives abroad via extradition or its alternatives.
Author: Robert L. Farb
Publisher: Unc School of Government
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9781560117353
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis manual provides an overview of the extradition process. It will help officials who play a role in extradition (the arresting officer, magistrate, prosecutor, court clerk, or judge), as well as defense attorneys, understand how their actions fit into the overall process. The manual covers related statutes and issues such as the Interstate Agreement on Detainers.
Author: David A. Shirk
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 57
ISBN-13: 0876094426
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe drug war in Mexico has caused some U.S. analysts to view Mexico as a failed or failing state. While these fears are exaggerated, the problems of widespread crime and violence, government corruption, and inadequate access to justice pose grave challenges for the Mexican state. The Obama administration has therefore affirmed its commitment to assist Mexico through continued bilateral collaboration, funding for judicial and security sector reform, and building "resilient communities."David A. Shirk analyzes the drug war in Mexico, explores Mexico's capacities and limitations, examines the factors that have undermined effective state performance, assesses the prospects for U.S. support to strengthen critical state institutions, and offers recommendations for reducing the potential of state failure. He argues that the United States should help Mexico address its pressing crime and corruption problems by going beyond traditional programs to strengthen the country's judicial and security sector capacity and help it build stronger political institutions, a more robust economy, and a thriving civil society.
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Published: 2011-06-22
Total Pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9780108473500
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Joint Committee on Human Rights concludes that the current statutory framework does not provide effective protection for human rights. The rights most often relevant to extradition are: prohibition of torture; fair trial; liberty and security; private and family life; and prohibition of discrimination. The Committee calls on the Government to spell out detailed safeguards in the statutory framework. Parliament should be asked to commence the "most appropriate forum" safeguard in the Police and Criminal Justice Act 2006 and that a requirement for the requesting country to show a prima facie case or similarly robust evidential threshold should be introduced in extradition cases. The most appropriate forum safeguard would require the judge to consider whether it is in the interests of justice for the individual to be tried in the requesting country - and to refuse the extradition request if it is not. The committee also calls for negotiated changes to the European Arrest Warrant, a review of the provision of legal representation. The committee also concludes that the power of the Secretary of State to refuse extradition to non-EU countries should not be extended. The powers of the judge in an extradition case should instead ensure adequate protection of rights.
Author: Ivan Anthony Shearer
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780719004179
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Council of Europe
Publisher: Council of Europe
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9287160767
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe fight against today's new forms of criminality, across Europe and beyond, can only succeed if we have the necessary tools, in particular through effective mechanisms dealing with extradition. For over fifty years, the Council of Europe has been developing a set of instruments dealing with extradition, be it in the form of conventions or resolutions and recommendations to member states. This publication presents notes and comments on the Council of Europe's legal instruments on extradition. It includes the current status of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights on extradition matters and on other transnational criminal proceedings. It also brings together the non-binding instruments on extradition adopted by the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers. Practitioners, policy makers and researchers dealing with extradition matters will find this publication a useful and up-to-date reference document.
Author: Kriangsak Kittichaisaree
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018-03-08
Total Pages: 451
ISBN-13: 0192556274
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProsecution of serious crimes of international concern has been few and far between before and even after the establishment of the International Criminal Court in 2002. Hope thus rests with the implementation of the international legal obligation for States to either extradite or prosecute such perpetrators among themselves or surrender them to a competent international criminal court. This obligation was considered by the United Nations International Law Commission (ILC) which submitted its final report in 2014. Kittichaisaree, Chairman of the ILC Working Group on that topic, not only provides a guide to the final report, offering an analysis of the subject and a unique summary of its drafting history, he also covers important issues left unanswered by the report, including the customary international legal status of the obligation, the role of the universal jurisdiction, immunities of State officials, and impediments to the surrender of offenders to international criminal courts. Authoritative, encyclopaedic, and essential to those in the field, The Obligation to Extradite or Prosecute also offers practical solutions as to the road ahead.