Justice, legality, and the rule of law : lessons from the Pitcairn prosecutions / edited by Dawn Oliver.

Contributor(s):

Oliver, Dawn [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009Description: xxiv, 295 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0199568669
9780199568666

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

349.9618 22

LOC classification:

KWL46.7 .J87 2009

Contents:

Problems on Pitcairn / Dawn Oliver -- The Pitcairn prosecutions, paper legal systems, and the rule of law / Dawn Oliver -- Pitcairn's tortured past : a legal history / Andrew Lewis -- Pitcairn Island law : a peculiar case of the diffusion of the common law / Gordon Woodman -- The Pitcairn prosecutions : an assessment of their historical context by reference to the provisions of public international law / Dino Kritsiotis and A.W.B. Simpson -- 'A million mutinies now' : why claims of cultural uniqueness cannot be used to justify violations of basic human rights / Colm O'Cinneide -- Rights and duties on Pitcairn Island / George Letsas -- Legality, reciprocity, and the criminal law on Pitcairn / Stephen Guest.

Summary: In 2004 six Pitcairn men were convicted of numerous offences against girls and young women, but what right did the British government have to initiate these prosecutions? Was it fair given that no laws had been published on the island? Indeed, what law was there on this island? This book explores the issues raised by the Pitcairn case.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-283) and index.

In 2004 six Pitcairn men were convicted of numerous offences against girls and young women, but what right did the British government have to initiate these prosecutions? Was it fair given that no laws had been published on the island? Indeed, what law was there on this island? This book explores the issues raised by the Pitcairn case.

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