Unwritten Crimes

After being cheated on by her fiancé, Arielle, a young writer, moves from her hometown to the East Coast and settles in a small town in Rhode Island. There she finds solace, along with new friends and new love interests. Life is great, even though she is getting pressure from her publisher to write the next book in her series. Arielle holds tightly to the perfect sanctuary that becomes her new home, expecting no one will know who she is. She plans to keep this secret close. Not long after her new life starts, her surroundings quickly change from safe and glorious to suspicious and dangerous. Strange occurrences start happening to her at home and to her friends. A stalker is born in this small New England town, but who could it be? Is this random, or do they know who Arielle truly is, and better yet, what do they want with her? When her old life and new life meet, no one is safe. The young writer fights for her life and sanity as she is caught in a game of cat and mouse with nowhere to turn to and no one to help keep her safe.

This authoritative new work sets out the key tenets of the principles and process of criminal law in Indonesia. Focusing on substantive criminal law, starting from its definition, history, principles, and interpretation, it goes on to explore a criminal offence and its elements, criminal fault and liability, causation, and other issues. The author is a leading scholar, experienced both in practice and teaching in the field. Comparative criminal lawyers will welcome this important new work.

Explores different examples of unpunished homicides and what these tell us about the interaction of law and society.

America’s legal system harbors serious, widespread injustices. Many defendants are sent to prison for nonviolent offenses, including many victimless crimes. Convicts often serve draconian sentences in crowded prisons rife with abuse. Almost all defendants are convicted without trial because prosecutors threaten defendants with drastically higher sentences if they request a trial. Most Americans are terrified of encountering any kind of legal trouble, knowing that both civil and criminal courts are extremely slow, unreliable, and expensive to use. This book explores the largest injustices in the legal system and what can be done about them. Besides proposing institutional reforms, the author argues that prosecutors, judges, lawyers, and jury members ought to place justice before the law – for example, by refusing to enforce unjust laws or impose unjust sentences. Issues addressed include: · The philosophical basis for judgments about rights and justice · The problems of overcriminalization and mass incarceration · Abuse of power by police and prosecutors · The injustice of plea bargaining · The appropriateness of jury nullification · The authority of the law, or the lack thereof Justice Before the Law is essential reading for everyone interested in legal ethics, the rule of law, and criminal justice. It is also ideal for students of legal philosophy.