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020 _a9780191721595 (ebook) :
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050 4 _aKD3995
082 0 4 _a342.4'102
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245 0 0 _aJustice, legality, and the rule of law
_h[electronic resource] :
_blessons from the Pitcairn prosecutions /
_cedited by Dawn Oliver.
260 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2009.
300 _a1 online resource (xxiv, 295 p.)
520 8 _aIn 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 _aRule of law.
650 0 _aRule of law
_zGreat Britain.
650 0 _aRule of law
_zPitcairn Island
_vCase studies.
650 0 _aTrials (Sex crimes)
_zPitcairn Island
_vCase studies.
700 1 _aOliver, Dawn.
776 0 8 _iPrint version
_z9780199568666
856 4 0 _3Oxford scholarship online
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199568666.001.0001
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