5. Law Enforcement
Chapter Goals
The History of Law Enforcement
Defining Modern Policing
Cross-National Variations in Policing Practices
Organizational Structures
Policing Styles
Police-Military Relations
International Police Cooperation
Case Study 5.1: Tracking the Pink Panthers
Conclusion
6. Resolving Disputes
Chapter Goals
Dispute Resolution in Historical Perspective
Types of Disputes, Types of Law
Contemporary Dispute Resolution Systems
Dispute Resolution in Common Law
Dispute Resolution in Civil Law
Dispute Resolution in Theocratic Law
Traditional Dispute Resolution Practices
Case Study 6.1: Traditional Courts in South Africa
Dispute Resolution under Authoritarianism
Criminal Procedure in Comparative Perspective
Fairness and Impartiality
The Presumption of Innocence
Evidentiary Rules
Confessions and Self-Incrimination
The Right to Counsel
Other Factors
Case Study 6.2: The Trials of Amanda Knox
Conclusion
7. Punishment and Social Control
Chapter Goals
Why Do Societies Punish?
Deterrence and Crime Control
Revenge and Retribution
Rehabilitation
Reconciliation
Case Study 7.1: Transitional Justice in Rwanda
How Has Punishment Changed over Time?
What Types of Punishment Do Societies Use?
Prisons
Control-in-Freedom
Case Study 7.2: Prisons and Punishment in Norway
Financial and Other Sanctions
Corporal Punishment
Capital Punishment
What Factors Shape National Differences in Punishment Practices?
Conclusion
8. Family Law
Chapter Goals
What Is a Family?
Forming a Family
Marriage and Union Formation
The Legal Status of Children
Case Study 8.1: Marriage, Children, and Surnames
Regulating Reproduction
Ending Family Relationships
Ending Unions
Child Custody and Parental Rights
Conclusion
9. Legal Rights
Chapter Goals
What Are Legal Rights?
The Most Severe Violations
Legal Rights: A Tour
The Right to Privacy
The Right to Expression
The Right to Conscience
Case Study 9.1: Intellectual and Academic Freedom in Qatar
The Right to Subsistence
Law and Equality
Conclusion
10. Global Justice
Chapter Goals
What Is International Law?
How Is International Law Enforced?
Institutions of Global Justice
The International Criminal Court
The United Nations and the International Court of Justice
Citizenship and Statelessness
Case Study 10.1: Chevron in Ecuador
Conclusion
11. Law and Culture
Chapter Goals
The Concept of Legal Culture
Cultural Universalism, Cultural Relativism, and Cultural Pluralism
Conflicts in Law and Culture
The Cultural Defense to Crime
Legal Cultures of Childhood
Case Study 11.1: Child Soldiers
Conclusion
12. Considering Comparative Law and Justice
Chapter Goals
Why Compare?
The Future of Law
Case Study 12.1: Regulating the Environment
Conclusion
Glossary
Works Cited
Index