An Introduction to Transnational Criminal Law / Edition 2

by Neil Boister

Overview

National borders are permeable to all types of illicit action and contraband goods, whether it is trafficking humans, body parts, digital information, drugs, weapons, or money. Whilst criminals exist in a borderless world where territorial boundaries allow them to manipulate different markets in illicit goods, the authorities who pursue them can remain constrained inside their own jurisdictions.
In a new edition of his ground-breaking work, Boister examines how states must cooperate to tackle some of the greatest security threats in this century so far, analyses to what extent vested interests have determined the course of global policy and law enforcement, and illustrates how responding to transnational crime itself becomes a form of international relations which reorders global political power and becomes, at least in part, an end in itself.
Arguing that transnational criminal law is currently geared towards suppressing criminal activity, but is not as committed to ensuring justice, Boister suggests that it might be more strongly influenced by individual moral panics and a desire for criminal retribution than an interest in ensuring a proportional response to offences, protection of human rights, and the preservation of the rule of law.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198796084
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/19/2018
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Neil Boister, Professor of International Law, University of Canterbury

Professor Neil Boister teaches Criminal Law, Transnational Criminal Law, International Criminal Law, and International Law at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. His principal research interest is the suppression of transnational crime through international law. He has written numerous articles on the subject. Neil Boister works as a consultant for NGOs in the area of the legal regulation of transnational crime and is currently involved in the development of a Protocol on the Illicit Trade in Tobacco. Finally, he is also the author of a number of pieces including The Tokyo International Military Tribunal, A Reappraisal.

Table of Contents

A - Introduction1. What is Transnational Crime? 2. What is Transnational Criminal Law?B - Crimes3. Piracy and Maritime Safety Offences4. Slavery and Human Trafficking5. Migrant Smuggling6. Drug Trafficking7. Terrorism8. Transnational Organized Crime9. Corruption10. Money Laundering11. Cybercrimes12. Environmental Crimes13. Firearms Trafficking14. Illicit Traffic in Cultural Property15. Emerging Transnational CrimesC - Enforcement16. Jurisdiction17. International Law Enforcement Cooperation18. Legal Assistance19. Asset Recovery20. Extradition of Transnational CriminalsD - Institutions, Implementation, and Development21. Institutions22. Implementation and Compliance23. The Future Development of Transnational Criminal Law