Ethical and legal debates in Irish healthcare

Ethical and legal debates in Irish healthcare
Author: Mary Donnelly
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2016-02-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1784996580

This is an in-depth study of the contentious issues in Irish healthcare and deals with issues such as assisted suicide, abortion, adolescent treatment refusal, end of life care, retention of biological samples, involuntary admission to care and the regulation of stem cell research.

Protection of Human Genetic Information

Protection of Human Genetic Information
Author: Australia. Law Reform Commission
Publisher: Sydney : Australian Law Reform Commission
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2001
Genre: Data protection
ISBN: 9780642732118

13. Law enforcement issues

Policing Cooperation Across Borders

Policing Cooperation Across Borders
Author: Dr Saskia Hufnagel
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2013-02-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1409473724

This book provides new insights into police cooperation from a comparative socio-legal perspective. It presents a broad analysis of comparable police cooperation strategies in two systems: the EU and Australia. The evolution of regulatory trends and cooperation models is analysed for both systems and possible transferable strategies identified. Drawing on interviews with practitioners in the EU and Australia this book highlights a number of areas where the EU can be compared to a federal system and addresses the advantages and disadvantages of being a Union or a federation of states with a view to police cooperation practice. Particular topics addressed are the evolution of legal frameworks regulating police cooperation, informal cooperation strategies, Joint Investigation Teams, Europol and regional cooperation. These instruments foster police cooperation, but could be improved with a view to cooperation practice by learning from regulatory techniques and practitioner experiences of the respective other system.

Genetic Justice

Genetic Justice
Author: Sheldon Krimsky
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2012
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0231145217

Explores how the United States and other countries have balanced the use of DNA databanks in criminal justice with the privacy rights of their citizenry, arguing that collecting DNA from those who are arrested, but not charged, can infringe on their constitutional rights and debunking the myth that DNA profiling is infallible.

Final Report

Final Report
Author: Manitoba. Forensic Evidence Review Committee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 8
Release: 2005
Genre: Evidence, Criminal
ISBN:

The Age of Criminal Responsibility

The Age of Criminal Responsibility
Author: Australian Institute of Criminology
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1
Release: 2005
Genre: Age of criminal responsibility
ISBN:

Since the year 2000, some jurisdictions have revised their legislation, confirming a trend over the last 20 years to uniformity in age limits for criminal responsibility. This bulletin includes a table which sets out, for each Australian jurisdiction, the age up to which a child cannot be charged with a criminal offence; the age range within which children are considered 'doli incapax', or incapable of committing crime; and the maximum age for appearance in a children's, juvenile or youth court. In the Australian Capital Territory, the Criminal Code 2002 Div 2.3.1 now deals with the criminal responsibility of children. From 1 July 2005 in Victoria, the age jurisdiction of the criminal division of the Children's Court has increased from 17 to 18 years. In Queensland, for the purposes of the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 a child is a person who has not turned 17 years. Recent Australian reviews have discussed amending the doli incapax presumption, including reversing the onus of proof and changing its application to ages twelve and under.