This book analyses the global influence of the Byzantine Empire, which will appeal to all those interested in Byzantine History / This book expands upon the theme of 'Byzantium and its neighbours', by looking into the cultural and geographical influence of Byzantium / This book will appeal to all those interested in Byzantine Culture and the Byzantine economy.

This insightful volume examines key research questions concerning police decision to arrest as well as police-led diversion. The authors critically evaluate the tentative answers that empirical evidence provides to those questions, and suggest areas for future inquiry. Nearly seven decades of empirical study have provided extensive knowledge regarding police use of arrest. However, this research highlights important gaps in our understanding of factors that shape police decision-making and what is required to alter current police practice. Reviewing this research base, this brief takes stock of what is known empirically about all aspects related to the use of arrests, providing important insights on the knowledge needed to make evidence-based policy decisions moving forward. With the potential to better impact policy and programs for alternatives to arrest, this brief will appeal to researchers and practitioners in evidence-based policing and police decision-making, as well as those interested in alternatives to arrest and related fields such as public policy.

Australia does not have a bill or charter of rights, which means there is no comprehensive law that enshrines human rights in Australia - even though these laws are standard in the rest of the developed world. So what does this mean for the rights of Australian citizens? In this fully revised fourth edition of A Charter of Rights for Australia, George Williams and Daniel Reynolds show that human rights are not adequately protected in Australia, contrary to what many of us think. Using some pressing examples, they demonstrate how the rights of people at the margins of our society are violated in often shocking ways. Several states and territories have adopted their own charters of rights, or have a charter well underway. This book's argument that the time has come to adopt a charter at the federal level is more urgent than ever. Sales Points George Williams is one of the foremost legal commentators on the issue of a bill/charter of rights in Australia - one prominent opponent, Janet Albrechtsen, called him the 'high priest of the Bill of Rights movement'. Freedom of speech and human rights of Australians have been prominent issues in the media - anti-terror laws, abuses in the Northern Territory juvenile corrections system, Indigenous deaths in custody, same-sex marriage, section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, etc - so this revised edition is timely. The movement for charters of rights is growing, as evidenced by Victoria and the ACT implementing their own state-based charters of rights. Lays out the arguments for and against a charter of rights clearly and comprehensively.

Leading Cases in Australian Law provides, in essence, a summary of the 200 most cited cases in Australian law. Each case note contains an outline of the facts, issues and decision, an extract of the most frequently cited portions of the judgment, commentary incorporating later decisions on the topic, and cross-references to the leading texts on the legal area of the case. Finally, under each case heading there is a single-sentence proposition for which the case stands as authority, and these are later collated in a table for easy reference. This is the first book of its kind published in Australia, and it is intended to serve as a portrait of Australian law as currently practised. Appendices are included to complete this picture, providing further information such as lists of top cases by subject area, and a ranking of the most cited judges. This book will be useful to law students, who will likely encounter most of these cases during the course of their degree, as well as to legal practitioners, who will find it a useful reference for the cases that have faded from memory since law school as well as the cases cited in daily practice.