Electricity has shaped the modern world. But how has it affected our health and environment?Over the last 220 years, society has evolved a universal belief that electricity is 'safe' for humanity and the planet. Scientist and journalist Arthur First…
Boken ger en heltäckande kommentar till ordningslagen (1993:1617). Lagen ersatte bl.a. allmänna ordningsstadgan (1956:617) och lagen (1956:618) om allmänna sammankomster. I boken redovisas olika former av rättsliga ställningstaganden på området som…
Health and Safety Enforcement: Law and Practice has become the leading text for practitioners in this complex and growing branch of the law, providing an authoritative and practical guide to the key issues in health and safety enforcement from two l…
Blackstone's Emergency Planning, Crisis, and Disaster Management is a practical guide for those involved in all aspects of emergency preparedness, resilience, and response. Primarily focused on the requirements of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, i…
Should marijuana be legalized? The latest Gallup poll reports that exactly half of Americans say "yes"; opinion couldn't be more evenly divided.Marijuana is forbidden by international treaties and by national and local laws across the globe. But tho…
The goal of improving public health involves the use of different tools, with the law being one way to influence the activities of institutions and individuals. Of the regulatory mechanisms afforded by law to achieve this end, criminal law remains a…
The landscape of public order law has changed dramatically over the last decade. A wide range of legislation - including the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 and the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 has been enacted, and establ…
With the introduction of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, victims of anti-social behaviour also now have tools to enable them to insist on a response to a problem where nothing seems to have been done. It sets out the followin…
This is a book about the life of the legal system. Its concern is legal decision-making, its focus the handling of prosecution cases in a regulatory agency. In almost all legal disputing formalities are employed as a last resort for a small proporti…
Moving to a new country to live is difficult, having to adapt to the culture and new environment. Most people settle down nicely but a handful don't get used to their newly adopted home. Here then are stories of foreigners in Singapore who behave ba…
Statutory Nuisance: Law and Practice offers a comprehensive resource for practitioners in the legal and environmental health professions, guiding the reader through the complex practical and legal issues associated with statutory nuisance. It focuse…
The use of the criminal law to punish those who transmit disease is a topical and controversial issue. To date, the law, and the related academic literature, has largely focused on HIV transmission. With contributions from leading practitioners and…
China's food safety system is in crisis. Egregious scandals, as varied as the sale of liquor laced with Viagra and the distribution of fake eggs, reveal how regulatory practices have been stretched to their limit in the world's largest food producti…
Skatteverket anklagade Elias, hans kompanjon, städföretag och företagets driftchef för skattebrott. De utsattes för husrannsakningar, beslag, förhör, betalningssäkringar och rättegångar. Fastighetsanställdas Förbund iklädde sig rollen som skattepoli…
Treating Violence deals with the problem of violence by mental health patients. Over the last twenty years violence by the mentally ill has grown from just a peripheral concern to dominate debate about services. Scientific studies have established b…
Regeringen beslutade den 24 mars 2011 att tillsätta en särskild utredare – och tillika nationell samordnare – med uppdrag att lämna förslag till hur brottslighet i samband med idrottsarrangemang kan motverkas.Samma dag förordnades landsh…
This book presents a constructive exploration of the dilemmas the EU faces in regulating the risks of modern biotechnology. It comprehensively examines the current European framework applicable to marketing of GMOs (genetically modified organisms),…
This book examines questions of medical accountability and ethics. It analyses how the criminal justice system regulates health care practice, and to what extent it can and should be used as a tool to resolve ethical conflict in health care. For mos…
Der Grosse Strafsenat des BGH hat im Jahr 2012 eine Strafbarkeitslucke hinsichtlich der Korruption von Vertragsarzten aufgezeigt. Als Resultat fuhrte der Gesetzgeber im Juni 2016 die 299a, 299b in das StGB ein. Die Autorin untersucht das Phanomen de…
Im Fokus der Untersuchung stehen die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen fur den Einsatz von Bodycams durch Polizeibeamte. Die Autorin analysiert, ob bereits bundes- oder landesrechtliche gesetzliche Bestimmungen vorhanden sind, auf die ein solcher Einsat…
