Preventive detention : : a comparative and international law perspective / / edited by Stanislaw Frankowski and Dinah Shelton.

• Superior document: International Studies in Human Rights ; 22
• TeilnehmendeR: Shelton, Dinah,; Frankowski, Stanisław,
• Place / Publishing House: Dordrecht, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Martinus Nijhoff,, [1992]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 1992
• Language: English
• Series: International Studies in Human Rights ; 22.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (318 pages)
• Notes: "Under the auspices of the Institute of International and Comparative Law, the University of Santa Clara."

Arbitrary arrest and detention have been the most consistent violations of fundamental individual human rights throughout history. The world's major criminal justice systems reveal the historical struggle between monarchs and dictators on the one hand, and advocates of the supremacy of the rule of law on the other. This struggle has been over the power to arbitrarily arrest and detain persons whether they be accused of common or polical crimes. Preventive Detention: A Comparative and International Law Perspective seeks to reconcile theory and practice by selecting studies representing different legal systems, thus advancing the multi-disciplinary understanding of the application of international and regional human rights norms in criminal justice systems.

Table of Contents

Preface; M. Cherif Bassiouni. Preventive Detention -- International Standards and the Protection of the Individual; H. Cook. Pre-trial Detention in the United States; S. Frankowski, H. Luepke. Pre-trial Detention in Sweden; A. Nelson. Pre-trial Detention in Austria; R. Miklau, I. Morawetz, W. Stangl. Pre-trial Detention in Switzerland; B.-D. von Pollern, C.-N. Robert. Pre-trial Detention in Japan; T. Saito. Pre-trial Detention in the Soviet Union; I.L. Petrukhin. Pre-trial Detention in Poland; S. Frankowski. Concluding Remarks; S. Frankowski, D. Shelton.