The Unlawful Society [electronic resource] : Global Crime and Security in a Complex World /
Battersby, Paul.author.
Exploring the dynamics of law-making in a world where the pace of technological change is outstripping our capacity to capture new forms of transnational crime, this book uses the innovative concept of unlawfulness to examine the crimes of the global overworld, forming a unique analysis of global order in the twenty-first century.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; The Unlawful Society; Contents; List of Figures and Table; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The codification of crime; Complicity; Complex securities; Structure and scope of the book; 1: Criminal Measures: Counting the Costs of Transnational Crime; Securitizing transnational crime; Parallel worlds; Environmental crimes; Dysfunctional states and "liquid" crimes; The virtual crime-security complex; Conclusion; 2: Converging in the Shadows: Complex Crime, Complex Security; Some divergent thoughts on convergence thinking; Complex convergence; Regional fissures
Criminogenic trajectories"Soft" power and "smart" governance; Conclusion; 3: The Globalization of State Crime; Globalization, anarchy and criminality; Covert authority; Declensions of responsibility; War machines; Systemic recalibrations; Killing distance; Economic warfare and war economics; The "dark cloud" of cyber war; Conclusion; 4: Good Corp, Bad Corp: MarketCrimes and Systemic Risk; The cutting edge; The competitive imperative; High-frequency risk; Limited liabilities; A global collusion curse; The state of global business regulation; Conclusion
5: Invidious Choices: Humanitarianism on the EdgeCSOs by name and number; Critical junctures; CSOs and criminal liability; The "business end" of global justice; Code switchers; Working with corporations; Laws of revolution and evolution; Conclusion; 6: Amorality, Complexity and Cosmopolitan Code; Code is cracking everywhere; Prediction, predestination, pre-emption; Diffusion, collision, reaction; Cosmopolitan code; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Exploring the dynamics of law-making in a world where the pace of technological change is outstripping our capacity to capture new forms of transnational crime, this book uses the innovative concept of unlawfulness to examine the crimes of the global overworld, forming a unique analysis of global order in the twenty-first century.
Organized crime.
Criminal law.
Politics and war.
Political science.
Criminology.
Law-Philosophy.
Law.
Organized Crime.
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law.
Military and Defence Studies.
Political Science.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.