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• Extenuating circumstances -- United States

• Extenuation (Law)
• Mitigation (Law)

• Black Rage Confronts the Law (New York: New York University Press, c1997), by Paul Harris (HTML with commentary at NYU Press)

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• An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, by Jeremy Bentham
  • HTML at Texas
  • PDF at McMaster
• Der Sexualverbrecher: Ein Handbuch für Juristen, Polizei- und Verwaltungsbeamte, Mediziner und Paedagogen, Mit Zahlreichen Kriminalistischen Originalaufnahmen (11th edition, in German; Berlin: P. Langenscheidt, 1928), by Erich Wulffen
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• African Guide to International Criminal Justice (2008), ed. by Max Du Plessis (PDF at issafrica.org)

• African Guide to International Criminal Justice (2008), ed. by Max Du Plessis (PDF at issafrica.org)

• The African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples' Rights in Context: Development and Challenges (Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019), ed. by Charles C. Jalloh, Kamari Maxine Clarke, and Vincent Obisienunwo Orlu Nmehielle (PDF and HTML with commentary at Cambridge University Press)

• Canadian Criminal Cases Annotated (partial serial archives)

• Annual Report of Statistics of Criminal and Other Offences (Canada), by Canada Dominion Bureau of Statistics and Statistics Canada (partial serial archives)
• Annual Report of Criminal Statistics, by Canada Dominion Bureau of Statistics (partial serial archives)

• The Story of the Life of John Anderson, the Fugitive Slave (London: W. Tweedie, 1863), ed. by Harper Twelvetrees (illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)

• Narratives of Remarkable Criminal Trials (London: John Murray, 1846), by Anselm Feuerbach, trans. by Lucie Duff Gordon (multiple formats at archive.org)

• In Liberty's Shadow: U.S. Detention of Asylum Seekers in the Era of Homeland Security (New York: Human Rights First, 2004), by Eleanor Acer and Archana Pyati (PDF at Wayback Machine)

• Assessment of Human Rights Concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China (2022), by United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (PDF at ohchr.org)

• Provisional Laws and Joint Resolutions Passed at the First and Called Sessions of the General Assembly of Jefferson Territory (1860), by Jefferson Territory (page images at Google)

• Habeas Corpus After 9/11: Confronting America's New Global Detention System (New York and London: New York University Press, c2011), by Jonathan Hafetz (PDF and Epub with commentary at OAPEN)
• Habeas Works: Federal Courts' Proven Capacity to Handle Guantánamo Cases (2010), by Human Rights First (Organization) and Constitution Project (Georgetown Public Policy Institute) (PDF at constitutionproject.org)

• Habeas Works: Federal Courts' Proven Capacity to Handle Guantánamo Cases (2010), by Human Rights First (Organization) and Constitution Project (Georgetown Public Policy Institute) (PDF at constitutionproject.org)

• Wetboeken en Reglementen voor de Kolonie Curaçao (in Dutch; The Hague, 1868), by Curaçao (page images at HathiTrust)

• Wetboeken en Reglementen voor de Kolonie Curaçao (in Dutch; The Hague, 1868), by Curaçao (page images at HathiTrust)

• Verdict According to Conscience: Perspectives on the English Criminal Trial Jury, 1200-1800 (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1985), by Thomas Andrew Green (PDF with commentary at Michigan)

• The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913 (with commentary and supplementary material) (searchable HTML at oldbaileyonline.org)

• The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913 (with commentary and supplementary material) (searchable HTML at oldbaileyonline.org)

• Tyburn Tree: Its History and Annals (London: Brown, Langham and Co., ca. 1908), by Alfred Marks (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Tyburn Tree: Its History and Annals (London: Brown, Langham and Co., ca. 1908), by Alfred Marks (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Tyburn Tree: Its History and Annals (London: Brown, Langham and Co., ca. 1908), by Alfred Marks (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Tyburn Tree: Its History and Annals (London: Brown, Langham and Co., ca. 1908), by Alfred Marks (multiple formats at archive.org)

• An Argument in The Case of James Sommersett, a Negro, Lately Determined by The Court of King's Bench: Wherein It Is Attempted To Demonstrate The Present Unlawfulness of Domestic Slavery in England; To Which is Prefixed a State of The Case: By Mr. Hargrave, One of the Counsel for the Negro (London: Printed for the author, 1772), by Francis Hargrave
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• L'Enquête Criminelle et les Méthodes Scientifiques (in French; Paris: E. Flammarion, 1920), by Edmond Locard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Die Normen und Ihre Übertretung: Eine Untersuchung Über die Rechtmässige Handlung und die Arten des Delikts (4 volumes in 6, various editions, in German; 1890-1919), by Karl Binding (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Homosexualität und Strafgesetz: Ein Beitrag zur Untersuchung der Reformbedürftigkeit des § 175 St.G.B (in German; Leipzig: T. Weicher, 1901), by Friedrich Wachenfeld
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• Code Henry (in French; Cap-Haïtien: P. Roux, Imprimeur du Roi, 1812), by Kingdom of Haiti, contrib. by King of Haiti Henri Christophe (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Command and Persuade: Crime, Law, and the State across History (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2021), by Peter Baldwin (PDF with commentary at MIT Press)
• Voltaire and Beccaria as Reformers of Criminal Law (New York: Columbia University Press, 1942), by Marcello T. Maestro (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Manual of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure for Police (1931), by Ernst W. Puttkammer (PDF files at Northwestern)

• The Indian Penal Code, as Originally Framed in 1837, With Notes (Chennai: Higginbotham, 1888), by Indian Law Commission, contrib. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, J. M. Macleod, G. W. Anderson, F. Millett, C. H. Cameron, and D. Eliott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speeches and Poems, with the Report and Notes on the Indian Penal Code (2 volumes in 1; Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Co., 1878), by Thomas Macaulay
  • multiple formats at Gogole
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Complete Works of Edward Livingston on Criminal Jurisprudence: Consisting of Systems of Penal Law for the State of Louisiana and for the United States of America, With the Introductory Reports to the Same (2 volumes; New York: National Prison Association of the United States of America, 1873), by Edward Livingston, contrib. by Salmon P. Chase (page images at HathiTrust)

• Special Report of the Board of State Commissioners for the General Supervision of Charitable, Penal, Pauper, and Reformatory Institutions, by Michigan State Board of Corrections and Charities (page images at MOA)

• An Essay on Crimes and Punishments (second American edition; Philadelphia: P. H. Nicklin, 1819), by Cesare Beccaria, trans. by Edward D. Ingraham (multiple formats at Google)

• Criminal Prohibitions on Leaks and Other Disclosures of Classified Defense Information (Washington: Congressional Research Service, 2017), by Stephen P. Mulligan and Jennifer Elsea (PDF at fas.org)
• The Complete Works of Edward Livingston on Criminal Jurisprudence: Consisting of Systems of Penal Law for the State of Louisiana and for the United States of America, With the Introductory Reports to the Same (2 volumes; New York: National Prison Association of the United States of America, 1873), by Edward Livingston, contrib. by Salmon P. Chase (page images at HathiTrust)

• Shootings at Dawn: The Army Death Penalty at Work (London: Victoria House Printing Co., ca. 1924), by Ernest Thurtle
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Voltaire and Beccaria as Reformers of Criminal Law (New York: Columbia University Press, 1942), by Marcello T. Maestro (page images at HathiTrust)

• Privacy and Human Rights, by Privacy International and Electronic Privacy Information Center (full serial archives)

• The Princeton Principles on Universal Jurisdiction (c2001), by Princeton Project on Universal Jurisdiction (PDF at DePaul)

• La Violence en Droit Criminel Romain (in French; Paris: Librairie Plon, 1915), by Jean Coroï (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Hate Speech Law: A Philosophical Examination (New York and London: Routledge, c2015), by Alexander Brown (PDF with commentary at oapen.org)

• A Critical Introduction to International Criminal Law (Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019), by Carsten Stahn (HTML and PDF with commentary at Cambridge University Press)

• Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War? Perceptions, Prescriptions, Problems in the Congo and Beyond (London and New York: Zed Books, c2013), by Maria Eriksson Baaz and Maria Stern (PDF with commentary at Diva)

• Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War? Perceptions, Prescriptions, Problems in the Congo and Beyond (London and New York: Zed Books, c2013), by Maria Eriksson Baaz and Maria Stern (PDF with commentary at Diva)

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