05365nam 2200685 450 991078793940332120200520144314.01-926824-79-21-77186-028-6(CKB)2670000000571076(EBL)1813911(SSID)ssj0001411085(PQKBManifestationID)11967493(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001411085(PQKBWorkID)11379114(PQKB)11770417(MiAaPQ)EBC1813911(Au-PeEL)EBL1813911(CaPaEBR)ebr10953485(CaONFJC)MIL651137(OCoLC)893333015(MiAaPQ)EBC30623635(Au-PeEL)EBL30623635(PPN)187314764(EXLCZ)99267000000057107620141025h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJustice Belied the unbalanced scales of international criminal justice /edited by Sébastien Chartrand and John Philpot1st ed.Montréal, Québec :Baraka Books,2014.©20141 online resource (284 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-19857-8 1-77186-027-8 Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Acronyms; Introduction; PART I; International Criminal Justice in the Eyes of Africans and African Americans; 1 African Court and International Criminal Courts: Discriminatory International Justice and the Quest for a New World Judicial Order; Introduction; Selective and Discriminatory Justice in Context; The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: A Victors' Court; Backdoor Attempts to Eternalise Victors' Justice; The Special Court for Sierra Leone; The ICC: The Price of Selective and Discriminatory JusticeThe African Court, the ICC, Universal Jurisdiction, and the Challenges AheadConclusion; Notes; 2 The Ailing Empire's Full Spectrum Dominance; Note; 3 Victoire Ingabire: Chronology of a Pinochet-style Case of Repression; Notes; 4 The Fabrication of Evidence before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; The Rwandan Law on Guilty Plea, Confession, and Forgiveness; Witness Protection; Witness Proofing; Notes; 5 Charles Taylor: The Special Courtfor Sierra Leone and Questionable Verdicts; Introduction; Alleged Credible Examples for Future TrialsQuestionable Legal Justification of Evidential FindingsFindings in Other Trials; Test of Judicial Scrutiny; Conclusion; Notes; 6 The Seven Challenges for Truthand Justice in Rwanda; Five Burdens; Seven Challenges; 7 The ICC and Kenya: Going Beyond the Rhetoric; Introduction; Beyond the Rhetoric; Stepping on Sensitive Political, Ethnic, and Cultural Nerves; The Political Card; Conclusion; Notes; PART II; The ad hoc InternationalCriminal Tribunals; 8 The Heart of Dark Jurisprudence; Highly Questionable Results; A Cloud of Secrecy; The Case for an Independent Review: The East Timor PrecedentNational Jurisdictions: To Disclose or Not to DiscloseAcquittals: A Double Standard Prevails; Conclusion; Notes; 9 Prosecutorial Failure to Disclose Exculpatory Material: A Death Knell to Fairness; Introduction; Rule 68: Does it "Level the Playing Field" Between Prosecution and Defence?; The "Military II" Case: Disclosure "As soon as practicable"??; Notes; 10 Lessons Learned from the Bad Beginnings of The International Tribunal for Rwanda; Disorganisation and Causes of Conflict; Power Struggles; Racial and Ethnic Internal Conflicts; Absence of Working ToolsComplaints, Denunciations, and Requests for Investigation by Families of VictimsProblems of Language and Communication; Communications; Recruitment; Government Pressure; Financial Administration and Corruption; Waste; Embezzlement, Theft, and Corruption; Complaint to the Secretary General and Request for Investigation; Results and Consequences of the Investigations; And the Good Staff?; Notes; 11 The Dubious Heritage of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; Impunity; Firing a Wayward Prosecutor; Referral to National Courts and Rwandan impunity; Myths and LiesThe War: An Internal or International Conflict?Written by practicing criminal defense lawyers, jurists, investigators, and specialized journalists, this book criticizes the whole initiative of international criminal justice and considers the idea that it must be abandoned in the name of justice. Has foreign policy trumped justice? How are equity, equality before the law, absence of selectivity, protection of witnesses, and enforcement affected? How are lives of citizens throughout the world changed by International Justice? Asking the burning questions about criminal justice as it is practiced at the International Criminal Court, the ad-hoCriminal lawResearchCivil lawHistoryCriminal lawResearch.Civil lawHistory.340.5609Chartrand SébastienPhilpot JohnMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787939403321Justice Belied3779898UNINA05425nam 2200697Ia 450 991083050780332120170815112254.01-282-00220-197866120022050-470-86693-40-470-86692-6(CKB)1000000000579627(EBL)406518(SSID)ssj0000247047(PQKBManifestationID)11208551(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000247047(PQKBWorkID)10195772(PQKB)10913357(MiAaPQ)EBC406518(OCoLC)299047918(CaSebORM)9780470866917(EXLCZ)99100000000057962720080417d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSmart sensor systems[electronic resource] /edited by Gerard C.M. Meijer1st editionChichester, U.K. J. Wiley & Sons20081 online resource (405 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-470-86691-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.SMART SENSORSYSTEMS; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; 1 Smart Sensor Systems: Why? Where? How?; 1.1 Third Industrial Revolution; 1.2 Definitions for Several Kinds of Sensors; 1.2.1 Definition of Sensors; 1.2.2 Definition of Smart Sensors; 1.2.3 Definition of Integrated Smart Sensors; 1.2.4 Definition of Integrated Smart Sensor Systems; 1.3 Automated Production Machines; 1.4 Automated Consumer Products; 1.4.1 Smart Cars; 1.4.2 Smart Homes; 1.4.3 Smart Domestic Appliances; 1.4.4 Smart Toys; 1.5 Conclusion; References2 Interface Electronics and Measurement Techniques for Smart Sensor Systems2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Object-oriented Design of Sensor Systems; 2.3 Sensing Elements and Their Parasitic Effects; 2.3.1 Compatibility of Packaging; 2.3.2 Effect of Cable and Wire Impedances; 2.3.3 Parasitic and Cross-effects in Sensing Elements; 2.3.4 Excitation Signals for Sensing Elements; 2.4 Analog-to-digital Conversion; 2.5 High Accuracy Over a Wide Dynamic Range; 2.5.1 Systematic, Random and Multi-path Errors; 2.5.2 Advanced Chopping Techniques; 2.5.3 Autocalibration; 2.5.4 Dynamic Amplification2.5.5 Dynamic Division and Other Dynamic Signal-processing Techniques2.6 A Universal Transducer Interface; 2.6.1 Description of the Interface Chip and the Applied Measurement Techniques; 2.6.2 Realization and Experimental Results; 2.7 Summary and Future Trends; 2.7.1 Summary; 2.7.2 Future Trends; Problems; References; 3 Silicon Sensors: An Introduction; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Measurement and Control Systems; 3.3 Transducers; 3.3.1 Form of Signal-carrying Energy; 3.3.2 Signal Conversion in Transducers; 3.3.3 Smart Silicon Sensors; 3.3.4 Self-generating and Modulating Transducers3.4 Transducer Technologies3.4.1 Introduction; 3.4.2 Generic Nonsilicon Technologies; 3.4.3 Silicon; 3.5 Examples of Silicon Sensors; 3.5.1 Radiation Domain; 3.5.2 Mechanical Domain; 3.5.3 Thermal Domain; 3.5.4 Magnetic Domain; 3.5.5 Chemical Domain; 3.6 Summary and Future Trends; 3.6.1 Summary; 3.6.2 Future Trends; References; 4 Optical Sensors Based on Photon Detection; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Photon Absorption in Silicon; 4.3 The Interface: Photon Transmission Into Silicon; 4.4 Photon Detection in Silicon Photoconductors; 4.4.1 Photoconductors in Silicon: Operation and Static Performance4.4.2 Photoconductors in Silicon: Dynamic Performance4.5 Photon Detection in Silicon pn Junctions; 4.5.1 Defining the Depletion Layer at a pn Junction; 4.5.2 Electron-hole Collection in the Depletion Layer; 4.5.3 Electron-hole Collection in the Substrate; 4.5.4 Electron-hole Collection Close to the Surface; 4.5.5 Backside-illuminated Pin Photodiode; 4.5.6 Electron-hole Collection in Two Stacked pn Junctions; 4.6 Detection Limit; 4.6.1 Noise in the Optical Signal; 4.6.2 Photon Detector Noise; 4.6.3 Photon Detector Readout; 4.7 Photon Detectors with Gain; 4.7.1 The Phototransistor4.7.2 The Avalanche PhotodiodeInformation processing systems need sensors to acquire the physical, mechanical and chemical information to be able to function. For extended use of sensors in industrial production tools and consumer components, such as smart cars and smart homes, the reliability of the sensors should be improved and the cost dramatically reduced. The improvement of reliability, together with a reduction of cost, can only be achieved with smart sensor systems. These systems combine the functions of sensors and interfaces, including sensors, signal conditioning A-D (analog to digital) conversion, and bus intDetectorsDesign and constructionDetectorsIndustrial applicationsMicrocontrollersDetectorsDesign and construction.DetectorsIndustrial applications.Microcontrollers.681681.25681/.25ZQ 3120rvkMeijer Gerard1720621Meijer G. C. M(Gerard C. M.)1720622MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910830507803321Smart sensor systems4119462UNINA