01483nam a2200313 a 4500 EDZ0000075744 StDuBDS 20150804193925.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 100211s2009 enk fo 001 0 eng d 9780191721595 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS KD3995 342.4102 22 Justice, legality, and the rule of law [electronic resource] : lessons from the Pitcairn prosecutions / edited by Dawn Oliver. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. 1 online resource (xxiv, 295 p.) In 2004 six Pitcairn men were convicted of numerous offences against girls and young women, but what right did the British government have to initiate these prosecutions? Was it fair given that no laws had been published on the island? Indeed what law was there on this island? This book explores the issues raised by the Pitcairn case. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Rule of law. Rule of law Great Britain. Rule of law Pitcairn Island Case studies. Trials (Sex crimes) Pitcairn Island Case studies. Oliver, Dawn. Print version 9780199568666 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199568666.001.0001 36905 36905