Renata Salecl edited the sicentific monograph that contains contributions of eight authors, including her own text entitled "What is on my mind? Law, neuroscience, and psychoanalysis". The work deals with various topics, such as relationship between neuroscience and philosophy (Bunta examines a tacit assumption that, in future, cognitive sciences will form a unified theory of human mind), free will and time loops (Dolenc tackles the old question of human freedom), reductionism in criminology (Kravanja discuss recent trends in neuro-criminology), neuroscience in criminal proceedings (Hafner studies the impact of latest methods of brain research on criminal law), cognitive shortcuts in sentencing (Plesničar examines the thought processes behind judicial decisions), the supposed psychic substance of crime (Ambrož suggests that jurists often turn for answers to the erpetrator's mind when they are faced with some of the key problems of substantive criminal law) and the influence of psychopathology on criminal responsibility in international criminal law (Zgaga studies the notion of sanity and diminished mental capacity in international criminal law).
COBISS.SI-ID: 280190720
This comprehensive analysis of (integrity-related, content-related and computer-related) cyber crime - the first book off this kind in Slovenian language - covers the concept or definition, development, extent and frequency, types and ways to respond and fight against it. The author scrutinizes normative regulation relating to cyber crime adopted by the Council of Europe, European Union and national legislator. Repressive responses to cyber crime face numerous challenges, such as those related to jurisdiction over mos often "cross-border" criminal activities and to electronic evidence. The book also offers insight into digital investigative methods and techniques, such as the IMSI-catcher and forensic computer programs, and the existing mechanisms for international cooperation, e.g. "expedited data preservation". The last part of the monograph deals with several pressing issues related to cyber crime, such as digital currencies, dark net, the Deep Web, the "internet of things", intelligence snooping on the internet, and internet governance. The text includes also several case studies, graphs and chats illuminating specific topics of cyber crime.
COBISS.SI-ID: 280067072
Drones and Unmanned Aerial Systems, Legal and Social Implications for Security and Surveillance (Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland, 2015) is a monograph edited by dr. Aleš Završnik, that tackles the issue of Unmanned Aerial Systems or »drones« and their profound consequences for privacy, security and other fundamental liberties. Initially drones were deployed for military purposes, however, today we are witnessing a growth of their use into the civilian and humanitarian domain. Proliferation of the next generation of “recreational” drones show how drones will be sold as any other consumer item. Editorial work, done by dr. Završnik, included the consolidation and coordination of an international multidisciplinary group of researchers from 8 countries, coordination with the publisher, substantive examinations of texts and so forth. Dr. Završnik furthermore contributed two articles to the book, the introduction as well as the 10th chapter titled “Drones, resistance, and counter-surveillance”.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1861966
The army, police, church, prisons, labor organizations, schools, etc. represent a forceful power, that an individual is often unable to defy and therefore likely becomes the victim of inhuman manipulations. Even people who are capable of torture and abuse are often hiding behind the mask of friendly, average, sometimes even charming individuals- until the first opportunity strikes and the latent lust for cruelty and domination disables all brakes. Dr. Petrovec lists and describes examples of horrifying deviations of human nature, conditioned by extreme conditions (war) or actions, triggered by alcohol-induced folk customs and traditions. The author ends the book with a thought by the psychologist Maslow, who said that "healthy people do not want to rule over other people" and a bitter knowledge of the indestructibility of evil.
COBISS.SI-ID: 279167488
The chapter in the monograph publication analyses problems of boundary blurring between the fields of criminal and administrative law. The author points out two trends which contribute to this blurring and creates a so-called grey zone in between prone to breaches of legal standards: overextention of administrative law and downgrading of criminal law standards. Further on the author analyses numerous negative legal and societal consequences of this process.
COBISS.SI-ID: 15258961