Javier Ignacio Escobar Veas PhD in Legal Studies, Università Luigi Bocconi; LLM in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Universidad Diego Portales; Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Universidad Austral de Chile. Javier's research is focused on comparative criminal law and criminal justice, civil and criminal sanctions, and human rights. He has been visiting researcher at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law.

Advances a comprehensive theory of the ne bis in idem considering both the case law and doctrine

First comparative study on ne bis in idem covering the relevant case law for four different jurisdictions

Comparative element gives the monograph a distinctive value in comparison with other books published on the same subject

Introduction.- FIRST PART -- INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE CASE LAW REGARDING THE LAWFULNESS OF MULTIPLE SANCTIONING SYSTEMS UNDER THE NE BIS IN IDEM.- Case Law of the Supreme Court of the United States.- Case Law of the Supreme Court of Canada.- Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights.- Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European Union.- SECOND PART -- CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CASE LAW OF THE ECtHR AND THE CJEU REGARDING THE LAWFULNESS OF MULTIPLE SANCTIONING SYSTEMS UNDER THE NE BIS IN IDEM.- Lawfulness of Multiple Sanctioning Systems under the Ne Bis in Idem: Four Different Approaches to Resolve the Same Problem.- THIRD PART -- RECONCEPTUALIZING THE PROHIBITION OF MULTIPLE PUNISHMENTS AND THE PROHIBITION OF MULTIPLE PROSECUTIONS.- Understanding Multiple Sanctioning Systems: Models of Organisation.- Overcoming the Dead End of the Thesis of the Criminal Nature.- Reconceptualizing the Ne Bis in Idem.- FOURTH PART -- LOOKING BEYOND THE NE BIS IN IDEM: RECALLING THE PROHIBITION OF DISPROPORTIONATE SANCTIONS AND THE RIGHT TO BE TRIED WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME.- Looking Beyond the Ne Bis in Idem.- Final Remarks.