The complete text of the New York State Criminal Procedure and Penal Code. Updates to the text are included inline within the book. This is the 2016 version of the law. The Criminal Procedure includes the following: Part 1 - General Provisions; Part 2 - The Principal Proceedings; Part 3 - Special Proceedings And Miscellaneous Proceedings. The Penal Code includes the following: Part 1 - General Provisions; Part 2 - Sentences; Part 3 - Specific Offenses; Part 4 - Administrative Provisions; Also includes Public Health Law - Article 33 - Title 5-A (The Medical Marihuana laws) and Appendix - List of Offenses in Alphabetical Order with Section Numbers.

In this age of globalization many legal experts see evidence of swift global movement toward an eventual single "world legal system." Yet, the trend to political and economic integration in some parts of the world is matched by the trend to disintegration in others, where strong cultural and political resistance to external influences exists. Asia-Pacific Legal Development traces current and prospective developments in several legal systems of the Asia-Pacific region to make sense of these trends and counter-trends. The contributing authors represent a wide variety of specialist expertise, both "public" and "private," and together they encompass the three sectors that constitute a modern system of formal law: the economic, the behavioural, and the civic. Taking into account the opinions and perspectives of both indigenous and non-indigenous experts on topics ranging from prostitution to constitutional law, the book surveys how several ASEAN nations, as well as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, are confronting social, economic, and legal change. In the first three parts, chapters are grouped along general sectoral lines to cover economic, civic, and behavioural themes, while in the fourth, cross-sectoral contexts are addressed. With the introduction and concluding chapter, the editors provide an overall integrating framework as well as provocative insights into trends in legal development in the Asia-Pacific region, and on comparative legal research and writing in general. Asia-Pacific Legal Development is not only an exemplary model for cooperative and comparative legal research and scholarly pluralism, but also a rich study of the increasingly relevant issue of convergence and divergence of legal systems, with a unique Asian focus.

Cases argued and determined in the Courts of Civil Appeals of the State of Texas.