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From this conceptual framework and tackling definitions and translational issues, we move to the practice of crime and punishment. The question of how a crime is defined in language, law and media resonance. There are crimes that are global and on the rise, and there are crimes that go back through history. Cattle stealing is our chosen theme as it developed on a diachronic and diatopic scale. Perception of the seriousness of the crime varies according to the time and place in which it was committed. We introduce colonial and postcolonial legislative issues in Commonwealth countries, and assess how a specific crime can be comparatively analyzed across legal systems, cultures and languages and in the different countries where there is media reporting in English. Cultural and identity dynamics are crucial: from heroes in colonial Australia, Comanche and Apache raids, to the current ‘blood compensation’ in Sudan. The impact of colonial and postcolonial conflicts is further expounded in Chap. 6.
The law growth of sin and doth punish it
English Proverb, 1629
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Notes
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Reference is from West’s (WLCD) multilingual dictionary. It is omitted in other English-Italian dictionaries, a rather common practice when there be no one-to-one equivalent.
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http://www.thecattlemanmagazine.com/archives/2010/12/no-man's-land.html. David Crosby. ‘Ranching Wild Texas’ was from January 2010 Issue. Access 9 November 2014.
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http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2013/08/20/cattle-theft-on-the-rise-in-texas-despite-tougher-penalties/. Mose Buchele. August 20, 2013. Access November 9, 2014.
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http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=40357. December 28, 2008.
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In slang it also denotes the rump or buttocks (CED). In Australian Slang it is also a mine that proves unproductive.
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In the Italian Code aggravation has been eliminated.
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/9981215/Stock-rustling-costing-up-to-120m-a-year. April 20, 2014. Access April 23, 2014.
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http://www.theafricareport.com/disarmament.html. Godfrey Olukya. June 7, 2013. Access June 8, 2014.
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http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article47022. June 19, 2013. Access July 23, 2014.
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http://www.farmersweekly.co.za/article.aspx?id=40088&h=Developing-farmers-feel-the-scourge-of-stock-theft. Peter Mashala, May 28, 2013. Access July 23, 2014.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/27/world/asia/cow-thefts-on-the-rise-in-india.html Gardiner Harris, May 26, 2013. Access: June 23, 2014.
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Masiola, R., Tomei, R. (2015). A Global Crime and World Hunger. In: Law, Language and Translation. SpringerBriefs in Law. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14271-5_4
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