The Case for the Right to Silence

The history and development of the law on the right to silence; proposals for reform - the debate on the right to silence; the right to silence in Nothern Ireland; the right to silence in modern conditions - the impact of PACE; the right to silence and the protection of the guilty; justifications of the right to silence - right versus utility; the priviledge against self-incrimination in the United States; bodily samples and the priviledge against self-incrimination; infringing and waiving the right to silence; miscarriages of justice.