Poor Defence Lawyering in Criminal Proceedings

PREFACE. Andrew Sanders. INTRODUCTION. Ashlee Beazley. PART I: NATIONAL AND SUPRANATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON POOR LAWYERING. CHAPTER 1-POOR LAWYERING IN BELGIUM: JUDICIALLY CURED OR A FORCE MAJEURE?. Ashlee Beazley and Tuur Van der Wee. CHAPTER 2-INEFFECTIVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN GERMANY: EXAMINING POOR LAWYERING AND SYSTEMIC BARRIERS, WITH A FOCUS ON PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS. Laura Farina Diederichs. CHAPTER 3-'GOOD' AND 'POOR' LAWYERING IN CONTINENTAL LAW: THE CRIMINAL DEFENCE LAWYER IN GREECE AS A CASE STUDY. Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos. CHAPTER 4-POOR LAWYERING IN ITALY. Michele Panzavolta. CHAPTER 5-POOR LAWYERING IN ENGLAND & WALES AND THE (POST-)APPELLATE SYSTEM: A REMEDY OR A PLACEBO? Ashlee Beazley. CHAPTER 6-LOOK FORWARDS, NOT BACKWARDS: A PERSPECTIVE ON LAWYERING IN THE UNITED STATES. Charles D. Weisselberg. CHAPTER 7-THE ECtHR AND THE 'MANIFEST' TEST FOR INEFFECTIVE LEGAL ASSISTANCE: TIME FOR A REWORKING? Maciej Fingas. PART II: POOR LAWYERING CHALLENGES IN PRACTICE. CHAPTER 8-THE ROLE OF REGULATION IN CONTROLLING THE STANDARDS OF COUNSEL AT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT. Michael Herz. CHAPTER 9-CODES OF CONDUCT AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION: SHOULD THE BAR ASSOCIATIONS DO MORE TO ENSURE THEIR MEMBERS ARE MEETING MINIMUM STANDARDS OF QUALITY? Federico Cappelletti. CHAPTER 10-LESSONS FROM POOR LAWYERING IN ENGLAND & WALES: INDIVIDUAL FAULT AND EXTERNAL PRESSURES. James Thornton. CHAPTER 11-'POOR LAWYERING': THE MISSED OPPORTUNITY OF PRE-CHARGE ENGAGEMENT. Ed Johnston. CHAPTER 12-NEURODIVERGENT DEFENDANTS AND THE POOR LAWYER: HOW MIGHT DEFENCE LAWYERS ADAPT TO THEIR CLIENTS' NEEDS? Tom Smith. CHAPTER 13-THE IMPORTANCE OF INSIGHTS FROM LEGAL AND CRIMINOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY FOR IMPROVING CRIMINAL DEFENCE PRACTICE. Lore Mergaerts. PART III: CONCLUSION-A TRANSVERSAL PERSPECTIVE ON POOR LAWYERING. CHAPTER 14-POOR LAWYERING IN CRIMINAL CASES: A CRITICAL COMPARATIVE APPRAISAL BETWEEN EFFECTIVENESS OF DEFENCE AND INDEPENDENCE OF LAWYERS. Michele Panzavolta.