LPC Handbook on Criminal Litigation
Published on 1. May 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
689 pages
978-0-19-927606-6 (ISBN)
Description
"The Handbook on Criminal Litigation" offers a comprehensive and practical guide to the areas of Criminal Litigation covered on the Legal Practice Course. It provides detailed coverage of criminal litigation based on the syllabus laid out by the Law Society. The text covers all procedural and evidential issues that arise in criminal cases while maintaining an informal writing style. It weaves together theory and practice, making good use of case studies to assist students and to illustrate how to put their understanding in a practical context. The use of diagrams and flowcharts are excellent tools to offer a more detailed look at harder areas of criminal litigation. The book has a regularly updated companion web site and provides video clips of criminal proceedings, giving both students and lecturers visual tools directly linked to the material in the book. In this way it brings criminal court proceedings relating to bail and sentencing to the reader. It also has a test bank of questions for lecturers to use to assess student progress. This is password protected, giving lecturers the option of developing their course based on the material.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Diagrams
ISBN-13
978-0-19-927606-6 (9780199276066)
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Martin Hannibal | Lisa Mountford
LPC Handbook on Criminal Litigation 2006-2007
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08/2006
Oxford University Press
€40.91
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Content
PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL LITIGATION; 1. Introduction; 2. Terminology of Criminal Litigation; 3. An overview of a Criminal Case; 4. Criminal Litigation and the Pervasive Subjects; 5. An Introduction to the Law of Criminal Evidence; PART 2 INVESTIGATION AND CHARGE; 6. The Powers to Stop, Search and Arrest; 7. Detention and Interrogation; 8. The Right to Silence at a Police Station; 9. Unlawfully and Unfairly Obtained Evidence; 10. Confession Evidence; 11. Obtaining Identification Evidence; 12. Advising at the Police Station - Practical Steps; 13. The Decision to Prosecute; PART 3 FROM CHARGE TO TRIAL; 14. Public Funding and Early Stages of the Criminal Justice Process; 15. The Law and Practice Relating to Bail in Criminal Proceedings; 16. Prosecuting an Either Way Offence; 17. Pre-Trial Disclosure of Evidence; 18. Summary Proceedings; 19. Crown Court Proceedings Pre-Trial; 20. Trial Before the Crown Court; PART 4 PROVING THE CASE - THE RULES OF CRIMINAL EVIDENCE; 21. The Burden of Proof; 22. Witness Evidence - The Preliminary Issues; 23. The Rules Relating to Witness Testimony; 24. Corroboration, the 'Turnbull' Guidelines and Opinion Evidence; 25. Hearsay Evidence; 26. The Rules of Evidence and the Accused at Trial; 27. Private Privilege; PART 5 POST CONVICTION SENTENCING AND APPEALS; 28. General Principles of Sentencing; 29. Custodial Sentencing; 30. Non Custodial Sentences and Ancillary Orders; 31. Sentencing in Road Traffic Cases; 32. Sentencing in Practice; 33. Appeals; PART 6 YOUTH JUSTICE; 34. Youth Justice