Miscarriages of Justice
A Review of Justice in Error
Published on 1. June 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-1-85431-687-5 (ISBN)
Description
The authors examine the various steps within the criminal justice system which have resulted in the conviction of the innocent, and suggest remedies as to how miscarriages might be avoided in the future. The contributors comprise academics, campaigners and practitioners.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
658 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85431-687-5 (9781854316875)
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Other editions
Previous edition
Clive Walker
Justice in Error
Book
06/1993
Blackstone Press Ltd
€43.46
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Persons
Clive Walker is Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Leeds. He is the author of The Prevention of Terrorism in British Law and of Political Violence and the Law in Ireland. Keir Starmer is a barrister who practices and writes in the field of civil liberties.
Content
Police investigative procedures: researching the impact of PACE - Clive Coleman, David Dixon, Keith Bottomley; the right to legal advice - Andrew Sanders, Lee Bridges; the right to silence, Fiona McElree, Keir Starmer; forensic evidence, Russell Stockdale, Clive Walker; prosecution disclosure - principle, practice and justice, Patrick O'Connor; trial procedures, John Jackson; post-conviction procedures, Michael Mansfield, Nicholas Taylor; the prevention of Terrorism Acts, Brice Dickson; miscarriages of justice in the Republic of Ireland, Dermot Walsh, the French pre-trial system, John Bell.