Criminal Evidence and Human Rights

Reimagining Common Law Procedural Traditions

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

Criminal procedure in the common law world is being recast in the image of human rights. The cumulative impact of human rights laws, both international and domestic, presages a revolution in common law procedural traditions. Comprising 16 essays plus the editors' thematic introduction, this volume explores various aspects of the 'human rights revolution' in criminal evidence and procedure in Australia, Canada, England and Wales, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Singapore, Scotland, South Africa and the USA. The contributors provide expert evaluations of their own domestic law and practice with frequent reference to comparative experiences in other jurisdictions. Some essays focus on specific topics, such as evidence obtained by torture, the presumption of innocence, hearsay, the privilege against self-incrimination, and 'rape shield' laws. Others seek to draw more general lessons about the context of law reform, the epistemic demands of the right to a fair trial, the domestic impact of supra-national legal standards (especially the ECHR), and the scope for reimagining common law procedures through the medium of human rights.This edited collection showcases the latest theoretically informed, methodologically astute and doctrinally rigorous scholarship in criminal procedure and evidence, human rights and comparative law, and will be a major addition to the literature in all of these fields.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-09-12
Mått:156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt:640 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:450
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781849464956

Utforska kategorier

Straffrätt: process och brott inom Juridik
Mänskliga och medborgerliga rättigheter inom Juridik
Komparativ rätt inom Juridik

Mer om författaren

Paul Roberts is Professor of Criminal Jurisprudence, University of Nottingham.Jill Hunter is Professor of Law, University of New South Wales.

Recensioner i media

Criminal Evidence and Human Rights offers Canadian readers valuable exposure to the theory and practice of criminal procedure throughout the common law world, where similar questions about the recognition of human rights in criminal trials are being confronted. The book could, however, just as easily be picked up and appreciated by scholars in other common law or (in recognition of the increasing internationalization of evidence law) civil law jurisdictions, regardless of whether readers are interested in criminal procedure, evidence law, constitutional law or human rights law. Criminal Evidence and Human Rights advances many of the major debates that are currently taking place in these fields and is, therefore, a worthwhile read for anyone who seeks to participate in or to influence these important conversations.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction—The Human Rights Revolution in Criminal Evidence and Procedure Paul Roberts and Jill Hunter1. A Constitutional Revolution in South African Criminal Procedure? PJ Schwikkard2. Human Rights in Hong Kong Criminal Trials Simon NM Young3. Right to Counsel During Custodial Interrogation in Canada: Not Keeping Up with the Common Law Joneses Christine Boyle and Emma Cunliffe4. Degrading Searches and Illegally Obtained Evidence in the Malaysian Criminal Justice System Salim Farrar5. Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Exclusionary Safeguards in Ireland John Jackson6. The Exclusion of Evidence Obtained by Violating a Fundamental Right: Pragmatism Before Principle inthe Strasbourg Jurisprudence Andrew Ashworth7. Normative Evolution in Evidentiary Exclusion: Coercion, Deception and the Right to a Fair Trial Paul Roberts8. Ozymandias On Trial: Wrongs and Rights in DNA Cases Jeremy Gans9. Delayed Complaint, Lost Evidence and Fair Trial: Epistemic and Non-epistemic Concerns David Hamer10. 'Give Us What You Have'—Information, Compulsion and the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination as a Human Right Andrew L-T Choo11. The Presumption of Innocence as a Human Right Hock Lai Ho12. Confronting Confrontation Mike Redmayne13. Human Deliberation in Fact-Finding and Human Rights in the Law of Evidence Craig R Callen14. Reliability, Hearsay and the Right to a Fair Trial in New Zealand Chris Gallavin15. Finessing the Fair Trial for Complainants and the Accused: Mansions of Justice or Castles in the Air? Terese Henning and Jill Hunter16. Human Rights, Cosmopolitanism and the Scottish 'Rape Shield' Peter Duff