Rise and Fall of the Right of Silence - Principle, Politics and Policy

Informationen zum Autor Hannah Quirk is a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law and Justice at the University of Manchester, UK. Klappentext The implications of curtailing the right to silence are explored here in detail with reference to the UK, but within a comparative context that examines how different 'types' of legal system regard the right to silence and the effects of constitutional protection. Within an international context in which the right to silence has long been regarded as sacrosanct, this book provides the first comprehensive, empirically-based analysis of the effects of curtailing this right. Zusammenfassung The right to silence has served as the practical expression of the principles that an individual was to be considered innocent until proven guilty, and that it was for the prosecution to establish guilt. This book presents an analysis of the effects of curtailing the right to silence. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Right of Silence- A Benchmark of Justice? 2. The Right of Silence -A Crime Control Target? 3. Police Custody, Cop Culture and the Caution 4. A ‘Fundamental Dilemma’: The Undermining of Legal Representation at the Police Station 5. Silence in Court Conclusion - The Transformed Landscape of the Criminal Trial

Product details

• Authors: Hannah Quirk, Hannah (University of Manchester Quirk, Quirk Hannah
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2016
• EAN: 9780415547710
• ISBN: 978-0-415-54771-0
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; LAW / Criminal Law / General, Criminal law & procedure, Criminal law: procedure and offences