Silence, Confessions and Improperly Obtained Evidence

Zusatztext Mirfield's scholarship cannot be faulted. The book is also nicely written. The question of how far the criminal courts should admit and act on illegally or irregularly obtained evidence is one of immense practical importance! and one which causes acute difficulty in every legal system in the civilised world. Every lawyer who is interested in it will profit by reading Mirfield's analysis./ J. R. Spencer! The Cambridge Law Journal/ 1998. Klappentext This important new book examines in some detail the law relating to confessions, unlawful evidence, and the "right to silence" in the police station. Peter Mirfield also looks closely at the principles behind this branch of the law. In addition to his thorough examination of the English position, he considers several alternative approaches--namely, those taken by Scottish, Irish, Australian, Canadian, and American legal systems. There is no other book written in English that affords such a systematic treatment on this subject. Zusammenfassung This book examines the whole of the pre-trial phase of criminal investigation including the law relating to confessions, the right to silence, the admissibility of evidence obtained during pre-trial investigation and the issue of improperly obtained evidence. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: The Principles Behind Exclusion 3: Procedural Issues and Exclusion 4: Confessions -- Preliminary Issues 5: Confessions -- The Exclusionary Rule 6: Discretionary Exclusion of Confessions and Other Evidence -- General Principles 7: Discretionary Exclusion of Confessions and other Evidence -- Specific Cases 8: Confessions: Ancillary Issues under the Exclusionary Rule and Discretion 9: Compelled Self-incrimination and Incriminating Silence 10: Vulnerable Suspects 11: The Relevance of the European Convention on Human Rights 12: Alternative Approaches

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• Authors: Ernest Metzger, Peter Mirfield, Peter (University Lecturer in Law Mirfield, Professor Peter Mirfield
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.02.1998
• EAN: 9780198262695
• ISBN: 978-0-19-826269-5
• No. of pages: 420
• Series: Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice; Oxford Monographs on Criminal; Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice; Oxford Monographs on Criminal
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; England, Wales, Scotland, LAW / Criminal Procedure, LAW / Civil Procedure, LAW / Evidence, Ireland, Criminal Procedure: Law Of Evidence, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Civil procedure: law of evidence, Wales / Cymru