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This book compares substantive and procedural aspects of compensation for wrongful convictions in European countries and the US, as well as the standard derived from the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. It considers similarities and differences between jurisdictions and assesses the effectiveness of the national compensation schemes.
List of contents
Introduction, Wojciech Jasi¿ski and Karolina Kremens; 1. Compensation for Wrongful Convictions in England and Wales, Hannah Quirk; 2. Compensation for Wrongful Convictions in Germany, Anna Helena Albrecht; 3. Compensation for Wrongful Convictions in Italy, Simone Lonati; 4. Compensation for Wrongful Convictions in Spain, Juan Carlos Ortiz-Pradillo; 5. Compensation for Wrongful Convictions in the Netherlands, Joost Nan, Nina Holvast and Sjarai Lestrade; 6. Compensation for Wrongful Convictions in Norway, Ulf Stridbeck; 7. Compensation for Wrongful Convictions in Lithuania, Simona Drukteinien¿; 8. Compensation for Wrongful Convictions in Poland, Dorota Czerwi¿ska and Artur Kowalczyk; 9. Compensation for Wrongful Convictions in the United States, Meghan J. Ryan; 10. European Standard of Compensation for Wrongful Conviction, Mägorzata W¿sek-Wiaderek; 11. In Quest of the Optimum Model for Compensating Wrongful Convictions, Wojciech Jasi¿ski and Karolina Kremens; Index
About the author
Wojciech Jasi¿ski is Professor and co-founder of the Digital Justice Center, Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics, University of Wroc¿aw, Poland.
Karolina Kremens is the Director and co-founder of the Digital Justice Center at the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics, University of Wroc¿aw, Poland.
Summary
This book compares substantive and procedural aspects of compensation for wrongful convictions in European countries and the US, as well as the standard derived from the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. It considers similarities and differences between jurisdictions and assesses the effectiveness of the national compensation schemes.
