The Trial on Trial: Volume 1 - Truth and Due Process

Zusatztext ...the project's bringing together of lawyers and philosophers from adversarial and inquisitorial jurisdictions is an especially promising start to ground a normative theory of the criminal trial on interdisciplinary work. Informationen zum Autor R A Duff is Professor Emeritus in Philosophy at the University of Stirling. Lindsay Farmer is Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow, UK. Sandra Marshall is Professor of Philosophy in the University of Stirling. Victor Tadros is a Professor of Law at the University of Warwick. Klappentext The essays in this book examine whether the discovery of truth is truly the central aim of criminal investigation and trial. Zusammenfassung This book is questions whether the discovery of truth is the central aim of the rules and practices of criminal investigation and trial. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Towards a Normative Theory of the Criminal Trial Antony Duff, Lindsay Farmer, Sandra Marshall, Victor Tadros 2. Changing Conceptions of the Scottish Criminal Trial: The Duty to Agree Uncontroversial Evidence Peter Duff 3. Ritual, Fairness and Truth: The Adversarial and Inquisitorial Models of Criminal Trial Jenny McEwan 4. 'More Than Just Illogical': Truth and Jury Nullification Matt Matravers 5. The Criminal Trial and the Legitimation of Punishment Markus Dirk Dubber 6. Testimony Duncan Pritchard 7. Managing Uncertainty and Finality: The Function of the Criminal Trial in Legal Inquiry John D Jackson 8. Nothing But the Truth? Some Facts, Impressions and Confessions about Truth in Criminal Procedure Heike Jung 9. The Distinctiveness of Trial Narrative Robert P Burns 10 The Objection that Cannot be Heard: Communication and Legitimacy in the Courtroom Emilios Christodoulidis

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• Authors: Antony Farmer Duff, R A Duff, Lindsay Farmer, Sandra Marshall, Tadr
• Assisted by: Antony Duff (Editor), R A Duff (Editor), R. A. Duff (Editor), Lindsay Farmer (Editor), Farmer Lindsay (Editor), Sandra Marshall (Editor), Marshall Sandra (Editor), Victor Tadros (Editor), Tadros Victor (Editor)
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.12.2004
• EAN: 9781841134420
• ISBN: 978-1-84113-442-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; England, Wales, LAW / Criminal Law / General, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / Courts, LAW / Trial Practice, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law