Oxford studies in modern legal history Advocacy and the making of the adversarial criminal trial, 1800-1865
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0198262841
ISBN 13
9780198262848
DDC
345.31
Category
United Kingdom
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Publication Year
1998
Publisher
Pages
xii, 215 pages
Subject
UK Crime and Punishment
Series Name
Abstract
"This is the first scholarly work to analyse the practice of advocacy and to identify its significance for the administration of justice. It includes case studies of four major criminal trials which demonstrate the interrelationships between advocacy and procedure in the making of the adversarial criminal trial." - Voila
Description
Contents:
1. The Context of Upheaval -- 2. The Early Nineteenth Century Trial -- 3. The Logic of Reform -- 4. Full Defence by Counsel -- 5. The Complexities of Defence Inequality -- 6. The Limits of Adversarialism -- 7. The Adversarial Criminal Trial -- Appendix 1. Legislation -- Appendix 2. Conviction Rates England and Wales 1805-1840 -- Appendix 3. The Defence Speech in R v Courvoisier.
1. The Context of Upheaval -- 2. The Early Nineteenth Century Trial -- 3. The Logic of Reform -- 4. Full Defence by Counsel -- 5. The Complexities of Defence Inequality -- 6. The Limits of Adversarialism -- 7. The Adversarial Criminal Trial -- Appendix 1. Legislation -- Appendix 2. Conviction Rates England and Wales 1805-1840 -- Appendix 3. The Defence Speech in R v Courvoisier.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index.
Number of Copies
1
