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Standing Accused - The Organization and Practices of Criminal Defence Lawyers in Britain (Hardcover, New)
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Standing Accused - The Organization and Practices of Criminal Defence Lawyers in Britain (Hardcover, New)
Series: Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice
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Loot Price R518
Discovery Miles 5 180
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Criminal cases are commonly seen as a fight between adversaries of
equal strength: the intrusive power of the State versus skilled
defence lawyers advocating their clients' cause. The reality,
according to this major new study, is rather different. The
provision of defence counsel is often rudimentary and
unsatisfactory. Based upon one of the largest studies of legal
professional practice ever undertaken, involving nearly fifty
solicitors' firms, this book offers a critical examination of the
practices and organisation of defence lawyers in Britain from the
moment of initial contact with clients through to the routine
preparation and representation of defendants in both Magistrates'
and Crown Courts, the authors show how defence lawyers discharge
their obligations to clients. For the first time, this study
reveals the role of paralegals and unqualified staff in providing
defence assistance, and highlights how their inexperience and
assumption of their client's guilt can critically undermine
defendants' rights. The deficiencies highlighted by their research
leads the authors to question the effectiveness of recent liberal
and managerial reforms, with their excessive reliance on market-led
considerations. The authors propose a cultural transformation in
criminal defence work, a reassertion of the defendants' rights
within an adversarial system, and offer constructive suggestions
for improving defence services. Extensively researched and
documented, this study is a major contribution to current debates
about the criminal justice system, and as such will be required
reading for all lawyers, scholars and professionals interested in
the administration of justice.
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