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Published in 1999. Scottish criminal law and procedure are very
different from their counterparts elsewhere in the United Kingdom.
This book is the first socio-legal account of the Scottish criminal
justice process and its constituent institutions. Its aims are: to
explain the operation of the various elements which make up the
'system'; to summarise the considerable volume of relevant Scottish
research; and to locate this knowledge within contemporary
theorising about criminal justice. To this end, the editors
commissioned a team of experts to write chapters on the various
stages of institutions of the Scottish criminal justice process.
Given Scotland's broad social and cultural similarities to the rest
of the United Kingdom, the book also provides a useful comparative
perspective which should help to discourage the tendency towards
overly ethnocentric theorising south of the border.
Published in 1999. Scottish criminal law and procedure are very
different from their counterparts elsewhere in the United Kingdom.
This book is the first socio-legal account of the Scottish criminal
justice process and its constituent institutions. Its aims are: to
explain the operation of the various elements which make up the
'system'; to summarise the considerable volume of relevant Scottish
research; and to locate this knowledge within contemporary
theorising about criminal justice. To this end, the editors
commissioned a team of experts to write chapters on the various
stages of institutions of the Scottish criminal justice process.
Given Scotland's broad social and cultural similarities to the rest
of the United Kingdom, the book also provides a useful comparative
perspective which should help to discourage the tendency towards
overly ethnocentric theorising south of the border.
Scottish criminal evidence law has recently undergone major,
primarily reactive changes, with more reform on the way. These ad
hoc developments are fundamentally altering the basic principles of
Scottish criminal evidence which have been in place since the 19th
century. The areas affected include: police questioning of
suspects, the treatment of vulnerable witnesses in court, hearsay,
the admissibility of the accused's previous convictions, the
Crown's duty of disclosure and the need for corroboration. This
book gathers leading experts in the field to analyse these changes,
discern any patterns and ask what they ramifications are for the
future of Scottish criminal evidence law.
Scottish criminal evidence law has recently undergone major,
primarily reactive changes, with more reform on the way. These ad
hoc developments are fundamentally altering the basic principles of
Scottish criminal evidence which have been in place since the 19th
century. The areas affected include: police questioning of
suspects, the treatment of vulnerable witnesses in court, hearsay,
the admissibility of the accused's previous convictions, the
Crown's duty of disclosure and the need for corroboration. This
book gathers leading experts in the field to analyse these changes,
discern any patterns and ask what they ramifications are for the
future of Scottish criminal evidence law.
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