Criminal litigation
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Criminal litigation
(Legal practice course guides)
Oxford University Press, c2004
2004-2005
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"Preface to the 2004/2005 edition"--p. [xiii] -xiv
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Criminal Litigation is an excellent, in depth and self-contained reference book, designed as a core text for the Legal Practice Course. It offers clear coverage of all the key areas of criminal litigation, incorporating full consideration of tactical aspects as well as including a discussion of relevant skills and the rules of professional conduct. This new edition has been fully revised and updated to incorporate all recent legislative, case law, and procedural changes, and offers full treatment of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Table of cases
- Table of statutes
- 1: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
- 1. An outline of criminal procedure: early stages
- 2. Financing a criminal litigation
- 3. Managing a criminal litigation practice
- 4. Police powers and advising the client in the police station
- 5. Commencement of proceedings and mode of trial
- 6. Bail
- 7. Summary trial
- 8. Committal proceedings
- 9. The Crown Court: preparation and trial
- 10. Sentencing and procedures after conviction
- 11. Juveniles in the criminal process: the youth court
- 12. Appeals in criminal cases
- 2: THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
- 13. The European Convention on Human Rights
- 3: CRIMINAL EVIDENCE
- 14. The law of evidence (1)
- 15. The law of evidence (2): competence and compellability: testimony
- 16. The law of evidence (3): the rule against hearsay
- 17. The law of evidence (4): confessions, evidence of reaction, and the right to silence
- 18. The law of evidence (5): improperly obtained evidence in criminal cases
- 19. The law of evidence (6): Corroboration: evidence of identity
- 20. The law of evidence (7): evidence of disposition and character
- 21. The law of evidence (8): evidence of opinion: privilege
- Index
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