Human Rights in Criminal Proceedings

ISBN-13: 9780199271207 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 736 str.

Stefan Trechsel; Sarah J. Summers

Opis

This book examines the rights of accused persons in criminal proceedings. The case-law of the international bodies dealing with this issue is presented and critically examined by an author who has contributed to its creation for almost a quarter of a century. The law of the European Convention is emphasized because of its advanced procedures, and the quality and quantity of its case-law.

Recenzje

...exceptionally comprehensive and insightful ... pursues the many subtle questions down to the last detail... the author proceeds by weighing up the questions carefully. One notices it at every turn: Trechsel is aware that the nature of his subject requires him, in the balancing of extreme positions, to walk something of a tightrope..He distinguishes himself on the one hand from human rights activists who would like human rights to take priority over everything else and on the other from the representatives of the member states (governments) and their institutions...He sets out his beliefs in reform and in the fundamental importance of the procedural rights of those involved in legal proceedings... Trechsel's work will soon be at the forefront of books to be consulted in questions concerning the ECHR.'

O autorze

Stefan Trechsel is Professor of Criminal Law and Procedure at the University of Zurich, and a former President of the European Commission of Human Rights.