The Rise and Fall of the Right of Silence

ISBN-13: 9781138590984 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 232 str.

Hannah Quirk

Opis

The implications of curtailing the right to silence are explored here in detail with reference to the UK, but within a comparative context that examines how different ‘types’ of legal system regard the right to silence and the effects of constitutional protection. Within an international context in which the right to silence has long been regarded as sacrosanct, this book provides the first comprehensive, empirically-based analysis of the effects of curtailing this right.

Spis treści

1. The Right of Silence- A Benchmark of Justice?  2. The Right of Silence -A Crime Control Target?  3. Police Custody, Cop Culture and the Caution  4. A ‘Fundamental Dilemma’: The Undermining of Legal Representation at the Police Station  5. Silence in Court  Conclusion - The Transformed Landscape of the Criminal Trial

O autorze

Hannah Quirk is a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law and Justice at the University of Manchester, UK.