The UK's Criminal Justice Act 2003 re-wrote the hearsay evidence rule for the purpose of criminal proceedings in the UK, enacting the recommendations of the Law Commission together with some proposals from the Auld Review. In 2008, Professor J.R. Spencer wrote a book explaining the new law, intended for practitioners, as well as academics. Following the style of an earlier book by Spencer about the new law on bad character evidence, the core of the 'hearsay' book was a section-by-section commentary on the relevant provisions of the Act, discussing the case law that had interpreted them. Since...

Regarding the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 6 fair trial rights are the most heavily-litigated Convention rights before the Strasbourg Court, generating a large and complex body of case law. This book provides an innovative and critical analysis of Strasbourg's Article 6 case law. The category of 'fair trial rights' includes many component rights. The existing literature tends to chart the law with respect to each of these component rights, one by one. This traditional approach is useful, but it risks artificially isolating the case law in a series of watertight compartments....

The Article 6 fair trial rights are the most heavily-litigated Convention rights before the European Court of Human Rights, generating a large and complex body of case law. With this book, Goss provides an innovative and critical analysis of the European Court's Article 6 case law.
The category of 'fair trial rights' includes many component rights. The existing literature tends to chart the law with respect to each of these component rights, one by one. This traditional approach is useful, but it risks artificially isolating the case law in a series of watertight compartments.
This...