Legal skills: advocacy

In 2009, Stephen Barker was convicted of rape on the evidence of a little girl who was four-and-a-half years old at the trial, and about three-and-a-half when first interviewed by the police.

Tens of thousands of readers have relied on this leading text and practitioner reference--now revised and updated--to understand the issues the legal system most commonly asks mental health professionals to address.

While much fundamental research in the recent past has been devoted to the criminal jury in England to 1800,there has been little work on the nineteenth century, and on the civil jury .

This book explores contemporary thinking on the evidential requirements that are critical for practical decision-making.

This book assesses data protection rules that are applicable to the processing of personal data in a law enforcement context.

A sound understanding of legal professional privilege provides practitioners with a strategic advantage not to be underestimated.

228 pages, 164 images, 28 contributorsThis complete overview of abusive head trauma includes the many different kinds of injuries that may result from abusive head trauma, including extracranial injuries and scalp trauma, intracranial injuries with and without associated bleeding, and fractures.

Well-chosen negative legal proof rules can be useful procedural safeguards.

Key Facts is the essential revision series for anyone studying law, including LLB, ILEX and post-graduate conversion courses.

232 pages, 555 images, 25 contributorsWhile examining suspected sexual assault survivors, it is important that investigators be able to accurately assess not only for those findings indicative of assault but also for normal or otherwise nonassaultive findings.

In the cities of Northeast Brazil where 50 per cent of the population lives in poverty, children play a key role in the local economy—in their households, in formal jobs, and in the thriving informal sector (washing cars, shining shoes, scavenging for recyclables, etc.

Susan Haack brings her distinctive work in theory of knowledge and philosophy of science to bear on real-life legal issues.

The privilege against self-incrimination is often represented in the case law of England and Wales as a principle of fundamental importance in the law of criminal procedure and evidence.

The Fraud Act 2006 presented a wholesale reform of the pre-existing deception offences under the Theft Act 1968 and Theft Act 1978.

250 pages, 505 images, 12 contributorsIn the investigation of child abuse, consistent investigative protocol and clear, thorough documentation of facts and findings are essential to ensuring justice for victims, both for those who survive and for those who do not.

Sexual cases are inherently complex and sometimes controversial presenting the practitioner with a multitude of procedural and legal challenges.

A global overview of evidentiary reasoning with contributions from leading authorities from different legal traditions and four continents.

Automatism is a notoriously difficult subject for law students, lawyers and judges.

One Hundred Days Before Trial provides an antidote to trial anxiety, usually caused by poor planning and insecurity.

Requirements for the defendant to actively participate in the English criminal process have been increasing in recent years such that the defendant can now be penalised for their non-cooperation.

Build a strong foundation on the principles and procedures of modern forensic science.

With expert evidence used more and more often in criminal jury cases, evaluation of its admissibility and presentation is being increasingly thrust into the spotlight.

This book examines the principal trends and policy goals relating to collective redress mechanisms in Europe.

In many criminal trials, forensic technical evidence is lacking and triers of fact must rely on the reliability of eyewitness statements, identifications, and testimony; however, such reports can be riddled with deceptive statements or erroneous recollections.

Child labor law strikes most Americans as a fixture of the countrys legal landscape, involving issues settled in the distant past.

This account of six families whose children were wrongly seized by child protection services vividly illustrates the constitutional balancing act where medicine, family interests, and child safety can clash.

This book analyses how international criminal institutions, and their actors - legal counsels, judges, investigators, registrars - construct witness identity and memory.

Opportunities to see expert cross-examinations are often infrequent in international arbitration and the occasions to sharpen these skills for many are rare.

The Criminal Justice Act 2003 re-wrote the hearsay evidence rule for the purpose of criminal proceedings, enacting the recommendations of the Law Commission together with some proposals from the Auld Review.

Evidence: Law and Context explains the key concepts of evidence law in England and Wales clearly and concisely, set against the backdrop of the broader political and theoretical contexts.

Criminal Evidence is a respected and trusted introduction to the rules of criminal evidence for criminal justice students and professionals.

Expert evidence frequently wins or loses cases.

Well-selected and authoritative, Hart Core Statutes provide the key materials needed by students in a format that is clear, compact and very easy to use.

Opportunities to see expert cross-examinations are often infrequent in international arbitration and the occasions to sharpen these skills for many are rare.

Criminal proceedings, it is often now said, ought to be conducted with integrity.

UNION FOR THE HEADLINES, A TRIAL FOR THE TIMECelebrity romances have always captured the public's imagination, playing out like soap operas seized upon by fans and tabloids alike.

This book explores challenges posed by the use of DNA evidence to the traditional features, procedures and principles of the criminal trial.

All social work practice is regulated by social policies.

Electronic disclosure of evidence is now an unavoidable aspect of litigation.

A global overview of evidentiary reasoning with contributions from leading authorities from different legal traditions and four continents.

More than just another new theoretical study, this book really is a practical and useful tool that I sincerely recommend.

The IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (the 'Rules') are used in the majority of international arbitration cases, regardless of the administering institution or the legal background of the parties.

The interpretation and evaluation of scientific evidence and its presentation in a court of law is central both to the role of the forensic scientist as an expert witness and to the interests of justice.

Evidence: Law and Context explains the key concepts of evidence law in England and Wales clearly and concisely, set against the backdrop of the broader political and theoretical contexts.

Sendas de la reforma de la justicia a principios del siglo xxi es un estudio de Derecho comparado que permite al lector ahondar sobre las profundas transformaciones del Derecho procesal en un número significativo de países que cuentan con arraigados lazos culturales, sociales y políticos.

Tens of thousands of readers have relied on this leading text and practitioner reference--now revised and updated--to understand the issues the legal system most commonly asks mental health professionals to address.

The Criminal Justice Act 2003 re-wrote the hearsay evidence rule for the purpose of criminal proceedings, enacting the recommendations of the Law Commission together with some proposals from the Auld Review.

Routledge Lawcards are your complete, pocket-sized guides to key examinable areas of the undergraduate law curriculum and the CPE/GDL.

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