Pre-trial detention in 20th and 21st century common law and civil law systems. / edited by Marion Charret-Del Bove and Fabrice Mourlon ; contributors, Sivila Capanema [ and twelve others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Charret-Del Bove, Marion, editor.

Mourlon, Fabrice, editor.

Almeida, Sílvia Capanema P. de, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Detention of persons.

Pre-trial procedure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, [England] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pre-trial detention refers to the period when a person, after being arrested, is detained so as to determine the nature of the offences and the characterization of the charges. This notion is part and parcel of the legal proceedings of a criminal investigation and aims at striking a fragile balance between protecting the State and respecting individual freedoms. Lots of examples can be quoted to illustrate the various pre-trial detention modalities in common law and civil law traditions, incl.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

THE POLITICS OF PRE-TRIAL DETENTIONIN THE UNITED KINGDOM SINCE 2000

PREVENTIVE INTERVENTIONSAND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST

HABEAS, HAMDAN AND HISTORY

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN THE 20THCENTURYBRAZILIAN WAR NAVY

THE RIGHT TO A LAWYER

POLICE CUSTODY IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE

PRE-TRIAL DETENTION IN THE FRENCHAND ENGLISH CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS

THE FUNCTIONAL AMBIGUITIES OF PRE-TRIALDETENTION IN FRANCE

DETENTION ON REMANDAND THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE

DETENTION CENTRES IN FRANCEAND THE UNITED KINGDOMAND THE CRIMINALISATION OF MIGRANTS

IMMIGRATION DETENTION IN THE UK

TRANSLATING LAWS OF EXCEPTION

CONTRIBUTORS.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 5, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6184-7

OCLC:

882608737