Criminal judges : legitimacy, courts and state -induced guilty pleas in britain / Mike McConville, Luke Marsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McConville, Michael, author.

Marsh, Luke, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judicial ethics--Great Britain.

Judicial ethics.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Great Britain.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Criminal procedure--Interpretation and construction.

Criminal procedure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This provocative and powerful book provides a critical review of Britain's criminal justice process through its practices, culture and traditions, revealing a landscape in ruins under the dominance of State-induced Guilty Pleas. Against a backdrop of a dysfunctional criminal justice system, the authors bring an avalanche of legal and empirical material to question the legitimacy of the relationship between judges, lawyers, politicians and defendants in modern Britain. Examining existing legal structures and court practices through the lens of what used to be called 'plea bargaining' the author

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Table of cases; Table of legislation; 1. Criminal justice: system, process and legitimacy; 2. Helping the police with their inquiries; 3. State-inducedguilty pleas and legitimacy; 4. Lowering the Bar; 5. Institutional distress: the State; 6. Institutional distress: the defence; 7. Scotland: coercion and discourse; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-306-89458-1

1-78254-892-0

OCLC:

881825234