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In The Metamorphosis of Criminal Justice, Jacqueline S. Hodgson focuses on the potentially radical and fundamental changes taking place within criminal justice in Britain and in France and the ways that these are driven by wider domestic, European or international concerns. This metamorphosis away from established values and practices is eroding what were once regarded as core rights and freedoms in the name of efficiency, security, and justice to victims. Beginning with a comparative analysis of adversarial and inquisitorial procedural values and traditions, and an examination of broad trends in domestic and European criminal justice, Hodgson then discusses how the roles of prosecution and defense have been re-shaped in different ways in both jurisdictions--both in the text of the law and in their practices. The final section considers how systems within different procedural traditions adapt to address, or provide a remedy for, systemic flaws that produce wrongful convictions and in particular, the role of the defense in these procedures. By adopting an empirical and comparative approach, this book explores the nature and reach of these trends and the ways that they challenge and disrupt criminal processes and values.

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Author:   Jacqueline S. Hodgson (Professor of Law, Professor of Law, Warwick School of Law)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 24.10cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 16.30cm
Weight:   0.748kg
ISBN:  

9780199981427

ISBN 10:   0199981426
Pages:   406
Publication Date:   01 July 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Abbreviations Glossary of French terms Overview Part 1: Criminal justice traditions and trends 1. Perspectives on Adversarial and Inquisitorial Procedure 2. The Demise of Procedural Fairness 3. Terrorism, Security, and the Management of Risk Part 2: Prosecution 4. The Role and Status of the Prosecutor 5. The Changing Prosecution Role Part 3: Defense 6. European Influences on the Pre-trial Defense Role 7. Custodial Legal Advice: Towards a Pan-European Model? Part 4: Responding to conviction errors 8. Miscarriages of Justice and Procedural Change: L'affaire d'Outreau 9. Mixing Inquisitorial Functions within an Adversarial Process: The CCRC 10. The CCRC, the Applicant and her Lawyer: A Disruption of Procedural Models Bibliography Index

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Jacqueline S. Hodgson is Professor of Law as well as Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Warwick.

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