Review of the Criminal and Civil Justice System in Western Australia

Review of the Criminal and Civil Justice System in Western Australia
Author: Law Reform Commission of Western Australia
Publisher:
Total Pages: 6
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Civil law systems
ISBN: 9781740350075

A six volume boxed set that has been written by a number of diverse contributors from several disciplines as well as experienced legal cosultants. This current reference demonstrates the benefit of the restructure of the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia that was begun in 1997.

Reform

Reform
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 736
Release: 2000
Genre: Law reform
ISBN:

Criminal Discovery

Criminal Discovery
Author: Cosmas Moisidis
Publisher: Institute of Criminology
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2008
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780975196779

In Criminal Discovery: From Truth to Proof and Back Again, author Cosmas Moisidis examines aspects of pre-trial stages such as police interrogations, preliminary hearings and discovery between the prosecution and the defence, addressing contentious issues such as the right to silence and the privilege against self-incrimination. These issues give rise to strong, emotive and polarised differences of opinion. Criminal discovery is an area in which views are entrenched and passions run high. Criminal Discovery: From Truth to Proof and Back Again seeks to inform the current debate through a detailed analysis of the history, theory and practice of criminal discovery. Historical and jurisprudential matters which are not commonly known are here brought to light. The approach is holistic and comparative, examining the issues in detail with reference to the jurisdictions of the United Kingdom, United States, particularly California, and Australia. It concludes with recommendations to guide the future, putting forward a reciprocal criminal discovery model which, it is argued, will enhance the truth seeking potential of the adversarial criminal trial.