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The criminal trial in law and discourse

This book examines how the modern criminal trial is the result of competing discourses of justice, from human rights to state law and order, that allows for the consideration of key stakeholder interests, specifically those of victims, defendants, police, communities and the state.

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Main Authors: Kirchengast, Tyrone.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Criminal procedure > Social aspects.
Trials.
International criminal law.
Law & society.
Comparative law.
Human rights.
Law.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230305564
Summary: This book examines how the modern criminal trial is the result of competing discourses of justice, from human rights to state law and order, that allows for the consideration of key stakeholder interests, specifically those of victims, defendants, police, communities and the state.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230577855, 2010.
Carrier Form: 264 p.
ISBN: 9780230577855
9780230305564 :
0230305563 :
CLC: D915.32
Contents: Preface Criminal Trials, Foucault, Discourse A Genealogy of the Trial in Criminal Law Shifting Boundaries: Recent Changes to Criminal Justice Policy The Transformative Criminal Trial Emerges The Criminal Trial as Social Discourse The Trial as Hermeneutic: A Critical Review Implications for Criminal Justice Policy Notes References.

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