Redressing Miscarriages of Justice: Practice and Procedure in (International) Criminal Cases : 2nd Revised Edition

Geert-Jan Knoops

ISBN 10: 9004252835 / ISBN 13: 9789004252837

Published by Brill Jun 2013, 2013

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Neuware - In Redressing Miscarriages of Justice (2nd ed.) Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops offers an extensive review of the (procedural) mechanisms available in different (international) criminal law systems, in order to prevent and redress miscarriages of justice. The mechanisms will be illustrated on the basis of the causes of miscarriages of justice.Disclosure deficiencies, false confessions, eyewitness misidentification and (fraudulent) forensic sciences are all topics that pass in review. The new chapter to this 2nd edition gives particular insight from a defence perspective; it delves into the issue of challenging and investigating forensic 'science' reports and is illustrated with some vivid case examples.The book is essential to everyone studying and challenging wrongful convictions, since it combines both procedures and causes.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Redressing Miscarriages of Justice: Practice and Procedure in (International) Criminal Cases : 2nd Revised Edition
• Publisher: Brill Jun 2013
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004252835
• ISBN 13: 9789004252837
• Binding: Buch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 16D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 522 grams

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Synopsis

In Redressing Miscarriages of Justice (2nd ed.) Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops offers an extensive review of the (procedural) mechanisms available in different (international) criminal law systems, in order to prevent and redress miscarriages of justice. The mechanisms will be illustrated on the basis of the causes of miscarriages of justice.

Disclosure deficiencies, false confessions, eyewitness misidentification and (fraudulent) forensic sciences are all topics that pass in review. The new chapter to this 2nd edition gives particular insight from a defence perspective; it delves into the issue of challenging and investigating forensic “science” reports and is illustrated with some vivid case examples.

The book is essential to everyone studying and challenging wrongful convictions, since it combines both procedures and causes.

About the Author

Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops (1960) is a professor of International Criminal Law at Utrecht University. He holds two Ph.D. degrees, one on criminal law and one on international criminal law. He practices as a lawyer in (international) criminal law at Knoops’ advocaten in Amsterdam.