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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kirchengast, Tyrone (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Criminology & Criminal Justice.
Political Sociology.
Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.
Social Policy.
Sociology, general.
Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice.
Comparative law.
Conflict of laws.
Criminology.
International law.
Juvenile delinquents.
Political sociology.
Social policy.
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
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 resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 252 pages)
ISBN:9780230305564
DOI:10.1057/9780230305564