Fitness to plead : international and comparative perspectives /
By comparing approaches to the doctrine of fitness to stand trial across several common law jurisdictions, the civil law regimes of Italy and the Netherlands, and under international law, this collection analyses the latest case law, uncovers common weaknesses in the varied legislative models, and i...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford monographs on criminal law and criminal justice.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Ronnie Mackay, Warren Brookbanks
- The development of unfitness to plead in English law / Ronnie Mackay
- Unfitness to plead in England and Wales : a practitioner's view of a plea in evolution / Rudi Fortson
- Reforming the law of unfitness to plead in England and Wales : a recent history / Miranda Bevan, David Ormerod
- Unfitness for trial in Scots law / Gerry Maher
- Unfit to stand trial : Canadian law and practice / Gerry Ferguson
- The development of unfitness to stand trial in New Zealand / Warren Brookbanks
- Fitness to stand trial under Australian law / Ian Freckelton
- Fitness for criminal adjudication : the emerging significance of decisional competence in the United States / Richard J Bonnie
- Involuntary competence in United States criminal law / Stephen J Morse
- The right to fair preliminary investigation and trial for vulnerable defendants : the case of the Netherlands / PHPHMC van Kempen
- Competency to stand trial in Italy / Alberto Cadoppi, Mattia Celva
- Fitness to stand trial under international criminal law / Ian Freckelton, Magda Karagiannakis
- Conclusion / Ronnie Mackay, Warren Brookbanks.