William E O’Brian
Biographic Data
| ID | 6694520 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William E O’Brian |
| GIVEN NAMES | William E |
| FAMILY NAME | O’Brian |
| SIGNATURE | O’BRIAN W E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warwick |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Confrontation and Ongoing Emergencies
Confrontation
This article discusses recent decisions that have made explicit a conflict that has long been brewing between the English courts and the European Court of Human Rights regarding Article 6(3)(d) of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects a defendant's right to examine or have examined the witnesses against him. It argues that the European Court has correctly interpreted the Convention and that the Supreme Court's case-by-case appro…
A Philosophy of Evidence Law
Court Scrutiny of Expert Evidence
Recent decisions of the Courts of Appeal in England and Northern Ireland in Dallagher and O'Doherty highlight the risks of error which flow from the current lax standards of English law relating to the admission of expert evidence. Notwithstanding that in both decisions, the court purported to apply the same principles, an analysis of these cases indicates tensions in the law, and adds support to calls for the adoption of a stricter test for the …
The Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Judgments
This article analyses the proposed Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Judgments, which has been the subject of lengthy and ongoing negotiations. The issues that continue to divide the parties centre on differences between approaches to jurisdiction broadly similar to those used in Europe, and the approach used in the United States. The most comprehensive draft of the Hague Convention starts from a European approach, but makes a number of conces…
Confrontation
This article discusses recent decisions that have made explicit a conflict that has long been brewing between the English courts and the European Court of Human Rights regarding Article 6(3)(d) of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects a defendant's right to examine or have examined the witnesses against him. It argues that the European Court has correctly interpreted the Convention and that the Supreme Court's case-by-case appro…
Court Scrutiny of Expert Evidence
Recent decisions of the Courts of Appeal in England and Northern Ireland in Dallagher and O'Doherty highlight the risks of error which flow from the current lax standards of English law relating to the admission of expert evidence. Notwithstanding that in both decisions, the court purported to apply the same principles, an analysis of these cases indicates tensions in the law, and adds support to calls for the adoption of a stricter test for the …
The Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Judgments
This article analyses the proposed Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Judgments, which has been the subject of lengthy and ongoing negotiations. The issues that continue to divide the parties centre on differences between approaches to jurisdiction broadly similar to those used in Europe, and the approach used in the United States. The most comprehensive draft of the Hague Convention starts from a European approach, but makes a number of conces…
Court Scrutiny of Expert Evidence
Recent decisions of the Courts of Appeal in England and Northern Ireland in Dallagher and O'Doherty highlight the risks of error which flow from the current lax standards of English law relating to the admission of expert evidence. Notwithstanding that in both decisions, the court purported to apply the same principles, an analysis of these cases indicates tensions in the law, and adds support to calls for the adoption of a stricter test for the …
The Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Judgments
This article analyses the proposed Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Judgments, which has been the subject of lengthy and ongoing negotiations. The issues that continue to divide the parties centre on differences between approaches to jurisdiction broadly similar to those used in Europe, and the approach used in the United States. The most comprehensive draft of the Hague Convention starts from a European approach, but makes a number of conces…
A Philosophy of Evidence Law
Confrontation and Ongoing Emergencies
Confrontation
This article discusses recent decisions that have made explicit a conflict that has long been brewing between the English courts and the European Court of Human Rights regarding Article 6(3)(d) of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects a defendant's right to examine or have examined the witnesses against him. It argues that the European Court has correctly interpreted the Convention and that the Supreme Court's case-by-case appro…
Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Criminal Law and Evidence (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Convention (2 works) · Jury Decision Making Processes (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Appeal (1 work) · Citation (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work)