Criminal Judges

Legitimacy, Courts and State-Induced Guilty Pleas in Britain

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ID19903712
AuthorsMike Mcconville, Michael Mcconville, Luke Marsh (0000-0002-3861-0301)
Year2014
Pages298
Publication date2014-06-27
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueCriminal judges (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4337/9781782548928
OpenAlexW4231513870
ISBN9781782548928
Open LibraryOL30388054M
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Against a backdrop of a dysfunctional criminal justice system, the authors bring an avalanche of legal and empirical material to question the legitimacy of the relationship between judges, lawyers, politicians and defendants in modern Britain. Examining existing legal structures and court practices through the lens of what used to be called 'plea bargaining' the authors provide a graphic picture of why case disposals through enforced guilty pleas promote injustice, feed discrimination and skew the judicial function. This is the most comprehensive examination to date of case disposition methods in England, Wales and Scotland., underpinned by a new socio-legal theory on the criminal process. Criminal Judges is sure to provoke debate on the forces which drive the criminal justice process and will therefore be of great interest to all those concerned about the future of criminal justice policies and practices. It will appeal to academics, researchers, policy advisors and practitioners of criminal law

Appeal · Criminal justice · Criminal law · Criminal procedure · Criminology · Injustice · Legitimacy · Plea · Political science · Sanctions · Sociology · Theory of criminal justice · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Criminal Law and Evidence · Law · Legal principles and applications · Administration of Criminal justice · Criminal courts · Fair trial · Great britain · Judges · Plea bargaining

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