Cross-Examination on Trial

Advocacy and Vulnerability in Criminal Trials
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-5292-2722-2
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Amid growing public concern about the negative effect cross-examination has on vulnerable witnesses, this book examines the effect of recent reforms to the practice across the different jurisdictions of the UK and Ireland.

Drawing on observations and transcripts of trials and interviews with judges, advocates and intermediaries, the book provides an evaluation of cross-examination in trials involving vulnerable witnesses and the extent to which reforms are producing meaningful change. The book’s analysis sheds new light on the significance of cross-examination in criminal trials and provides evidence-based solutions for further changes to enable vulnerable witnesses to give their best evidence to the court.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Doak, Jonathan

Jackson, John

Cooper, Debbie

Saunders, Candida

Wright, David

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Strafrecht, Internationales Verfahrensrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Strafverfahrens- und -prozessrecht, Strafverteidigung und Opferschutz
• Rechtswissenschaften Berufs- und Gebührenrecht freie Berufe Rechtsanwälte und Notare

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Mapping the Changing Face of Cross-Examination

2. Reform in Context

3. Pre-recorded Cross-Examination and Ground Rules Hearings

4. Shaping Cross-Examination through Intermediaries

5. Cross-Examination at Trial

6. The Language of Cross-Examination

7. The Changing Culture of Cross-Examination

8. Cross-Examination in Transition

Über Autor(innen)

Jackson, John
John Jackson is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Criminal Law and Procedure at the University of Nottingham.

Doak, Jonathan
Jonathan Doak is Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Criminal Justice at Nottingham Trent University.

Saunders, Candida
Candida Saunders is a legal researcher, formerly Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Nottingham.

Wright, David
David Wright is an Associate Professor in Linguistics at Nottingham Trent University.

Cooper, Debbie
Debbie Cooper is Associate Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham and Visiting Research Fellow at Nottingham Trent University.

Jonathan Doak is Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Criminal Justice at Nottingham Trent University.

John Jackson is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Criminal Law and Procedure at the University of Nottingham.

Debbie Cooper is Associate Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham and Visiting Research Fellow at Nottingham Trent University.

Candida Saunders is a legal researcher, formerly Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Nottingham.

David Wright is an Associate Professor in Linguistics at Nottingham Trent University.