Waterhouse Ireland's District Court

Language, immigration and consequences for justice
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-84779-939-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

Asks how the apparently significant presence of non-Irish people in the District Court - Ireland’s busiest court - has affected how these courts are run, and what happens when immigrants appear before the District court

Autoren/Hrsg.

Waterhouse, Kate

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Rechtswissenschaften Allgemeines Verfahrens-, Zivilprozess- und Insolvenzrecht Allgemeines Prozessrecht, Kostenrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
PART I: The Irish District Court: its role, function and day-to-day operation
1. Introducing the District Court
2. Barristers, bench warrants and bail bonds
PART II: Immigration and the Irish District Court: changing context, new challenges
3. LEP immigrants in Irish courts
PART III: Processing LEP defendants: bilingual cases in the Irish District Court
4. Interpreting District Court proceedings for non-Irish defendants
5. The case of the immigrant: dynamics and discourse
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Waterhouse Kate:
Kate Waterhouse is a Visiting Research Assistant at Trinity College DublinKate Waterhouse is a Visiting Research Assistant at Trinity College Dublin