MAGISTRATES’ COURTS CRIMINAL PRACTICE 2006

Therapeutic Jurisprudence and the Criminal Courts

Are magistrates’ courts really a ‘law free zone’? Participant observation and specialist use of language

My research assesses the impact of changes to legally-aided representation in magistrates’ courts operating in East Kent (a designated court area) in the context of structural change driven by neoliberal forms of governance. This paper presents some findings following periods of observation at the relevant court area. Past socio-legal studies of magistrates’ courts, largely conducted when most ...

The strengths and skills of the Judiciary in the Magistrates’ Courts

Outlines of Medical Jurisprudence for Indian Criminal Courts

This small handbook on Medical Jurisprudence is primarily intended for the use of policeofficers, native magistrates, and vakeels. That such a book was required is evident from the fact that although these officers have daily to deal with criminal cases involving medicolegal questions, the subject of medical jurisprudence finds no place iu their qualifying examinations ; and the only existing s...

New York City ' S Criminal Courts : Are We Achieving Justice ?

On October 18, 2003, more than one hundred professionals from the five boroughs of New York City came together to identify, evaluate, and begin to solve some of the complex problems embedded in the culture, operations, and practice in New York City’s Criminal Courts. The conference planners focused on five problems that have undermined the pursuit of justice in New York City’s Criminal Court sy...