1st Edition

Citizens, the State and Justice A Multidisciplinary Perspective

Edited By Dan Jasinski, Noel McGuirk Copyright 2026
340 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

340 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This collection brings together academics, practicing lawyers and judges to offer a multidisciplinary insight into the relationship between the state and citizens through the lens of securing justice. All too often, appraisals of this fundamental subject are artificially siloed into the traditional legal topics to which they relate, such as criminal law, civil justice and constitutional rights.... Read more

Introduction
Dan Jasinski and Noel McGuirk

Chapter 1: Injustice Narratives in Criminal Law: Introducing the Framework
Jon Hanson and Dean A. Strang

Chapter 2: The Rule of Law and the Protection of Constitutional Rights: Magna Carta, Begum, Unison and beyond.
Chris Monaghan

Chapter 3: State Responses to Protest and Public Disorder in Times of Crisis: A Case Study on Citizenry Rights
Noel McGuirk

Chapter 4: The Aftermath of Successful Planning Claims
Alistair Mills

Chapter 5: The Right to a Fair Trial: Inadequate Disclosure and an Inadequate Response
Ed Johnston

Chapter 6: Injustice Narratives in Criminal Law: The Specific Role of Dehumanisation
Jon Hanson and Dean A. Strang

Chapter 7: Live Links and Remote Participation – Marginalising the Accused
Dan Jasinski

Chapter 8: The Courts and (in)Justice: Gendered laws and Flawed Procedures
Toby Hooper

Chapter 9: ‘You Need to Be More Professional?’ Informality, Access to Justice and Restorative Relationships Within the Justice Process. A Follow-Up
Darren McStravick

Chapter 10: Captivity and Surveillance: Punishment Is Not the Point
Dean A. Strang

Chapter 11: Human Rights and the Private Security Industry: The Need for Alignment
Brian R. Johnson

Chapter 12 Innocence Organisations: Where’s the Appeal?
Louise Hewitt and Claire McGourlay

Chapter 13: Police Officers as Citizens: Victims Rights for those Behind the Blue Line 
Michelle Clarke and Angi Hart

Chapter 14 Mind the (Disability Hate Crime) Gap: Finding Parity Beyond the Law
Louise Hewitt

Chapter 15 Decoupling Territorial Jurisdiction and the Citizen’s Right to Remain in Canadian Extradition Law
Jay De Santi

Chapter 16 Back to the Future: The Common Law and the Crackdown on the Right to Peaceful Protest 
Richard Glover

Chapter 17: Emergency by Design: Counterterrorism Law and the Normalisation of Exception in France and the UK
Noel McGuirk

Chapter 18 Parliaments and National Human Rights Institutions:  Working Together to Protect and Promote Human Rights
Franklin De Vrieze and Jonathan Murphy

Biography

Dan Jasinski is Head of School: Law, Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Northampton, UK.

Noel McGuirk is Lecturer in Law at Ulster University Law School, Northern Ireland.