1st Edition
Criminal Defence at Police Stations A Comparative and Empirical Study
By Anna Pivaty
Copyright 2020
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Criminal defence at the investigative stage has attracted growing attention due to the shifting focus of the criminal process onto pre-trial stages, and the recent European regulations adopted in this area. Increasingly, justice practitioners and legislators across the EU have begun to realise that ‘the trial takes place at the police station’. This book provides a comprehensive legal, empirical... Read more
1. Introduction;
2. The Role of a Defence Lawyer at the Investigative Stage: The View from Europe;
3. The Netherlands: Lawyer as ‘Trusted Person’ and Provider of Information;
4. England and Wales: Lawyer as Advisor and Provider of ‘Active Defence';
5. The Influence of Legal Procedural Traditions: Observations from the Field;
6. The Influence of Contemporary Criminal Justice Policies;
7. The Influence of Occupational Cultures of Lawyers;
8. Concluding Remarks;
Appendix: Notes on the Research Methodology
Biography
Anna Pivaty is postdoctorate researcher at the Faculty of Law, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands.
