1st Edition

Fitness To Plead In England And Wales

By Donald Grubin Copyright 1996
144 Pages
by Psychology Press

144 Pages
by Psychology Press

141 Pages
by Psychology Press

The concept of fitness to plead has its origins in the medieval courts of England, where the ritual of court proceedings demanded that accused individuals respond to the charges against them. Being fit to plead, however, has involved into a fundamental principle of British law and those legal systems that have evolved from it, and it is now associated with the principle of a fair trial. But in... Read more
Historical background and legislation; review of the research and literature; methodology; results; discussion; conclusion and recommendations.

Biography

Don Crubin