Description
Description
Criminal Litigation and Sentencing gives the reader a detailed understanding of the key laws, rules, and procedures underpinning the criminal justice system from arrest and charge of a suspect, to trial, sentencing, and appeal. Prosecution cases in the magistrates’, Crown, youth, and appellant courts are each fully covered.
- Provides an excellent introduction to the legal framework underpinning all aspects of the criminal justice system from arrest and charge of a suspect, through to trial, appeal, and sentencing
- Clearly examines the procedures applicable in each of the criminal courts, ensuring that trainee barristers are able to effectively prepare and conduct hearings in the magistrates’, Crown, and youth courts
- Written with the requirements of the Bar course in mind, but also suitable for pupil barristers and new practitioners
New to this edition
- Fully updated to reflect recent developments in practice and the law
Table of Contents
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- 1:Introduction
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- 2:Preliminaries
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- 3:Bail
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- 4:Classification of offences and mode of trial
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- 5:Summary trial
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- 6:Youth court trials
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- 7:Sending cases to the Crown court
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- 8:Appeals from decisions of magistrates
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- 9:Disclosure
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- 10:Indictments
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- 11:Crown Court trial
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- 12:Appeals to the Court of Appeal
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- 13:Procedure between conviction and sentence
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- 14:The principle of sentencing
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- 15:Non-custodial sentences
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- 16:Custodial sentences
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- 17:Sentencing young offenders
