Children and Cross-Examination: Time to Change the Rules? - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1849463077 ISBN 13 : 9781849463072

Editeur : Hart Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

In 2009, Stephen Barker was convicted of rape on the evidence of a little girl who was four-and-a-half years old at the trial, and about three-and-a-half when first interviewed by the police. The high point of the proceedings was the child's appearance as a live witness in order for Barker's counsel to attempt a cross-examination.

This case focused attention on the need, imposed by current English law, for even tiny children to come to court for a live cross-examination.

In 1989, the Pigot Committee proposed a scheme under which the whole of a young child's evidence, including cross-examination, would be obtained out of court and in advance of trial. In 1999 a provision designed to give effect to this was included in the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act, but it has not yet been brought into force.

The full Pigot proposal was implemented, however, in Western Australia, and similar schemes operate in a number of European jurisdictions. This book of essays examines a number of these schemes, and argues the case for further reforms in the UK.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

J R Spencer is Professor Emeritus of Law in the Law Faculty at the University of Cambridge and a Bye-Fellow at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge.

Michael E Lamb is Professor of Psychology and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, at the University of Cambridge.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hart Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1849463077
• ISBN 13: 9781849463072
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 314
• Éditeur: Spencer J R, Lamb Michael
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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