The Criminal Trial in Law and Discourse

By Tyrone Kirchengast

Book Overview

This book examines how the modern criminal trial is the result of competing discourses of justice, from human rights to state law and order, that allows for the consideration of key stakeholder interests, specifically those of victims, defendants, police, communities and the state.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349367516
• ISBN13: 9781349367511
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"