Michael Naughton
Teoksen Rethinking Miscarriages of Justice: Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg (Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific) tekijä
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Michael Naughton is founder and Director of the Innocence Network UK (INUK) and the University of Birstol Innocence Project (UoBIP) and Senior Lecturer in the School of Law and Department of Sociology at the University of Bristol, Uk.
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Arguing that the criminal justice process itself causes miscarriages of justice, and can prevent the overturning of convictions, Naughton interprets error as the norm - a mundane feature that is an inbuilt part of the legal system. Further, by redefining the term 'miscarriage of justice' he shows how it can be applied to thousands of cases per year. Extending previous analyses of the forms of harm that miscarriages of justice cause, this study explores the impact on a range of victims - direct and indirect - and their wider effect on society as a whole. Previous attempts to reform the system to prevent miscarriages of justice and their consequences have proved unsuccessful and here, Naughton provides an explanation of why they have failed and provides a new perspective on the ways to prevent mistakes occurring. Providing a much-needed critical appraisal of a fundamental aspect of the legal system, this book, now in paperback and with a new Foreword, will have a dramatic impact on the way we think about criminal justice.… (lisätietoja)