The case for the right to silence /

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Author / Creator:Easton, Susan M.
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Aldershot ; Brookfield, USA : Ashgate, c1998.
Description:xiii, 313 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Avebury series in philosophy
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3300271
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Other uniform titles:Easton, Susan M. Right to silence.
ISBN:1859721869
Notes:Rev. ed. of: The right to silence. c1991.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-301) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The history and development of the law on the right to silence
  • 2. Proposals for reform: the debate on the right to silence
  • 3. The right to silence in Northern Ireland
  • 4. The right to silence in modern conditions: the impact of PACE
  • 5. The right to silence and the protection of the guilty
  • 6. Justifications of the right to silence: rights versus utility
  • 7. The privilege against self-incrimination in the United States
  • 8. Bodily samples and the privilege against self-incrimination
  • 9. Infringing and waiving the right to silence
  • 10. Miscarriages of justice.