Fitness to plead international and comparative perspectives
Mackay, R D
Fitness to plead international and comparative perspectives - London Oxford University Press 2018 - 1 online resource. - Oxford monographs on criminal law and justice . - Oxford monographs on criminal law and justice. .
This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The law relating to fitness to plead is an increasingly important area of the criminal law. While criminalization may be justified whenever an offender commits a sufficiently serious moral wrong requiring that he or she be called to account, the doctrine of fitness to plead calls this principle into question in the case of a person who lacks the capacity or ability to participate meaningfully in a criminal trial. In light of the emerging focus on capacity-based approaches to decision-making and the international human rights requirement that the law should treat defendants fairly, this volume offers a benchmark for the theory and practice of fitness to plead, providing readers with a unique opportunity to consider differing perspectives and debate on the future development and direction of a doctrine which has up till now been under-discussed and under-researched.
Specialized.
9780191830341
Competency to stand trial--Cross-cultural studies.
K5064
345.04 / MA-F
Fitness to plead international and comparative perspectives - London Oxford University Press 2018 - 1 online resource. - Oxford monographs on criminal law and justice . - Oxford monographs on criminal law and justice. .
This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The law relating to fitness to plead is an increasingly important area of the criminal law. While criminalization may be justified whenever an offender commits a sufficiently serious moral wrong requiring that he or she be called to account, the doctrine of fitness to plead calls this principle into question in the case of a person who lacks the capacity or ability to participate meaningfully in a criminal trial. In light of the emerging focus on capacity-based approaches to decision-making and the international human rights requirement that the law should treat defendants fairly, this volume offers a benchmark for the theory and practice of fitness to plead, providing readers with a unique opportunity to consider differing perspectives and debate on the future development and direction of a doctrine which has up till now been under-discussed and under-researched.
Specialized.
9780191830341
Competency to stand trial--Cross-cultural studies.
K5064
345.04 / MA-F