Criminal Law Casebook - Developments in leading appellate courts

Aimed at promoting the study of technical aspects of criminal law and procedure, this site considers selected cases from the top appeal courts of Australia, Canada, the UK, the USA, the European Court of Human Rights and New Zealand. From August 2004 there have been approximately 800 entries, including book reviews.

Friday, August 27, 2004

Is partial fairness acceptable?

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In USA v Barnette [2004] UKHL 37 (22 July 2004) the House of Lords considered the problem of whether a judgment from a foreign court should...

Thursday, August 26, 2004

Personal searches on suspicion

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The common law has constrained the ability of police officers to search suspects, the greatest power being in relation to suspects who have ...

Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Eroding jury unanimity

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In R v Siloata 14/7/04, CA477/03 the NZCA held that when the presumption of purpose of supply applies upon proof that the accused had posse...

Information obtained by torture

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In A and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] EWCA Civ 1123 (11 August 2004) it was recognised that the Court may per...

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Don Mathias: I practised as a barrister from December 1978 to retirement in February 2018. In 1980 I completed my PhD in criminal law. I have taught Advanced Criminal Law at the University of Auckland, and I wrote "Misuse of Drugs", our textbook on drug offences published by Thomson Reuters NZ Ltd. I was a contributing and updating author of "Adams on Criminal Law", and co-author of the first three editions of "Criminal Procedure in New Zealand" (Thomson Reuters, 3rd ed 2019).

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