The Special Criminal Court: Practice and Procedure: : Alice Harrison: Bloomsbury Professional

The Special Criminal Court: Practice and Procedure

Description

The Special Criminal Court: Practice and Procedure compiles procedural and evidential rules in a coherent and accessible way together with a comprehensive analysis of the offences typically tried before SCC. In light of the fact that the Special Criminal Court is a creature of statute the procedural rules are extraordinarily specific and this title sets these out in a comprehensive and articulate manner so that they are accessible and useful to the practitioner. A relevant body of case law that has built up over the years is also examined in this title including decisions of the Irish courts as well as relevant decisions of the European Court of Human Rights.

Chapter 1: Historical and Political Background
Chapter 2: The Special Criminal Court, the Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights
Chapter 3: Procedure in the Special Criminal Court
Chapter 4: Investigative Powers
Chapter 5: Surveillance, Intelligence Operations and Communications Interception
Chapter 6: Membership of an Unlawful Organisation and Related Offences
Chapter 7: Accomplices and Protected Witnesses
Chapter 8: Disclosure and Privilege
Chapter 9: Organised Crime and Non-Subversive Offences
APPENDICES
1. Schedule of Offences
2. Offences Against the State Act 1939
3. Offences Against The State (Amendment) Act 1972
4. Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998
5. Offences Against the State Acts 1939 to 1998 Special Criminal Court No. 1 [2] Rules 2016
6. Green Street Courthouse: A Brief History

Product details

Published	26 Sep 2019
Format	Ebook (PDF)
Edition	1st
Extent	464
ISBN	9781780439099
Imprint	Bloomsbury Professional
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Alice Harrison

Alice Harrison BL M.Phil LLB is a practicing barri…

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Anthology Editor

Úna Ní Raifeartaigh

Una Ní Raifeartaigh, BCL, BL, has been a Court of…

Anthology Editor

Michael Bowman SC

The author has considered the court, and the voluminous jurisprudence relating to it, from every conceivable angle. There are chapters devoted to the historical and political background, and to the various (and largely unsuccessful) challenges to the Offences against the State regime. Every legal point and practice direction has been painstakingly pored over. In addition, the author has gathered material that is not readily accessible elsewhere: to give the most comprehensive overview she has sourced transcripts of trials and newspaper reports so that key ex tempore rulings are drawn together most usefully.

Rebecca Coen, Irish Jurist, Vol LXV