Full Description
Nicholls, Montgomery, and Knowles on The Law of Extradition and Mutual Assistance is the leading work in this complex and growing area of law. It provides a comprehensive and analytical treatment of the laws covering the extradition arrangements between the UK and other states, as well as international mutual assistance.
This edition provides an expanded discussion of the case law on human rights and an examination of the of the UK's post-Brexit extradition arrangements with the EU as well as detailed coverage of general extradition procedures. It includes detailed consideration of the interface between extradition and asylum. The fourth edition has been extensively revised to provide in-depth and practical coverage of these changes and gives the practitioner detailed guidance on the relevant provisions. Written by an expert author team, the book also includes an analysis of Interpol powers and procedures for the first time.
Contents
Part I: Extradition
1: Introduction and Overview
2: Liability To Extradition; Extradition Offences
3: Categorization Of Territories; Territorial Scope of the Extradition Act 2003
4: Initial Stages of the Extradition Process
5: The Extradition Hearing in Category 1 Cases
6: The Extradition Hearing in Category 2 Cases
7: Extradition and Human Rights
8: The Role of the Secretary of State; Deferral of Extradition
9: Appeals
10: Time for Extradition
11: Consent to Extradition; Withdrawal of Claims for Extradition
12: Inward Extradition or Return to the United Kingdom
13: Police Powers in Extradition Cases
14: Post-Surrender Matters
15: The European Arrest Warrant
16: Extradition and Assistance to International Criminal Tribunals
Part II: Mutual Assistance
17: Introduction to International Cooperation in Criminal Matters
18: UK Requests to Foreign States for Assistance
19: Requests by Foreign States to the UK for Assistance in Providing Evidence
20: International Information Systems and Mutual Legal Assistance Institutions
21: Interpol
22: Mutual Assistance in the Service of Process
23: Transfer of Prisoners to and from the UK for the Purpose of Giving Evidence and Assisting Investigations
24: Mutual Legal Assistance in Relation to Confiscation and Forfeiture
