Full Description
If you could change one part of the criminal law, what would it be? Following the success of the 1st volume, the same question is put to a new selection of leading academics and practitioners.
The first eight chapters of the collection present their responses in the form of legal reform proposals, with topics ranging across criminal law, criminal justice and evidence - including corporate liability, consent to bodily harms, prostitution, domestic abuse, economic crimes, defendant anonymity, appeal court structures and the procedures of the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
Each chapter is followed by a comment from a different author, providing an additional expert view on each proposal. Finally, the last two chapters broaden the debate to discuss criminal law reform in general, from the challenges of decriminalisation to exploring the systemic dynamics of centralisation, austerity and politicisation. The collection highlights and explores the current reform debates that matter most to legal experts, with each chapter making a positive case for change.
Contents
Introduction: Criminal Law Reform Now in 2024
Melissa Bone (University of Leicester, UK), JJ Child (University of Birmingham, UK) and Jonathan Rogers (University of Cambridge, UK)
1. Two Proposed Reforms to the Present System of Criminal Appeals
(P) Paul Jarvis (Barrister and CLRNN Committee Member, UK)
(R) Paul Roberts (University of Nottingham, UK)
2. Decriminalisation of Prostitution
(P) Tanya Palmer (University of Sussex, UK)
(R) Ronald Weitzer (George Washington University, USA)
3. Senior Corporate Managers' Criminal Liability for the Crimes of Employees or Agents
(P) Jeremy Horder (London School of Economics, UK) and Gabriele Watts (Lincoln's Inn, UK)
(R) Alison Cronin (Bournemouth University, UK)
4. A One-sided Coin? Attributing Agency and Responsibility in Contexts of Coercive Control
(P) Vanessa Bettinson (Leicester De Montfort University, UK), Vanessa E Munro (University of Warwick, UK) and Nicola Wake (University of Northumbria, UK)
(R) Paramjit Ahluwalia (1 Pump Court Chambers, UK)
5. Post Appeal Decision-Making: Reforming the Powers of the Criminal Cases Review Commission
(P) Lucy Welsh (University of Sussex, UK)
(R) John Curtis (The Criminal Cases Review Commission, UK) and Miles Trent (The Criminal Cases Review Commission, UK)
6. Consent to Bodily Harm and the 'Public Interest'
(P) Daniel Bansal (University of Leicester, UK) and Tracey Elliott (University of Leicester, UK)
(R) Michelle Madden Dempsey (Villanova University, USA)
7. Is it Time for the Next Seminal Economic Crime Statute? Modernising and Simplifying Tax Evasion Offences in the UK
(P) Sam Bourton (University of the West of England, UK)
(R) Jonathan Fisher KC (Red Lion Chambers, UK)
8. Anonymity, Criminal Suspicion, and Mud that Sticks
(P) Joe Purshouse (University of Sheffield, UK)
(R) Monica Stevenson (25 Bedford Row, UK) and Matthew Dyson (University of Oxford, UK)
9. Challenges in Decriminalising Simple Drug Possession
Douglas Husak (Rutgers University, USA)
10. Dynamics and Drivers for Change in the Criminal Justice System
Stephen Wooler (Barrister and CLRNN Committee Member, UK)
