Trends in Legal Advocacy: Interviews with Prosecutors and Criminal Defense Lawyers Across the Globe, Volume One

by Jane Goodman-Delahunty (Editor), Dilip K. Das (Editor)

Overview

A new installment of the series of Interviews with Global Leaders in Policing, Courts, and Prisons, this book expands upon the criminal justice coverage of earlier volumes, offering the voices of 14 lawyers from 13 diverse locales, including countries in Africa, North America, South America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. This book is intended for students and others focusing on law and legal studies, policing, psychology and law, criminology, justice studies, public policy, and for all those interested in the front lines of legal change around the world.

Featuring versatile chapters perfect for individual use or as part of a collection, this volume offers a personal approach to the legal world for students and experienced professionals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781315386287
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/06/2017
Series:	Interviews with Global Leaders in Policing, Courts, and Prisons
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Jane Goodman-Delahunty, JD, PhD, is a Research Professor at Charles Sturt University. Trained in law and experimental psychology, she joined academe in Sydney, Australia in 2001. Her research is informed by her experience as a litigator, an administrative judge with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a JAMS-Endispute mediator, a Commissioner with the New South Wales Law Reform Commission and General Member of the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal. She is an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association, a former editor of Psychology, Public Policy, & Law, and a past president of the American Psychology-Law Society and the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law. Her empirical legal studies have been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Australian Institute of Criminology, the Australian Research Council, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and the FBI High Value Detainee Group. Her research applies psychological scientific methods to promote evidence-based policies to enhance justice. She is author of over 150 scholarly books and articles.

Dilip Das is a professor of criminal justice, former police chief, founding editor-in-chief of Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, PPR, and a human rights consultant to the United Nations. After serving in the Indian Police Service for 14 years, he moved to the United States, where he later became the founding president of the International Police Executive Symposium (IPES), www.ipes.info, which is in special consultative status with the United Nations. He has authored, edited, and coedited more than 30 books and numerous articles, has received several faculty excellence awards, and was a Distinguished Faculty Lecturer.

Table of Contents

Series Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Editors
Contributors

1. Introduction to Legal Advocacy Across the GlobeJANE GOODMAN-DELAHUNTY AND DILIP K. DAS

2. Australia

The Criminal Justice Process of AustraliaANNE WALLACE

Mark Tedeschi AM QC, Senior Crown Prosecutor, SydneyANNE WALLACE

3. Belgium

The Criminal Justice Process of BelgiumNIK KIEFER

Raf Verstraeten, Attorney and Professor of Criminal Law, LeuvenNIK KIEFER

4. Bolivia

The Criminal Justice Process of Bolivia
ASTRID BIRGDEN AND LOLA ARAUJO LANGTHALER

Maria Teresa Rivero Gutierrez (Esq.), Attorney
LOLA ARAUJO LANGTHALER AND ASTRID BIRGDEN

5: Canada

The Criminal Justice Process of Canada
NIKOLAI KOVALEV

Brian H. Greenspan, Defense Counsel, Greenspan Humphrey Lavine, Toronto
NIKOLAI KOVALEV

6. China

The Criminal Justice Process of ChinaAI MA AND ZHUO ZHANG

Huisheng Zong, Senior Prosecutor of the Henan People’s Procuratorate BeijingAI MA AND ZHUO ZHANG

7. India

The Criminal Justice Process of IndiaAMITA DHANDA

Dinesh Mathur, Senior Advocate of High Court, DelhiAMITA DHANDA

8. Japan

The Criminal Justice Process of JapanMAKOTO IBUSUKI

Naoya Endo, Attorney, Fairness Law Firm, TokyoMAKOTO IBUSUKI

9. Nepal

The Criminal Justice Process of NepalDANIELLE CELERMAJER

Mandira Sharma, Lawyer and Human Rights Activist DANIELLE CELERMAJER

10. New Zealand

The Criminal Justice Process of New ZealandTARYN GUDMANZ AND PATRICIA O’SHAUGHNESSY

Mark Wilton, Principal Prosecutor, New Zealand, Police Prosecution Service, Police National Headquarters, Wellington PATRICIA O’SHAUGHNESSY

Judith Ablett-Kerr ONZM QC, Criminal Defense Lawyer, Dunedin TARYN GUDMANZ

11. South Africa

The Criminal Justice Process of South AfricaDON PINNOCK

Antoinette Ferreira, Senior State Advocate, National Prosecuting Authority, BloemfonteinDON PINNOCK

12. Sri Lanka

The Criminal Justice Process of Sri LankaSHANTI NANDANA WIJESINGHE AND MENAKA LECAMWASAM

Yasantha Kodagoda, President’s Counsel, Additional Solicitor General, Attorney-General’s Department, Colombo MENAKA LECAMWASAM AND SHANTI NANDANA WIJESINGHE

13. Thailand

The Criminal Justice Process of ThailandSARAH BISHOP AND MARK NOLAN

Yaowalak Anuphan, Thai Lawyers for Human Rights, Bangkok SARAH BISHOP AND MARK NOLAN

14. United States

The Criminal Justice Process of the United StatesMICHAEL W. GENDLER

Tom Hillier, Federal Public Defender 1982-2014, Western District of Washington, Seattle
MICHAEL W. GENDLER

15. Conclusion: Closing the Gap between Law in Action and ResearchJANE GOODMAN-DELAHUNTY AND DILIP K. DAS

References
Insrtuctions to Interviewers
International Police Executive Symposium
Index