Fitness to plead [electronic resource] : international and comparative perspectives / Ronnie Mackay and Warren Brookbanks.
The law relating to fitness to plead is an increasingly important area of the criminal law. While criminalization may be justified whenever an offender commits a sufficiently serious moral wrong requiring that he or she be called to account, the doctrine of fitness to plead calls this principle into...
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| Other title: | Oxford scholarship online. |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford monographs on criminal law and criminal justice.
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| Summary: | The law relating to fitness to plead is an increasingly important area of the criminal law. While criminalization may be justified whenever an offender commits a sufficiently serious moral wrong requiring that he or she be called to account, the doctrine of fitness to plead calls this principle into question in the case of a person who lacks the capacity or ability to participate meaningfully in a criminal trial. In light of the emerging focus on capacity-based approaches to decision-making and the international human rights requirement that the law should treat defendants fairly, this volume offers a benchmark for the theory and practice of fitness to plead, providing readers with a unique opportunity to consider differing perspectives and debate on the future development and direction of a doctrine which has up till now been under-discussed and under-researched. |
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| Item Description: | This edition previously issued in print: 2018. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191830341 (ebook) : |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oso/9780198788478.001.0001 |