In 1989, the Pigot Committee proposed a scheme in which the whole of a young child's evidence, cross-examination and all, would be obtained out of court and in advance of trial. The scheme has been implemented in full in Western Australia, but not in the UK. These essays examine this, and similar schemes, and argue for further reforms in the UK.

Using Professor Damaška's work as a backdrop, this book substantially contributes to the development of comparative law, procedure and evidence.

This book looks at studies examining the deterrents of changing the certainty of punishment and altering the severity of punishment.

Criminal procedure in the common law world is being recast in the image of human rights. These essays explore various aspects of the 'human rights revolution' in criminal evidence and procedure in Australia, Canada, England and Wales, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Ireland, Singapore, Scotland, South Africa and the USA.

This book aims to provide a self-contained but critical account of the manner in which cases are tried in England and Wales.