Tittel: | Reforming Scottish Criminal Procedure: In Search of Process Values |
Ansvar: | Pamela R. Ferguson |
Forfatter: | Ferguson, Pamela R. ![](App_Themes/Common/Help.png) |
Materialtype: | Artikkel - elektronisk |
Signatur: | Bergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice |
Utgitt: | Bergen : Universitetet i Bergen, 2016 |
Omfang: | S. 167-195 |
ISBN/ISSN: | 1894-4183 |
Serie: | Bergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice ; 2/2016 ![](App_Themes/Common/Help.png) |
Geografiske emneord: | Skottland |
Note: | Open access.
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Innhold: | Recent proposals to reform Scottish criminal procedure are motivated by considerations of efficiency and accurate fact-finding, and there is little attempt to offer a normative account. This paper describes these proposals and contends that their emphasis on finding ‘the truth’ is misplaced on two distinct bases: (1) it equates erroneous acquittals to wrongful convictions, thus fails to uphold a fundamental tenet of criminal procedure, namely the particular importance of protecting the innocent against wrongful conviction; and (2) it fails to recognise the importance of non-instrumental process values which are at the heart of the adversarial criminal trial. The paper suggests that it is only by adhering to these process values that the state maintains – and demonstrates that it maintains – its moral authority to condemn and punish offenders. |
Del av verk: | Bergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice 2/2016 (Vol. 4) |