Children and cross-examination : time to change the rules? /: time to change the rules?. (2012 copyright 2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by John R. Spencer and Michael E. Lamb.
• Other Names: Spencer, John R, 1946-; Lamb, Michael E, 1953-; Advisory Group on Video Evidence.
• Contents: Introduction / J.R. Spencer -- 'Kicking and screaming' : the slow road to best evidence / Joyce Plotnikoff and Richard Woolfson -- Alternative routes : accusatorial jurisdictions on the slow road to best evidence / Emily Henderson -- Children's evidence in legal proceedings : the position in Western Australia / Hal Jackson -- Cross-examining the child complainant : rights, innovations and unfounded fears in the Australian context / Annie Cossins -- An idea whose time has come : the reform of criminal procedure for child witnesses in New Zealand / Emily Henderson -- Child witnesses in Austria / Verena Murschetz -- The position in Norway / Trond Myklebust -- Conclusions / J.R. Spencer -- The Pigot Report 1989 (reprinted).
• Publisher Details: London : Hart Publishing
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (314 pages)
• Subjects: 347.41066083; Law -- Criminal Procedure; Child witnesses -- Great Britain; Child witnesses; Cross-examination -- Great Britain; Cross-examination; Criminal procedure: law of evidence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847319562; 1847319564
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.