The Administration of Justice in Criminal Matters: In England and Wales (The Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Reissue, 6/30/2011
EAN 9781107401822, ISBN10: 1107401828
Paperback, 168 pages, 20.3 x 12.7 x 1.1 cm
Language: English
Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. The Administration of Justice in Criminal Matters (in England and Wales) by G. Glover Alexander was first published in 1911. It presents a concise examination of the criminal justice system and the manner and method of its operation at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Part I
1. Criminal Justice
Section 1. Police Courts, or Petty Sessions
2. The duties of Justices of the Peace
3. The preliminary examination, before magistrates, of persons accused of grave crimes
4. The summary jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace
5. Summary jurisdiction in certain indictable cases
6. Right of trial by jury
7. Powers of one Justice acting alone
8. Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in civil matters
9. Affiliation orders
10. Separation orders under S. J. (M. W.) Act, 1895
11. Appeals from Justices of the Peace
12. General observations on powers and duties of Justices of the Peace
Part II
Section 2. Quarter Sessions
Section 3. Assizes
13. The Central Criminal Court
14. The Grand Jury
15. The Indictment
16. The Coroner's Inquest
17. The Petty Jury, of Jury of Trial
18. The order of a criminal trial
Section 4. The High Court
Section 5. The Court of Criminal Appeal
Section 6. The House of Lords as a Criminal Court
19. The Attorney General, the Solicitor General, the Director of Public Prosecutions
Part III
20. Recent legislation
21. The Probation of Offenders Act, 1907
22. The Prevention of Crime Act, 1908
23. The Children Act, 1908
24. Statistics
Appendixes.