Law - new material (27)
01 September 1998
Public order review, Jo Cooper. Legal Action August 1998, pp17-20. This bi-annual article reviews "trends and significant developments in public order and arrest cases".
Crime and Disorder: an overview of the Bill's community-based orders and penalties, Leonard Jason-Lloyd. Police Journal Vol. LXXI, no 2 (April-June) 1998, pp117-123. Overview of some of the provisions of the Crime and Disorder Bill which takes into account a number of Home Office consultation papers.
Partners in law; System flaws; Restoring order; Words of warning and Dispatching justice, Peter Newman. Police Review 7, 14, 21, 28.8.98 and 4.9.98. These are the first five parts of a series on the Crime and Disorder Act. Part 1 "looks at how its proposals for partnership building will impact on the [police] service"; Part 2 considers the youth justice system; Part 3 "assesses the raft of orders designed to promote community safety, tackle youth crime and rehabilitate offenders"; Part 4 is on "the new system of issuing warnings and reprimands to youth offenders" and Part 5 "looks at how provisions aim to introduce fast-track prosecution of young offenders."
Speaking up for justice: report of the Interdepartmental Working Group on the treatment of vulnerable or intimidated witnesses in the criminal justice system, Interdepartmental Working Group. Home Office (June) 1998, pp268. Contains 78 recommendations.
Law lords, Clare Dyer. Guardian 5.8.98., p5. This article looks at the unaccountable "secret soundings" (or more accurately "secret chats among...senior judges") which result in the Lord Chancellor's recommendations to the Prime Minister for the names to be put forward to become a law lord, the UKs highest legal body. Dyer argues that "It's high time things changed."
A tough act to follow, Joe Tildesley. Police Vol. XXX, no. 9 (September) 1998, pp12-15. Outlines some Police Federation concerns surrounding the Crime and Disorder Act focusing on local child curfews, truancy, young offenders and finance.
Culture clash, Neil Addison. Police Review 2.10.98., pp14-16. This article looks at how the new racially-aggravated offenses provided in the Crime and Disorder Act are likely to be prosecuted.
All the right moves, Peter Neyroud. Policing Today Vol. 4, issue 3 (September) 1998, pp35-37. This piece examines how the Human Rights Bill will affect the police service and introduce "fundamental changes' to the British legal system".
Determining mode of trial in either-way cases: a consultation paper. Home Office (July) 1998, pp6.
Parliamentary debates
Human Rights Bill Commons 17.6.98. cols. 391-434
Witnesses in Criminal Trials Lords 22.6.98. cols. 87-110
Crime and Disorder Bill Commons 22.6.98. cols. 709-811
Crime and Disorder Bill Commons 23.6.98. cols. 842-951
Human Rights Bill Commons 24.6.98. cols. 1054-1143
Digital Images as Evidence: Science and Technology Committee Reports Lords 25.6.98. cols. 390-405
Human Rights Bill Commons 2.7.98. cols. 534-575
Criminal Justice Commons 21.7.98. cols. 913-928
Crime and Disorder Bill Lords 22.7.98. cols. 918-976
Crime and Disorder Bill Lords 22.7.98. cols. 992-1030