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Putting victims and witnesses at the heart of the justice system? : the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill
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Chalmers, James, Keane, Eamon P. H., Leverick, Fiona and Munro, Vanessa (2023) Putting victims and witnesses at the heart of the justice system? : the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill. Criminal Law Review, 2023 (11). pp. 709-730. ISSN 0011-135X.
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Abstract
Discusses the background to the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill 2023, its revised approach to prosecuting sexual offences, and controversies surrounding its key provisions, including abolition of the "not proven" verdict, and the pilot scheme to try rape cases without a jury.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | K Law [LC] > KD England and Wales > KDC Scotland K Law [Moys] > KF Common Law, British Isles > KF Scotland |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Sex crimes -- Law and legislation -- Scotland | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Criminal Law Review | ||||||
Publisher: | Sweet & Maxwell Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 0011-135X | ||||||
Official Date: | 21 December 2023 | ||||||
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Volume: | 2023 | ||||||
Number: | 11 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 709-730 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Re-use Statement: | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Criminal Law Review following peer review. The definitive published version Chalmers, James, Keane, Eamon P. H., Leverick, Fiona and Munro, Vanessa (2023) Putting victims and witnesses at the heart of the Justice System? The Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill. Criminal Law Review (11). pp. 709-730. ISSN 0011-135X. (In Press) is available online on Westlaw UK or from Thomson Reuters DocDel service | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Closed Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 20 November 2023 | ||||||
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