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020			_a9781509937868 _q(online)
020			_a9781509937844 _q(ePub)
020			_z9781509956777 _q(softback)
020			_z9781509937837 _q(hardback)
024	7		_a10.5040/9781509937868 _2doi
035			_a(OCoLC)1290890721
040			_aCaBNVSL _beng _erda _cCaBNVSL _dCaBNVSL
043			_ae-uk-en
050		4	_aKD512 _b.W43 2022eb
082	0	4	_a340.11 _223
100	1		_aWelsh, Lucy, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAccess to justice in magistrates' courts : _ba study of defendant marginalisation / _cLucy Welsh.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aLondon [England] : _bHart Publishing, _c2022
264		2	_a[London, England] : _bBloomsbury Publishing, _c2022
300			_a1 online resource (240 pages).
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
505	0		_a1. Introduction -- 2. Political philosophy and access to justice -- 3. The Culture of Summary Criminal Justice -- 4. The Legalisation of Summary Criminal Justice -- 5. Changes to legal aid and lawyer behaviour -- 6. Conclusion
506			_aAbstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers.
520			_a"This book examines access to justice in summary criminal proceedings by considering the ability of defendants to play an active and effective role in the process. 'Access to justice' refers not just to the availability of legally aided representation, but also to the ability of defendants to understand and effectively participate in summary criminal proceedings more generally. It remains a vital principle of justice that justice should not only be done, but should also be seen to be done by all participants in the process. The book is based on socio-legal research. The study is ethnographic, based on observation conducted in four magistrates' courts in South East England and interviews with both defence lawyers and Crown prosecutors. Setting out an argument that defendants have always been marginalised through particular features of magistrates' court proceedings (such as courtroom layout and patterns of behaviour among the professional workgroups in court), the political climate in relation to defendants and access to justice that has persisted since 2010 has further undermined the ability of defendants to play an active role in the process. Ultimately, this book argues that recent governments have demanded ever more efficiency and cost saving in criminal justice. In that context, principles that contribute to access to justice for defendants have been seriously undermined."-- _cProvided by publisher.
532	0		_aCompliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
650		0	_aSummary proceedings _zEngland.
650		0	_aLegal aid _zEngland.
650		0	_aDiscrimination in justice administration _zEngland.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781509956777
856	4	0	_3Abstract with links to full text _uhttps://doi.org/10.5040/9781509937868?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections _qtext/html
975			_aHart Publishing 2022
999			_c10704 _d10704