Obstacles to Fairness in Criminal Proceedings

John D Jackson is Professor of Comparative Criminal Law and Procedure, School of Law, University of Nottingham.Sarah J Summers is Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Zurich.

• 1. Introduction John D Jackson and Sarah J Summers2. The Character of the Right to a Fair Trial Stefan Trechsel3. Autonomy and Agency in American Criminal Process David Alan Sklansky4. Innocence, the Burden of Proof and Fairness in the Criminal Trial: Revisiting Woolmington v DPP (1935) Lindsay Farmer5. The Right of Silence in England and Wales: Sacred Cow, Sacrifi cial Lamb or Trojan Horse? Hannah Quirk6. Seeking Core Fair Trial Standards across National Boundaries: Judicial Impartiality, the Prosecutorial Role and the Right to Counsel John D Jackson and Sarah J Summers7. The Role of Counsel in Criminal Proceedings 7Wolfgang Wohlers8. ‘Falling on Deaf Ears’: Looking for the Salduz Jurisprudence in Greece Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos9. Fairness and Expediency in International Criminal Procedure Kai Ambos10. International Criminal Procedure and the False Promise of an Ideal Model of Fairness Yvonne McDermott11. Written Records of Statements and Fairness Nadja Capus12. Regulating and Limiting Plea Concessions: Towards Fairness in Charge AdjudicationRichard L Lippke13. A Fair Cop and a Fair Trial Eric J Miller14. Rights-Analysis in Addressing Pre-Trial Impropriety: An Obstacle to FairnessKelly M Pitcher15. Fairness in Criminal Proceedings: Concluding Thoughts and Further Questions RA Duff