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Foreword The absence of reliable, comprehensive information on deaths in custody within this jurisdiction has long stuck me as lamentable. This project emerged from a conversa-tion between Prof. Shane Kilcommins and me ...

White-collar crime has become an area of significant interest for academics, practitioners, policy makers, and those with an interest in corporate affairs. However, this sudden surge of interest lacks a tradition of ...

This paper considers the scope of the range of protected victim categories in hate crime legislation, and considers the application of the principle of certainty in this context.

This chapter documents some of the legislative and policy developments relating to victims’ rights in Ireland, Internationally, there has been growing recognition of the interests and needs of victims in the criminal justice ...

In the past decade there have been a number of judicial review cases involving sports governing bodies in Ireland. While the courts have been willing to hear such cases, it has been repeatedly emphasised that judicial ...

DNA profiling has become synonymous with modern criminal investigation. Since its discovery in 1984 its rapid acceptance into the criminal process has been ‗driven‘ by its exciting potential: inter alia, its ability to ...

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There are many possible reasons for controlling market power. While in the United States the efficiency argument appears to have prevailed1, in the EU Treaty motivations such as political freedom are seen side by side with ...

The common law principle against retrials, generally referred to as “the rule against double jeopardy,” proscribes retrials for the same criminal offence following a trial on the merits by a court of competent criminal ...