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  • The constitutional status of the double jeopardy principle 
    Coffey, Gerard (Clarus Press on behalf of School of Law, Trinity College Dublin, 2008)
    The principle of double jeopardy operates as a proscription against retrials for the same criminal offence following a trial on the merits by a court of competent criminal jurisdiction concluding in an acquittal or ...
  • Evaluating the common law principle against retrials 
    Coffey, Gerard (Clarus Press on behalf of School of Law, Trinity College Dublin, 2007)
    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 ...
  • The influence of double jeopardy on the sentencing process 
    Coffey, Gerard (Thomson Reuters (Professional) Ireland Ltd, 2006)
    Double jeopardy jurisprudence evolved in the common law in response to the inherent deficiencies in medieval criminal procedure and the draconian punishments imposed on defendants. This common law principle proscribes ...
  • Post-acquittal retrial for serious criminal offences 
    Coffey, Gerard (Thomson Reuters (Professional) Ireland Ltd.,, 2009)
    The common law principle against double jeopardy is a proscription against retrials for the same criminal offence following a trial on the merits by a court of competent criminal jurisdiction.1 The Minister for Justice, ...
  • A review of double jeopardy law in Ireland 
    Coffey, Gerard (Thomson Reuters (Professional) Ireland, Ltd, 2016)
    Protection against retrials for the same criminal offence is a fundamental principle of criminal justice and procedure in legal systems concerned with securing due process of law. The ancient common law prohibition on ...

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