Abstract Fair trial is the cornerstone of all judicial proceedings and a fundamental right guaranteeing, among other things, to interpreting those who do not understand speak language court. With outbreak COVID pandemic, courts around world struggled continue adjudication, turning solution remote hearings hybrid comply with requirements both health policy linguistic presence in proceedings. Thi...

This article discusses issues in the adjudication of child sexual abuse allegations. Such allegations may be tried in criminal court and/or civil court (in child abuse or divorce proceedings), and these forums are discussed. Often central to any of these proceedings is the necessity for a child to testify. The article reviews research about the believability of child witnesses and discusses acc...

Forensic experts should be aware of the increasing importance of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) in various legal settings. CPGs are a type of learned treatise and are accepted into court proceedings under hearsay exception provisions. The courts now use CPGs as shorthand for the standard of care in making malpractice determinations. However, medical guidelines can function as a sword or a ...

Despite a growing awareness that mistaken eyewitness identifications contribute significantly to wrongful convictions, most courts continue to apply federal Due Process criteria for admissibility of eyewitness identification that has proved useless in protecting against the use of highly unreliable evidence. In response, this article reviews the path-breaking decisions of several state supreme ...

This dissertation is a study into the casuistry of substantive international criminal law. It analyses how international criminal courts use the facts of individual cases to shape and develop individual criminal liability for international crimes – that is, war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the crime of aggression. Chapter I is the prologue to the study. It sketches the backgrou...