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Commentary On "Prosecutions, Politics And The Public Interest: Some Recent Developments In The United Kingdom, Canada And Elsewhere", Mary Condon
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Professor Stenning is to be congratulated for providing a fresh and timely perspective on some crucial dilemmas of prosecutorial decision-making, and for grounding his incisive analysis in a close discussion of a particularly provocative case emerging from the U.K. House of Lords in 2008. The core conundrum he addresses in his paper is the long-standing one of what should be the contours of the role played by a jurisdiction's Attorney General in prosecutorial decision-making. The context here is one in which attorneys general have multiple and significant responsibilities in governmental arenas. Specifically, he poses two questions about the Attorney General's …
Criminal Justice Law Reform: Stealing A Page From The American Playbook, James Stribopoulos
Criminal Justice Law Reform: Stealing A Page From The American Playbook, James Stribopoulos
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Criminal justice law reform is a major component of the Federal Government's current legislative agenda. Unfortunately, instead of basing reforms on criminological research or the advice of experts, our current Government, by its own admission, is far more interested in what ordinary Canadians think about the criminal justice system.