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Legitimating Criminal Justice Through Community Engagement: Lessons From The Jury Experience, Mark Findlay Nov 2008

Legitimating Criminal Justice Through Community Engagement: Lessons From The Jury Experience, Mark Findlay

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

Fundamentally justifying the jury is the opportunity it provides for community participation in criminal justice and the legitimation function that offers. Indeed, a strong political motivation for the recent introduction of jury trial in several transitional jurisdictions is the public confidence it transfers to the system at large. Recent research on juror comprehension and satisfaction suggests the possibility of interrogating the participation/confidence nexus more intricately. This note argues that it is the quality of the participation and the participant satisfaction which eventuates that predicts juror confidence. Where the legitimacy of criminal justice through juror participation is to be maximised then …


Global Terror And Organised Crime: Symbiotic Or Synonymous, Mark Findlay Jun 2008

Global Terror And Organised Crime: Symbiotic Or Synonymous, Mark Findlay

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

This paper is not a detailed denial of the difference between organised crime as the aggregation of illicit wealth, and terrorism which may not be concerned with economic profit. It takes as given the primary political context for terrorism and the enterprise environment of organised crime.


Juror Comprehension And The Hard Case: Making Forensic Evidence Simpler, Mark Findlay Mar 2008

Juror Comprehension And The Hard Case: Making Forensic Evidence Simpler, Mark Findlay

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

The complexity/comprehension nexus as it impacts on juror decision-making is addressed in the particular context of prosecution-led DNA evidence. Such evidence is for jurors the subject of pre-trial preconceptions, and is notoriously difficult to present and argue before a jury. The article looks at the comprehension of forensic evidence by jurors, a task qualified by the opinion of legal professionals whose responsibility it is to present and interpret such evidence in adversarial contexts.Jurors were surveyed post-verdict in trials where forensic evidence featured in circumstantial cases. These insights into comprehension were qualified by contesting views of legal professionals, and critical reflections …


Amicus Curiae Brief Relating To The Appeal Challenging The Order Of Provisional Detention Of 14 November 2007, Mahdev Mohan, Vinita Mohan Feb 2008

Amicus Curiae Brief Relating To The Appeal Challenging The Order Of Provisional Detention Of 14 November 2007, Mahdev Mohan, Vinita Mohan

2008 Asian Business & Rule of Law initiative

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