Description
Criminal Procedure in New Zealand is the leading text on understanding and applying the Criminal Procedure Act 2011. It provides expert analysis and guidance on case law, how the Act operates in practice, and the relationship it has with other statutes that impact the criminal process of criminal cases.
First published in 2013, this book is comprehensively cross-referenced and organised in a format that guides the reader through all major aspects of criminal procedure. As with previous editions, Criminal Procedure in New Zealand (4th edition) provides an updated examination of the new procedures that have been the subject of judicial decision, elucidation or comment; legislative developments; and practical issues that arise in court. Key legislative developments since the third edition include the commencement of the Sexual Violence Legislation Act 2021, the Rights for Victims of Insane Offenders Act 2021, the Security Information in Proceedings (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2022 and the repeal of the Three Strikes Legislation.
Criminal Procedure in New Zealand (4th edition) is written by two of New Zealand’s criminal procedure specialists, whose combined perspectives on the law in this area provide a text which is both practical and scholarly and is a must have for criminal lawyers, the judiciary, researchers and students of criminal law.
Table of Contents
Authors
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Initiation of Prosecutions
Chapter 3 From Initiation of Proceedings to First Appearance
Chapter 4 First Appearance, Bail, Suppression Orders and Fitness to Plead and to Stand Trial
Chapter 5 Initial Case Management and Procedure — Disclosure and Sentence Indications
Chapter 6 Pleas
Chapter 7 Pre-trial Evidence Issues
Chapter 8 Pre-trial Procedural Issues
Chapter 9 Course of Trial
Chapter 10 Determining the Facts
Chapter 11 Duties of Counsel Before and at Trial
Chapter 12 Possible Retrials Following an Acquittal
Chapter 13 Sentencing Process and Related Issues
Chapter 14 Appeals
Chapter 15 Youth Justice
Chapter 16 Restorative Justice
Chapter 17 Victims in the Criminal Justice Process
Appendix
Table of Statutes and Regulations
Table of Cases
Index
Criminal Law
