Professor John R Spencer
- Professor Emeritus of Law
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Research
Criminal Procedure and Criminal Evidence; Comparative law; Criminal Law; Tort and Contract; Medical Law.
President of the European Criminal Law Association (UK) (ECLA(UK)).
Research centres: Cambridge Centre for Criminal Justice (CCCJ); Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences (LML)
Publications
Selected publications
Evidence of Bad Character
Book
1 September 2016
Hart Publishing
John R Spencer
Hearsay Evidence in Criminal Proceedings
Book
1 March 2014
Hart Publishing
John R Spencer
Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law Theory and Doctrine
Book
1 August 2013
Hart Publishing
John R Spencer, A P Simester, G J Virgo, G R Sullivan, A P Simester, G J Virgo, G R Sullivan
Opting Out of EU Criminal Law: What is Actually Involved?
Journal article
1 September 2012
CELS Working Paper, New Series, No.1 (September 2012, with J Spencer and S Peers)
John R Spencer, Alicia Hinarejos, Steve Peers, Alicia Hinarejos, Steve Peers
Children and Cross-Examination
Book
1 June 2012
Hart Publishing
John R Spencer, Michael E Lamb, Michael E Lamb
Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine
Book
1 August 2010
Hart Publishing
John R Spencer, G.R. Sullivan, A.P. Simester, G.J. Virgo, G.R. Sullivan, A.P. Simester, G.J. Virgo
The victim and the public prosecutor (Chapter 6)
Chapter
1 March 2010
In Hearing the Victim, Adversarial Justice, Crime Victims and the State
John R Spencer, Bottoms, Roberts, Bottoms, Roberts
The European dimension to the release of sentenced prisoners (Chapter 2)
Chapter
1 February 2010
In
John R Spencer, Nicola Padfield, Dirk van Zyl Smit, Frieder Dünkel, Nicola Padfield, Dirk van Zyl Smit, Frieder Dünkel
Children’s evidence: the Barker case, and the case for Pigot
Journal article
1 February 2010
[2010] 3 Archbold News 5-8
John R Spencer
Criminal liability for negligence – a lesson from across the Channel?
Journal article
1 February 2010
(2010) 59 ICLQ 1-12
John R Spencer, M-A Brajeux, M-A Brajeux