jrs1000@cam.ac.uk
Professor Emeritus of Law
MA (Cambridge), LL.B. (Cambridge), LL.D. (Cambridge), KC (honoris causa)
Interests
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 and interest groups
Publications
Books
Evidence of Bad Character (Hart Publishing, 2016) 3rd Edition
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ISBN:
1509900047
ISBN 13:
9781509900046
Published Sep 2016
Hearsay Evidence in Criminal Proceedings (Hart Publishing, 2014) 2nd Edition
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ISBN 13:
9781849464635
Published Mar 2014
Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law Theory and Doctrine (with A P Simester, G J Virgo, G R Sullivan) (Hart, 2013) 5th Edition
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ISBN 13:
9781849464444
Published Aug 2013
Children and Cross-Examination (with Michael E Lamb) (eds) (Hart Publishing, 2012)
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ISBN 13:
9781849463072
Published Jun 2012
Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine (with G.R. Sullivan, A.P. Simester and G.J. Virgo) (Hart Publishing, 2010) 4th Edition
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ISBN:
184113922X
ISBN 13:
9781841139227
Published Aug 2010
Evidence of Bad Character (Hart Publishing, 2009) 2nd Edition
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ISBN:
1841139815
ISBN 13:
9781841139814
Published May 2009
Hearsay Evidence in Criminal Proceedings (Hart Publishing, 2008)
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ISBN:
1841138126
ISBN 13:
9781841138121
Published May 2008
Freedom and Responsibility in Reproductive Choice (with Antje du Bois-Pedain) (eds) (Hart Publishing, 2006)
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ISBN:
1841135828
ISBN 13:
9781841135823
Published Apr 2006
European Criminal Procedures (An English version of (ed. Delmas-Marty) Procédures pénales d’Europe (1995) (with Mireille Delmas-Marty) (eds) (Cambridge University Press, 2002)
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ISBN:
052167848X
ISBN 13:
9780521678483
Published Aug 2002
La procédure pénale anglaise (Que sais-je? series) (Presses universitaires de France, 1998)
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Published Jan 1998
The Evidence of Children - the Law and the Psychology (with Rhona Flin) (Blackstone Press, 1993) 2nd Edition
Children's Evidence in Legal Proceedings - an International Perspective. (Collected papers from an international conference on children's evidence; published and distributed by the Law Faculty, 1990.) (with Bull, Flin and Nicholson (Eds)) (eds) (Faculty of Law, Cambridge, 1990)
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Published Jan 1990
Jacksons Machinery of Justice in England (Cambridge University Press, 1989) 8th Edition
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ISBN:
0521317673
ISBN 13:
9780521317672
Published Jan 1989
Articles
"Opting Out of EU Criminal Law: What is Actually Involved?" CELS Working Paper, New Series, No.1 (September 2012, with J Spencer and S Peers)
Citation:
CELS Working Paper, New Series, No.1 (September 2012, with J Spencer and S Peers)
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Published: Sep 2012
"Children’s evidence: the Barker case, and the case for Pigot" [2010] 3 Archbold News 5-8
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[2010] 3 Archbold News 5-8
Published: Feb 2010
"Criminal liability for negligence – a lesson from across the Channel?" (2010) 59 ICLQ 1-12
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(2010) 59 ICLQ 1-12
Published: Feb 2010
"Squaring up to Strasbourg: Horncastle in the Supreme Court" [2010] 1 Archbold News, 6-9
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[2010] 1 Archbold News, 6-9
Published: Jan 2010
"People-trafficking: some reflections on the EU legislation, and its implementation in the UK" (2009) 11 Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies, ch.7, pp.189-210
Citation:
(2009) 11 Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies, ch.7, pp.189-210
Published: Mar 2009
"Implementing the European Arrest Warrant: a tale of how not to do it" (2009) 30(3) Statute Law Review, 184-202
Citation:
(2009) 30(3) Statute Law Review, 184-202
Published: Mar 2009
"The drafting of criminal justice legislation – need it be so impenetrable?" [2008] Cambridge Law Journal 585-605
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[2008] Cambridge Law Journal 585-605
Published: Mar 2008
"Quashing convictions for procedural irregularities" [2007] Criminal Law Review 835-848
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[2007] Criminal Law Review 835-848
Published: Mar 2007
"The problem of trans-border evidence, and European initiatives to resolve them" (2007) 9 Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies, 465-480
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(2007) 9 Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies, 465-480
Published: Mar 2007
"L’intégration des droits européens en droit britannique" [2006] Revue des sciences criminelles 537-550
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[2006] Revue des sciences criminelles 537-550
Published: Mar 2006
"Does our present criminal appeal system make sense?" [2006] Criminal Law Review 677-694
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[2006] Criminal Law Review 677-694
Published: Mar 2006
"An academic critique of the EU acquis in relation to trans-border evidence-gathering" ERA Forum, Special Issue 2005, 28-40
Citation:
ERA Forum, Special Issue 2005, 28-40
Published: Mar 2005
"The Sexual Offences Act 2003: child and family offences" [2004] Criminal Law Review 328-360
Citation:
[2004] Criminal Law Review 328-360
Published: Mar 2004
"Liability for reckless infection" (2004) 154 New Law Journal 384-385, 448, 471.
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(2004) 154 New Law Journal 384-385, 448, 471.
Published: Mar 2004
"The European Arrest Warrant" (2003-4) 7 Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies 201-217
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(2003-4) 7 Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies 201-217
Published: Mar 2003
"The case for a Code of Criminal Procedure" [2000] Criminal Law Review 519-531
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[2000] Criminal Law Review 519-531
Published: Mar 2000
"The Corpus Juris project - has it a future?" (1999) Volume 2 Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies 355
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(1999) Volume 2 Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies 355
Published: Mar 1999
"The Corpus Juris project and the fight against budgetary Fraud" 1998 volume 1 Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies 77-105 (1999)
Citation:
1998 volume 1 Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies 77-105 (1999)
Published: Mar 1998
"Experts: can England Learn a Lesson from France?" 1992 vol. 45 Current Legal Problems 213-236
Citation:
1992 vol. 45 Current Legal Problems 213-236
Published: Mar 1992
"Public Nuisance: a Critical Examination" 1989 Cambridge Law Journal 55-84
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1989 Cambridge Law Journal 55-84
Published: Mar 1989
"Motor-cars and the Rule in Rylands v. Fletcher: a Chapter of Accidents in the History of Law and Motoring" 1983 Cambrdge Law Journal 65-84
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1983 Cambrdge Law Journal 65-84
Published: Mar 1983
"Criminal Law and Criminal Appeals - the Tail that Wags the Dog" 1982 Criminal Law Review 260-282
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1982 Criminal Law Review 260-282
Published: Mar 1982
"The Mishandling of Handling" 1981 Criminal Law Review 682-687
Citation:
1981 Criminal Law Review 682-687
Published: Mar 1981
"The Metamorphosis of s.6 of the Theft Act" 1977 Criminal Law Review 653-660
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1977 Criminal Law Review 653-660
Published: Mar 1977
"Signature, Consent and the Rule in L' Estrange v. Graucob" 1973 Cambridge Law Journal 104-122
Citation:
1973 Cambridge Law Journal 104-122
Published: Mar 1973
Book Chapters
"The victim and the public prosecutor (Chapter 6)" (with Bottoms and Roberts), Hearing the Victim, Adversarial Justice, Crime Victims and the State (Willan Publishing, 2010), pp. 141-162
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Pages:
141-162
ISBN 13:
978-1-84392-272-8
Published Mar 2010
"The European dimension to the release of sentenced prisoners (Chapter 2)" (with Nicola Padfield, Dirk van Zyl Smit and Frieder Dünkel), (Willan Publishing, 2010), pp. 9-46
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Pages:
9-46
ISBN 13:
978-1-84392-741-9
Published Feb 2010
"The Criminal Law (Chapter 32)" (with Blom-Cooper, Dickson and Drewry), The Judicial House of Lords 1876-2009 (OUP, 2009), pp. 594-612
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Pages:
594-612
ISBN 13:
978-0199532711
Published Aug 2009
"Chapter on the law of the UK in relation to people-trafficking" (with Weyembergh and Santamaria), The Evolution of European Criminal Law (IEE, 2009), pp. 342-377
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Pages:
342-377
ISBN 13:
9782800414379
Published Mar 2009
"Chapter on the United Kingdom" (with Vernimmen-van Tiggelen, Surano and Weyembergh), The future of mutual recognition in criminal matters in the European Union (IEE, 2009), pp. 523-548
"Intentional killings in French law" (with Horder), Homicide Law in Comparative Perspective (Hart Publishing, 2007), pp. 39-53
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Pages:
39-53
ISBN 13:
9781841136967
Published Dec 2007
"English law" (with Giudicelli-Delage), Le droit pénal des affaires (PUF, 2006), pp. 62-116
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Pages:
62-116
ISBN 13:
978-2130555537
Published Mar 2006
"La réception du mandat d’arrêt européen au Royaume Uni" (with Marie-Elisabeth Cartier), Le mandat d’arrêt européen (Bruylant, 2005), pp. 186-199
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Pages:
186-199
Published Jun 2005
"Approaches to strict and constructive liability in continental criminal law" (with Andrew Simester), Appraising Strict Liability (OUP, 2005), pp. 237-283
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Pages:
237-283
ISBN 13:
978-0199278510
Published May 2005
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