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, 2016) 3rd Edition
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ISBN:
1509900047
ISBN 13:
9781509900046
Published Sep 2016
Hearsay Evidence in Criminal Proceedings, 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), 2013) 5th Edition
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ISBN 13:
9781849464444
Published Aug 2013
Children and Cross-Examination (with Michael E Lamb) (eds), 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), 2010) 4th Edition
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ISBN:
184113922X
ISBN 13:
9781841139227
Published Aug 2010
Evidence of Bad Character, 2009) 2nd Edition
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ISBN:
1841139815
ISBN 13:
9781841139814
Published May 2009
Hearsay Evidence in Criminal Proceedings, 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), 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), 2002)
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ISBN:
052167848X
ISBN 13:
9780521678483
Published Aug 2002
La procédure pénale anglaise (Que sais-je? series), 1998)
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Published Jan 1998
The Evidence of Children - the Law and the Psychology (with Rhona Flin), 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), 1990)
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Published Jan 1990
Jacksons Machinery of Justice in England, 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
"The problem of trans-border evidence, and European initiatives to resolve them" (2007) 9 Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies, 465-480
Citation:
(2007) 9 Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies, 465-480
Published: Mar 2007
"Quashing convictions for procedural irregularities" [2007] Criminal Law Review 835-848
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[2007] Criminal Law Review 835-848
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
Citation:
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, 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), , 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, 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, 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, 2009), pp. 523-548
"Intentional killings in French law" (with Horder), Homicide Law in Comparative Perspective, 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, 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, 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, 2005), pp. 237-283
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Pages:
237-283
ISBN 13:
978-0199278510
Published May 2005
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