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Evidence of Bad Character
Professor John R Spencer
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Hearsay Evidence in Criminal Proceedings
Professor John R Spencer
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Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law Theory and Doctrine
Professor John R Spencer
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Opting Out of EU Criminal Law: What is Actually Involved?
Professor John R Spencer
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Children and Cross-Examination
Professor John R Spencer
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Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine
Professor John R Spencer
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Hearing the Victim, Adversarial Justice, Crime Victims and the State
Professor John R Spencer
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Children’s evidence: the Barker case, and the case for Pigot
Professor John R Spencer
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Criminal liability for negligence – a lesson from across the Channel?
Professor John R Spencer
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Squaring up to Strasbourg: Horncastle in the Supreme Court
Professor John R Spencer
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The Judicial House of Lords 1876-2009
Professor John R Spencer
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The Evolution of European Criminal Law
Professor John R Spencer
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The future of mutual recognition in criminal matters in the European Union
Professor John R Spencer
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People-trafficking: some reflections on the EU legislation, and its implementation in the UK
Professor John R Spencer
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Implementing the European Arrest Warrant: a tale of how not to do it
Professor John R Spencer
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The drafting of criminal justice legislation – need it be so impenetrable?
Professor John R Spencer
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Homicide Law in Comparative Perspective
Professor John R Spencer
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