Book Review: Compensation for Criminal Injuries
| Published date | 01 May 1991 |
| Date | 01 May 1991 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002201839105500211 |
| Subject Matter | Book Review |
BOOK
REVIEWS
Evidence and Advocacy by
PETER
MURPHY
and
DAVID
BARNARD.
Blackstone Press. Price £10.95
This
book,
now in its third edition, is aimed at
the
newly
qualified practitioner and the law student.
It
considers
the
rules
of evidence likely to be
encountered
in the preparation
and
presentation of cases.
The
early chapters therefore examine the
essentials of the subject as they apply in
both
the
criminal and
civil jurisdictions. These will act as an aide-memoire, and
encourage the
reader
to look to weightier reference works where
further research is appropriate.
The
later chapters give a great
deal of assistance in resolving practical issues such as which
witnesses should be called
and
their competence or compellability,
and
then
look at the process by which criminal and civil cases
should ideally be
prepared,
and
the
manner
in which they
should be put before the court.
The
appendix provides selections
from the more important statutes, codes of practice and rules of
court.
It
cannot be denied that this is a
'starter'
book,
but
with
a much greater emphasis being placed on
the
practical aspects of
legal education, it will certainly continue to find an appreciative
readership, particularly as it successfully marries together two
subjects which are often compartmentalised.
Compensation for Criminal Injuries by
DAVID
MIERS.
Butter-
worths. Price £39
This is a comprehensive and interesting overview of the processes
under
which
the
victims of crime receive compensation. A
substantial
part
of
the
work consists of an examination by
the
author
of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme after its
first
quarter
century of existence.
The
appendices reprint, inter
alia, the current (1990) scheme, an application form and
guidance.
Further
chapters are devoted to compensation payable
by
the
offender to the victim, usually as an ancillary to sentence,
but
more
recently also as a sentence in its own right.
The
place
of compensation as
part
of sentencing theory is also examined.
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