| The Case for A Review of the Law of Murder Contributor(s): Modernising Justice (Author), Brooke, Henry (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1909976385 ISBN-13: 9781909976382 Publisher: Waterside Press OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2018 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Law | Criminal Law - Sentencing - Law | Ethics & Professional Responsibility |
| Physical Information: 0.09" H x 8.27" W x 11.69" (0.29 lbs) 44 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Many people will find it hard to believe that within key aspects of the Law of England and Wales there lie significant defects -- such is the extent to which our laws and system of justice have been routinely described as 'The best in the world'. This new analysis by reform group Modernising Justice demonstrates just how fragile this view is in relation to one of the most serious of crimes. Murder remains a common law offence based on an ancient definition and with an approach to punishment still overshadowed by politico-judicial compromises at the time of the abolition of the death penalty. The authors demonstrate just why change is needed in order to create a modern and just law of murder. Their arguments and proposals are set out concisely in this pamphlet which also reproduces their ongoing correspondence with successive Ministers of Justice. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brooke, Henry: - Sir Henry Brooke, CMG, PC is a former Court of Appeal judge, having retired as a Lord Justice of Appeal in 2006. He was chair of the Law Commission for three years from January 2003, the judge in charge of the modernisation of the English law courts from 2001 to 2004, and Vice-President of the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) from 2003 to 2006. He is a former chair of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.Modernising Justice: - Modernising Justice was created in 2004 as the Homicide Review Advisory Group (HomRAG), for the purpose of running alongside the work of the Law Commission as it reviewed aspects of the law on murder. It was set up on the initiative of Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC and the late Professor Terence Morris, and initially chaired by the late Very Reverend Colin Slee, Dean of Southwark. In essence, the group is concerned with promoting a just law of murder. In 2011, HomRAG published its first report, 'Public Opinion and the Penalty for Murder: Report of the Homicide Review Advisory Group on the Mandatory Sentence of Life Imprisonment for Murder'. The report was targeted at law-makers and other interested parties and focused on the unjust and outdated nature of the mandatory life sentence for murder. HomRAG rebranded as Modernising Justice in 2016, and is currently chaired by Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC. Since 2011, it has tracked a number of important and high-profile developments in the law relating to murder and whole-life sentences. The group continues to believe that the law of homicide is outdated and in desperate need of reform. Current membership: Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC (Chair), Sir Robin Auld PC, Bryan Gibson, John Harding CBE, Malcolm Dean, Colin Colston, Josepha Jacobson, Nigel Pascoe QC, Victoria Ellis, Michael Charalambous (Co-secretary), Andrew Wheelhouse (Co-secretary). |