The right to silence is both a fundamental and a controversial element of the legal process. Suspects and defendants are reminded repeatedly of this entitlement, from the moment of arrest, where the police caution explains that ‘you do not have to say anything …’, to the right of defendants in criminal trials to decline to testify in their own defence. However, the decision to remain silent is not a risk-free strategy for the suspect/defendant in the English legal system. Unlike in the US, where criminal juries are instructed that they may not draw any inferences from such a decision, recent changes in the UK mean that English juries are now instructed that they may draw ‘appropriate inferences’ from the defendant’s failure to speak. This p...
As the European Court of Human Rights has come to qualify the privilege against self-incrimination a...
Police evidentiary interviews with suspects provide a source of institutional language data in which...
Police evidentiary interviews with suspects provide a source of institutional language data in which...
The right to silence is both a fundamental and a controversial element of the legal process. Suspect...
The right to silence, or privilege against self-incrimination, which is protected by the common law,...
A person's right not to incriminate oneself or to remain silent and not contribute to their own incr...
The so-called right to silence ia a two-fold : in relation to the pre-trial stage (out-of-court) sil...
The right to silence, or privilege against self-incrimination, which is protected by the common law,...
The right to silence, or the privilege against self-incrimination, has long been recognised as an im...
This research focuses on whether the right to silence should have been abolished. The ‘right to sile...
The right to remain silent is one of the most important symbols of a fair trial in the accusatorial ...
This paper shows that innocent suspects benefit from exercising the right to silence in criminal pro...
It is commonly understood that an arrested person has a right to remain silent and that the governme...
High Court decision in Dyers v The Queen confirms a reinforced right to silence. This confirms the v...
In response to problems encountered in the administration of justice in Northern Ireland, the Britis...
As the European Court of Human Rights has come to qualify the privilege against self-incrimination a...
Police evidentiary interviews with suspects provide a source of institutional language data in which...
Police evidentiary interviews with suspects provide a source of institutional language data in which...
The right to silence is both a fundamental and a controversial element of the legal process. Suspect...
The right to silence, or privilege against self-incrimination, which is protected by the common law,...
A person's right not to incriminate oneself or to remain silent and not contribute to their own incr...
The so-called right to silence ia a two-fold : in relation to the pre-trial stage (out-of-court) sil...
The right to silence, or privilege against self-incrimination, which is protected by the common law,...
The right to silence, or the privilege against self-incrimination, has long been recognised as an im...
This research focuses on whether the right to silence should have been abolished. The ‘right to sile...
The right to remain silent is one of the most important symbols of a fair trial in the accusatorial ...
This paper shows that innocent suspects benefit from exercising the right to silence in criminal pro...
It is commonly understood that an arrested person has a right to remain silent and that the governme...
High Court decision in Dyers v The Queen confirms a reinforced right to silence. This confirms the v...
In response to problems encountered in the administration of justice in Northern Ireland, the Britis...
As the European Court of Human Rights has come to qualify the privilege against self-incrimination a...
Police evidentiary interviews with suspects provide a source of institutional language data in which...
Police evidentiary interviews with suspects provide a source of institutional language data in which...