Materials linked to
Chapter 18: "Overview"
Helena Kennedy and Keir
Starmer
Content
"The increased scrutiny of all aspects of the criminal justice
system over the last ten years has led to a better understanding of what
that system is and how it operates. However, as the issues discussed in
this book demonstrate, there is no quick fix, and the parameters of debate
should not be too tightly drawn. Deliberate malpractice
and negligence may never be fully eradicated,
but equally they should not be allowed to flourish under rules made by
lawyers for the benefit of other lawyers. There is no reason why
a brain-surgeon should be required to exercise reasonable care, but the
police, CPS and lawyers in court should not. The claim that it is the criminal
justice system that anonymously fails and not the personnel is unsustainable."
Last Updated 3 June 1999
© Clive Walker, Centre for Criminal Justice Studies,
1999
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