The third edition of Walsh on Criminal Procedure offers a comprehensive, expert, and accessible analysis of all aspects of Irish criminal procedure.

As well as engaging with an immense and complex body of domestic legislation, regulations, rules, case law and practice directions, it incorporates full analysis of extensive EU legislation and case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union and of the European Court of Human Rights. There is an emphasis throughout on comprehensive detail, clarity of analysis, coherence, and accessibility. It is targeted primarily at the diverse and particular needs of judges, prosecutors, defence, victims, gardaí, other law enforcement personnel, students, policymakers, and non-governmental organisations in the areas of human rights, civil liberties, crime victims' support and criminal justice.

New to This Edition

• Extensive revision and restructuring of all chapters to incorporate all relevant developments, improve clarity and depth of analysis, strengthen methodical coherence, and enhance accessibility and use.
• The addition of 14 wholly new chapters on: the Garda and Crime Victims; Retention and Disclosure of Communications Data; Overt Garda Surveillance through Cameras and Technology; Mutual Recognition and Enforcement of Bail Conditions; Disclosure and Privilege; Preliminary Trial Hearings; Evidence through Video Link and Remote Hearings; Restrictions on Public Hearings and Press Reporting; Parole; Mutual Recognition and Enforcement of Probation Decisions and Sentences; Criminal Records; Garda Vetting; and Coercive Powers and Enforcement Procedures Relating to Infectious Diseases and Covid-19.
• Substantive new materials have been added in 56 other chapters throughout the book to include areas not addressed in previous editions and to accommodate significant new developments in Garda powers and criminal procedure.
• Coverage of 36 substantive statutes dealing with policing and/or criminal justice matters
• Important statutory measures in the pipeline are also covered.
• Coverage of an immense number of decisions of the Superior Courts,
• Coverage of a number of major decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights

About the Author

Professor Dermot P.J. Walsh LLB, PhD, MRIA, Barrister at Law lectured in the Universities of Cork, Ulster, Limerick, and Kent and has published widely in the areas of criminal procedure, policing, EU criminal law and procedure and human rights, including major texts on Criminal Procedure, the Irish Police, Juvenile Justice and Bloody Sunday. He was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2011.

The Offences Handbook is a fully indexed guide to the most up-to-date Criminal and Road Traffic offences extracted from Round Hall's Consolidated Road Traffic Legislation and Consolidated Criminal Legislation looseleafs. The handbook is set out in an easy-to-use tabular format in a portable medium, which allows the user to quickly identify the relevant statute/statutory instrument, section/regulation, offence, and penalty with minimal navigation. It includes reference to, and amendments by, various recent Acts, and lists well in excess of 1,000 offences. Each entry comprises the enabling provision, a description of the offence, and the most up-to-date penalty for the offence. All relevant new and amended offences and their corresponding penalties since 2019 have been incorporated to bring the handbook fully up-to-date. This edition is fully revised to highlight provisions not yet commenced as well as those in force.

This work provides a comprehensive treatment of the concept of criminal liability. Topics covered include the origins and development, elements, and forms of criminal liability; the incidents of criminal fault; the architecture of criminal offences; the excuses and justifications offered as defences to a criminal charge; and the role of codification. Distinctive features include a strongly historical approach, attention to the underlying grammar of criminal liability, extensive use of comparative materials, both common law and civilian, and recourse to philosophical and psychological literature in the elucidation of key concepts.

The second edition brings the work fully up to date, incorporating the changes in legislation and case law that have accumulated in the more than 20 years since the first edition. The new edition also includes an assessment of the significance of the Draft Criminal Code and Commentary, published in 2010, for the analysis of criminal liability and the more than 50 offences incorporated in it, as well as the extensive work of the Law Reform Commission on the substantive criminal law over the last two decades.

About the Authors

Finbarr McAuley is professor emeritus of law at University College Dublin. He was a member of the Law Reform Commission from 2000-2012 and chairman of the Criminal Law Codification Advisory Committee that produced the Draft Criminal Code and Commentary in 2010. His research interests include criminal law in all its aspects and medieval canon law. He is a former editor of the Irish Jurist and has been visiting professor at the Universities of British Columbia, Cape Town, Catania, Hannover, Natal, Parma, Rome La Sapienza and Victoria.

Paul McCutcheon is professor of law at the University of Limerick. He was a member of the Expert Group on Criminal Law Codification from 2002-2004. He was Head of the School of Law from 2002-2007 and Academic Vice President of the University of Limerick from 2007-2017. His research interests include criminal law, comparative criminal law, codification, sports law and the Irish legal system. He has held visiting fellowships at the Australian National University and the Universities of Canterbury, Kansas, Malaya, and Victoria.

Criminal Procedure in the Circuit Court provides the practitioner with a comprehensive and definitive analysis of criminal practice and procedure in this court. It is an extensive commentary of the Circuit Court Rules, referring to reported and unreported decisions of the courts, legislation, and practice directions.

Complete Overview

This text provides a complete overview of criminal procedure at Circuit Court level. It covers every aspect of the criminal process from start to finish, including pretrial matters, trial procedure, sentencing and appeals, and does so with a level of procedural detail that will prove invaluable to practitioners in this jurisdiction.

Irish Authorities

Significant care has been taken by the author to ensure that Irish authorities are used wherever possible, so as to ensure the book's practical and widespread application.

Distinctive Features

• Foreword by the President of the Circuit Court.
• Comprises an easy-to-understand reference that provides you with invaluable analysis and interpretation.
• Fully up to date and including all important case law and legislation, including the Criminal Procedure Act 2021, which commenced in February 2022.
• A step-by-step guide to criminal practice in the Circuit Court.
• An extensive analysis of the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court.
• Deals with indictments, juries, disclosure, pretrial procedure, the burden of proof, trial procedure, speeches and the judge's charge, witnesses, the examination of witnesses, contempt of court, sentencing, and appeals.
• Allows a busy practitioner to act with confidence in court, operating with the exact practice and procedure they require to hand.
• Helps the user to avoid costly and time-consuming errors.

A comprehensive and definitive analysis of practice and procedure in the District Court.

This title is an essential brief-case companion for anyone practising criminal law in the District Court, providing detailed analysis in an accessible, user-friendly style and layout. Criminal Procedure in the District Court provides a complete explanation of the workings of the District Court, alongside an in-depth analysis of the related rules, case law and legislation. As well as answering many of the procedural questions that arise in the District Court, it also provides useful defences in respect of the most commonly prosecuted criminal offences, e.g. public order offences.

The new edition provides the practitioner with a comprehensive and definitive analysis of practice and procedure in the District Court. It is an extensive commentary on the District Court Rules, referring to reported and unreported decisions of the courts, legislation, and practice directions.

A step-by-step guide to criminal procedure in the District Court, this easily accessible reference tool provides you with invaluable analysis and interpretation and is up to date with all important case law and legislation.

Criminal Procedure in the District Court provides a concise interpretation of the Rules applicable in the District Court, saving you time and giving you confidence in court as you can be sure of the exact practice and procedure.

Since 1990, the Irish Criminal Law Journal has published four issues per year with learned articles on practical aspects of criminal law, cases, and comment on the leading decisions of the courts on criminal law, as well as evidence and procedure updates.

The second edition of Judicial Review of Criminal Proceedings by Derek Dunne contains a full exposition and analysis of judicial review as it applies at all stages of criminal proceedings. It incorporates a thorough and detailed analysis of the new Order 84 of the Rules of the Superior Courts that came into effect shortly after the publication of the first edition in 2011, as well as all important case law of the superior courts and all legislative developments in the time since. The second edition also contains an entirely new exposition and analysis of judicial review as it arises or applies following conviction and sentence, including: analysis of the relationship between judicial review and Article 40.4.2 of Bunreacht na h�ireann 1937; judicial review of prison conditions; and judicial review of decisions of the executive concerning temporary release, remission, enhanced remission, etc.

Judicial review has assumed greatly developed and increased importance in areas such as prison conditions; decisions of the executive concerning applications for temporary release, remission, and enhanced remission; and warrants.

Features

• Amended Order 84 of the Rules of the Superior Courts came into effect in 2011.
• Important legislative changes since the publication of the first edition in 2011 (including the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 and s.19A of the Criminal Evidence Act 1992).

New to this edition

• Deals fully and in detail with all important judgments of the High Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court since the publication of the first edition in 2011.
• Entirely new section on language rights in criminal proceedings and judicial review.
• New section on judicial review of warrants (including bench warrants, arrest warrants, search warrants and committal warrants).
• New section on blameworthy prosecutorial delay in criminal proceedings involving children and the Children Act 2001.
• New and expanded section on the essential features of Article 40.4.2 of Bunreacht na h�ireann 1937 and the relationship between Article 40.4.2 of Bunreacht na h�ireann 1937 and judicial review.
• New section on judicial review of prison conditions, issues of prison discipline, the Prisons Act 2007, as amended, and the Prison Rules 2007, as amended.
• New section on judicial review of decisions of the executive concerning temporary release, remission, and enhanced remission.

About the Author

Derek Dunne is a practising barrister. He holds BCL and LLM degrees from NUI Cork and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is also the co-author of Arbitration Law, Third Edition (Roundhall, 2018).

This edition of Sentencing Law and Practice provides judges and practitioners with a comprehensive and reliable analysis of Irish sentencing law, with particular emphasis on general principles, it also analyses all recent legislation and its implications for sentencing practice. Extensive use is made of comparative law for illustrative purposes.

Key Features

• A clear and comprehensive account of Irish sentencing law and practice
• Analyses all relevant legislation and case law.
• Incorporates relevant comparative material from other jurisdictions
• New and extended treatment of general principles, mitigating factors and aggravating factors.
• Discusses relevant case law of the European Court of Human Rights as well as EU directives.

New to this edition

• A completely revised and rewritten edition of this standard work
• A detailed analysis of recent guideline judgments of the Court of Criminal Appeal
• Comprehensive coverage of legislation and case law on the suspended sentence, fines, and community service
• New chapters and sections on firearms offences, fraud offences and white-collar crime.
• A strong comparative approach with extensive reference to case law from other jurisdictions
• Draws on recent social science research on youth offending and related matters.

Author

Thomas O Malley is a Senior Lecturer in Law at NUI Galway, a practising barrister, and a member of the Law Reform Commission. He has published widely in the fields of criminal law and criminal justice.

Consolidated Criminal Legislation gives practitioners instant access to amended Acts, ensuring that they have the most up-to-date legislation available. Consolidation enables the legislation to be read as intended by the Oireachtas.

Contents: Sexual offences; Offences against the person; Drugs and customs; Offences against the State; Firearms offences; Procedure/administration; Evidence; Juries and verdicts; Criminal assets; Offences Against the Person; Juries; Verdict and Prosecutions; and Human Rights.

This product also contains a guide of the most up-to-date criminal offences. All the information you need is presented in a portable and user-friendly format allowing you to find an existing offence, accompanied by a summary and the appropriate penalty, quickly and easily. This easy-to-read format saves you time by giving you all the offences in one handy table.