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Rights in Conflict?: Exploring the Expansion of Victims’ Rights in Light of the Presumption of Innocence

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Rights in Criminal Law: Exploring the Role of Individual Entitlements in Criminal Law: Studies on a New Paradigm in Criminal Law and Procedure

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This chapter examines recent calls for the expansion of victims’ rights and discusses how greater participation and protection of victims through the development of new rights helps support a rights-based approach to criminal law. The chapter argues that victims’ rights cannot be expanded in a vacuu...

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Published in: Rights in Criminal Law: Exploring the Role of Individual Entitlements in Criminal Law: Studies on a New Paradigm in Criminal Law and Procedure
ISBN: 9781509973477
Published: Hart
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