Topic: Issues in Comparative Criminal Justice
The student is asked to assignment questions to discuss in an analytical manner the following question:
Compare a contrast two key aspects of the Adversarial, Inquisitorial and Islamic criminal justice: what are the similarities in aims and objectives? What are the differences?
The word limit is 1500. You will submit this proposal electronically, by following the rules under ‘Additional Information – Submission of Written Work’.
Initial Readings To facilitate your task, some readings are provided below:
In General, a good introduction to the language and concepts to consider in this task can be found in: Daly, K. (2006) ‘Aims of the Criminal Justice System’ in Crime and justice: a guide to criminology , in Goldsmith A., Israel, M., Daly, K. Sydney : Lawbook Co., ch 13 2010 – Autumn Session Page 20 of 31 Also a general book to refer to is: Vogler, R. (2005) A world view of criminal justice, Aldershot, Hants, England : Ashgate In more details, consult the following:
• Belinda Wells and Michael Burnett, ‘When Cultures Collide: An Australian Citizen’s Power to Demand the Death Penalty Under Islamic Law’ (2000). The Sydney Law Review
• Francis Pakes, The Changing Nature of Adversarial, Inquisitorial and Islamic Trials, in David, ‘et al’ (eds) Applying Psychology to Criminal Justice (2007) P 251- 262.
A session during the final day will be dedicated to teasing out the similarities and differences between Adversarial, Inquisitorial and Islamic criminal justice processes and aims. This should help you to develop some ideas for this task. Remember: this is a research task, so an essay format is required. This means that the written assignment questions to discussion will be based on academic readings and articles from relevant materials (from governmental documents to academic articles). The material listed above should be considered as a starting point only. Therefore, the usual library search is recommended; students can access more academic articles via e-library)).