Contents
INTRODUCTION;
1. The Lawyer-Free Criminal Trial;
The Altercation;
The Rapidity of Trial;
The Rule Against Defence Counsel;
The Marian Pretrial;
The 'Accused Speaks' Trial;
The Plight of the Accused;
2. The Treason Trials Act of 1696: The Advent of Defense Counsel;
The Treason Trials of the Later Stuarts;
The Critque of the Trials;
The Provisions of the Act;
The Restriction to Treason;
Of Aristocrats and Paupers: Treason's Legacy for Adversary Criminal Justice;
3. The Prosecutorial Origins of Defence Counsel;
Prosecution Lawyers;
Prosecution Perjury;
Making Forgery Felony;
Evening Up: Defense Counsel Enters the Felony Trial;
4. The Law of Criminal Evidence;
The View From the Sessions Papers;
The Character Rule;
The Corroboration Rule;
The Confession Rule;
Unfinished Business: The Hearsay Rule;
Groping for the Lever: Excluding Evidence;
5. From Altercation to Adversary Trial;
Latency;
Silencing the Accused;
Prosecution Counsel;
Defense Counsel;
Judicial Acquiescence;
Jury Trial;
The Truth Deficit.