Publisher's Synopsis
This study is part of a larger comparative project in which both authors have been involved for a number of years. Its origins lie in a fascination with the relationship between different legal cultures and criminal law and procedure. Faced with trying to understand foreign law and coming to terms with the intricacies of an alien and often unarticulated legal culture, the book's authors have received assistance from defense advocates, prosecutors, judges, and academics - in interviews, lectures, or actual courtroom observations.