Criminal litigation handbook - Martin Hannibal|Lisa Mountford

"The Handbook on Criminal Litigation" offers a comprehensive and practical guide to the areas of Criminal Litigation covered on the Legal Practice Course. It provides detailed coverage of criminal litigation based on the syllabus laid out by the Law Society. The text covers all procedural and evidential issues that arise in criminal cases while maintaining an informal writing style. It weaves together theory and practice, making good use of case studies to assist students and to illustrate how to put their understanding in a practical context. The use of diagrams and flowcharts are excellent tools to offer a more detailed look at harder areas of criminal litigation. The book has a regularly updated companion web site and provides video clips of criminal proceedings, giving both students and lecturers visual tools directly linked to the material in the book. In this way it brings criminal court proceedings relating to bail and sentencing to the reader. It also has a test bank of questions for lecturers to use to assess student progress. This is password protected, giving lecturers the option of developing their course based on the material.