Criminal procedure in New Zealand / Jeremy Finn, Debra Wilson.

Wellington, N.Z. : Thomson Reuters, 2025.

4th edition

202775

Criminal procedure -- New Zealand.

1. Introduction

2. Initiation of prosecutions

3. From initiation of proceedings to first appearance

4. First appearance, bail, suppression orders and fitness to plead and to stand trial

5. Initial case management and procedure - disclosure and sentence indications

6. Pleas

7. Pre-trial evidence issues

8. Pre-trial procedural issues

9. Course of trial

10. Determining the facts

11. Duties of counsel before and at trial

12. Possible retrials following an acquittal

13. Sentencing process and related issues

14. Appeals

15. Youth justice

16. Restorative justice

17. Victims in the criminal justice process.

Criminal Procedure in New Zealand is the leading text on understanding and applying the Criminal Procedure Act 2011. It provides expert analysis and guidance on case law, how the Act operates in practice, and the relationship it has with other statutes that impact the criminal process of criminal cases. First published in 2013, this book is comprehensively cross-referenced and organised in a format that guides the reader through all major aspects of criminal procedure. As with previous editions, Criminal Procedure in New Zealand (4th edition) provides an updated examination of the new procedures that have been the subject of judicial decision, elucidation or comment; legislative developments; and practical issues that arise in court. Key legislative developments since the third edition include the commencement of the Sexual Violence Legislation Act 2021, the Rights for Victims of Insane Offenders Act 2021, the Security Information in Proceedings (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2022 and the repeal of the Three Strikes Legislation. Criminal Procedure in New Zealand (4th edition) is written by two of New Zealand’s criminal procedure specialists, whose combined perspectives on the law in this area provide a text which is both practical and scholarly and is a must have for criminal lawyers, the judiciary, researchers and students of criminal law. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781991102140

ix, 513 pages ; 24 cm