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Overview
Genetic Testing and the Criminal Law is a unique international treatment of the dynamic and established criminal investigation technique of DNA testing.
Gathering together expert practitioners, judges and researchers from twelve countries, each chapter deals with the specific criminal law of the jurisdiction in its interaction with the expanding use of DNA testing in riminal investigations and trials.
The chapters cover the criminal law of the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Spain, South Africa, Canada, Italy, Finland, Argentina and Denmark, providing valuable accounts not only of the use of genetic testing in the criminal law, but also of the development of the law in these jurisdictions. No previous work has included such an extensive comparative study in this important area.
Collectively, this book emphasizes the need for the law to respond to scientific developments thoughtfully and with a sensitive, well-reasoned approach to current concerns relating to the reliability of DNA evidence in criminal trials and the privacy and civil liberties issues surrounding the collection of DNA samples from individuals and their storage.
This book is an invaluable reference for scholars, practitioners of criminal law and private international law, and students interested in this increasingly significant field of law.
Synopsis
In 1998, the XVth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law in Bristol, England was presented with a series of national country reports on DNA testing and the criminal law, constructed from a questionnaire. Of those reports, 13 are presented here covering Argentina, Oceania, Canada, Japan, South Africa, and several European countries. Researchers and practitioners from both common and civil law jurisdictions systematically set out the rules dealing with genetic testing in criminal investigations and prosecutions. Their concerns include collection, use in evidence, reliability, interpretation, and ultimate storage or destruction. Published in the US by Cavendish and distributed by ISBS. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR