Full Journal The inaugural issue of the JCCL is available to download in full, in PDF format, here. Articles The JCCL publishes comparative articles on criminal law, procedure and practice, written by senior academics and practitioners in the Commonwealth and common law world. The inaugural issue contains the following articles – just click the links to download in PDF format: James Richardson Q.C., ‘Foreword to the Inaugural Issue’ Andrew Ashworth Q.C., ‘Public Duties and Criminal Omissions: Some Unresolved Questions’ The Hon. Michael Kirby A.C., C.M.G., ‘The Sodomy Offence: England’s Least Lovely Criminal Law Export?’ Judge F.W.M. McElrea, ’20 Years of Restorative Justice in New Zealand’ Liz Campbell, ‘”Non-Conviction” DNA Databases and Criminal Justice: A Comparative Analysis’ Kris Gledhill, ‘Preventive Sentences and Orders: The Challenges of Due Process’ James Richardson Q.C, ‘A “Just” Outcome: Losing Sight of the Purpose of Criminal Procedure’

Jurisdiction Spotlight

The JCCL contains a Jurisdiction Spotlight section which highlights recent developments in a chosen Commonwealth jurisdiction, contains a diagram of that jurisdiction’s criminal court structure, and provides information on the steps that need to be taken by foreign lawyers who wish to practice there.

The inaugural issue contains a Jurisdiction Spotlight on Australia, which was written by Saskia Hufnagel, a Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (Griffith University).

Case Notes

Each issue of the JCCL contains notes on recent cases decided by senior Commonwealth appellate courts. The inaugural issue contains the following case notes, downloadable as PDFs:

Deborah Colbran Espada, ‘The Privy Council and Jamaica’
Campbell v. The Queen (Jamaica, United Kingdom)
Andrew Bershadski, ‘Complainants who Stop Complaining: being prosecuted for withdrawing an allegation’
Danshkar Kanchan Singh v. The Queen (New Zealand); R. v. A. (United Kingdom)
Atli Stannard, ‘Mere Membership of a Banned Organisation Cannot Carry Criminal Liability’
Arup Bhuyan v. State of Assam; Sri Indra Das v. State of Assam (India)
Linda Richardson, ‘Reduction in Sentence for a Guilty Plea: the New Zealand Supreme Court rejects a sliding scale approach’
Hessell v. R. (New Zealand)
Peter FitzGerald, ‘Compensation for Miscarriages of Justice’
R. (Adams) Secretary of State for Justice; Re MacDermott’s and McCartney’s Applications (United Kingdom)
Andrew Bershadski, ‘A Trio of Cases, a Trio of Opinions: right of access to counsel in Canada’s police stations’
R. v. Sinclair; R. v. McCrimmon; R. v. Willier (Canada)