Citizens, the State and Justice

A Multidisciplinary Perspective

Dan Jasinski, Noel McGuirk

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Law
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040721650
• Subtopic: Comparative Law
• Index: Law

This collection brings together academics, practicing lawyers and judges to offer a multidisciplinary insight into the relationship between the state and citizens through the lens of securing justice. All too often, appraisals of this fundamental subject are artificially siloed into the traditional legal topics to which they relate, such as criminal law, civil justice and constitutional rights. This volume places the relationship between citizens, the state and justice at its heart, with expertise across the legal sphere contributing to its content. It identifies common problems and challenges while readers are proffered an opportunity to explore solutions from other legal areas in order to help remedy those existing in their own.

The book will be of interest to academics, researchers and policy-makers working in the areas of Constitutional Law, Human Rights Law, Criminal Justice, Policing and Criminology.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• About the Editors
• List of Contributors
• Table of Cases
• Table of International Instruments
• Table of Legislation
• Introduction
• 1 Injustice Narratives in Criminal Law: Introducing the Framework
• 2 The Rule of Law and the Protection of Constitutional Rights: Magna Carta, Begum, Unison and Beyond
• 3 State Responses to Protest and Public Disorder in Times of Crisis: A Case Study on Citizenry Rights
• 4 The Aftermath of Successful Planning Claims
• 5 The Right to a Fair Trial: Inadequate Disclosure and an Inadequate Response
• 6 Injustice Narratives in Criminal Law: The Specific Role of Dehumanization
• 7 Live Links and Remote Participation – Marginalising the Accused
• 8 The Courts and (in)Justice: Gendered Laws and Flawed Procedures
• 9 ‘You Need to Be More Professional?’ Informality, Access to Justice and Restorative Relationships Within the Justice Process. A Follow-Up
• 10 Captivity and Surveillance: Punishment Is Not the Point
• 11 Human Rights and the Private Security Industry: The Need for Alignment
• 12 Innocence Organisations: Where’s the Appeal?
• 13 Police Officers as Citizens: Victim Rights for Those Behind the Blue Line
• 14 Mind the (Disability Hate Crime) Gap: Finding Parity Beyond the Law
• 15 Decoupling Territorial Jurisdiction and the Citizen’s Right to Remain in Canadian Extradition Law
• 16 Back to the Future: The Common Law and the Crackdown on the Right to Peaceful Protest
• 17 Emergency by Design: Counterterrorism Law and the Normalisation of Exception in France and the UK
• 18 Parliaments and National Human Rights Institutions: Working Together to Protect and Promote Human Rights
• Index