All Outputs (14)

Theorising Evidence Law (2023)
Journal Article
Roberts, P. (2023). Theorising Evidence Law. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 43(3), 629–649. https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqad007

What does it mean for a specialist department of legal studies, such as the Law of Evidence, to have, or to acquire, ‘philosophical foundations’? In what sense are the theoretical foundations of procedural scholarship and teaching distinctively or un... Read More about Theorising Evidence Law.

Beccaria Now: (Re)Reading 'On Crimes and Punishments' (2022)
Book Chapter
Roberts, P. (2022). Beccaria Now: (Re)Reading 'On Crimes and Punishments'. In A. D. Bois-Pedain, & S. Eldar (Eds.), Re-Reading Beccaria: On the Contemporary Significance of a Penal Classic (161-198). Hart/Bloomsbury

Adrian Zuckerman's New Evidence Scholarship (2020)
Book Chapter
Roberts, P. (2020). Adrian Zuckerman's New Evidence Scholarship. In R. Assy, & A. Higgins (Eds.), Principles, Procedure and Justice: Essays in Honour of Adrian Zuckerman (59-87). Oxford: Oxford University Press

Presumptuous or pluralistic presumptions of innocence? Methodological diagnosis towards conceptual reinvigoration (2020)
Journal Article
Roberts, P. (2021). Presumptuous or pluralistic presumptions of innocence? Methodological diagnosis towards conceptual reinvigoration. Synthese, 198(9), 8901-8932. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-020-02606-2

This article is a contribution to interdisciplinary scholarship addressing the presumption of innocence, especially interdisciplinary conversations between philosophers and jurists. Terminological confusion and methodological traps and errors notorio... Read More about Presumptuous or pluralistic presumptions of innocence? Methodological diagnosis towards conceptual reinvigoration.

Forensic Science Evidence and Expert Witness Testimony: Reliability through Reform? (2018)
Book
M. Stockdale, & P. Roberts (Eds.), (2018). Forensic Science Evidence and Expert Witness Testimony: Reliability through Reform?

Forensic science evidence plays a pivotal role in modern criminal proceedings. Yet such evidence poses intense practical and theoretical challenges. It can be unreliable or misleading and has been associated with miscarriages of justice. In this orig... Read More about Forensic Science Evidence and Expert Witness Testimony: Reliability through Reform?.

LTDNA evidence on trial (2016)
Journal Article
Roberts, P. (2016). LTDNA evidence on trial. Frontiers in Genetics, 7, Article 180. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2016.00180

Adopting the interpretative/hermeneutical method typical of much legal scholarship, this article considers two sets of issues pertaining to LTDNA profiles as evidence in criminal proceedings. The section titled Expert Evidence as Forensic Epistemic W... Read More about LTDNA evidence on trial.

The Integrity of Criminal Process (2016)
Book
Roberts, P., Hunter, J., Young, S. N., & Dixon, D. (Eds.). (2016). The Integrity of Criminal Process. Hart Publishing

Introduction: Re-examining criminal process through the lens of integrity (2016)
Book Chapter
Roberts, P., Hunter, J., Young, S. N., & Dixon, D. (2016). Introduction: Re-examining criminal process through the lens of integrity. In J. Hunter, P. Roberts, S. Young, & D. Dixon (Eds.), The integrity of criminal process: from theory into practice. Hart

Criminal proceedings, it is often now said, ought to be conducted with integrity. But what, exactly, does it mean for criminal process to have, or to lack, 'integrity'? Is integrity in this sense merely an aspirational normative ideal, with possibly... Read More about Introduction: Re-examining criminal process through the lens of integrity.

Prosecutors interviewing witnesses: a question of integrity (2016)
Book Chapter
Roberts, P. (2016). Prosecutors interviewing witnesses: a question of integrity. In The integrity of criminal process: from theory into practice, 163-198. Hart Publishing

The priority of procedure and the neglect of evidence and proof: facing facts in international criminal law (2015)
Journal Article
Roberts, P. (in press). The priority of procedure and the neglect of evidence and proof: facing facts in international criminal law. Journal of International Criminal Justice, 13(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqv021

This article concerns the role and value of procedural and evidentiary scholarship in the rapidly developing field of International Criminal Law (ICL). It extrapolates and adapts to the international context two, distinct but related, lines of argume... Read More about The priority of procedure and the neglect of evidence and proof: facing facts in international criminal law.

Theoretical foundations of criminal trial procedure (2014)
Book
Roberts, P. (2014). P. Roberts (Ed.). Theoretical foundations of criminal trial procedure. Routledge

Criminal Law Theory and the Limits of Liberalism (2014)
Book Chapter
Roberts, P. (2014). Criminal Law Theory and the Limits of Liberalism. In A. Du Bois-Pedain, A. Simester, & U. Neumann (Eds.), Liberal criminal theory: essays for Andreas von Hirsch. Hart Publishing

Fundamentals of probability and statistical evidence in criminal proceedings: guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses (2010)
Book
Aitken, C., Roberts, P., & Jackson, G. (2010). Fundamentals of probability and statistical evidence in criminal proceedings: guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses. RSS

An accessible introduction to the fundamentals of statistical evidence and probabilistic reasoning in criminal proceedings, providing guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses.

Assessing the probative value of DNA evidence: guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses
Book
Puch-Solis, R., Roberts, P., Pope, S., & Aitken, C. Assessing the probative value of DNA evidence: guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses. RSS

Practical guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses on the logical analysis of DNA profiles, and their probative value in criminal proceedings. Explains technical aspects of DNA profiling and how this information should b... Read More about Assessing the probative value of DNA evidence: guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses.