Ireland’s District Court: Language, immigration and consequences for justice eBook

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For the uninitiated, the Irish District Court is a place of incomprehensible, organised chaos. This comprehensive account of the court’s criminal proceedings, based on an original study which involved observing hundreds of cases, aims to demystify the mayhem and provide the reader with descriptions of language, participant discourse and procedure in the typical criminal case. In addition, the book captures a recent and important change in the District Court: the advent of the immigrant or the Limited-English-proficient (LEP) defendant. It traces the rise of these defendants and explores the issues involved in ensuring access to justice across languages. It also provides an original description of LEP defendants and interpreters in District Court proceedings, ultimately considering how they have altered the institution and how the characteristics of the District Court affect how limited English proficient defendants access justice at this level of the Irish courts system.

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Ireland’s District Court: Language, immigration and consequences for justice is written by Kate Waterhouse and published by Manchester University Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Ireland’s District Court are 9781847799388, 1847799388 and the print ISBNs are 9780719095276, 0719095271. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9781847799395.