This book examines how the modern criminal trial is the result of competing discourses of justice, from human rights to state law and order, that allows for the consideration of key stakeholder interests, specifically those of victims, defendants, police, communities and the state.

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TYRONE KIRCHENGAST is a solicitor, barrister and Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law at the University of New South Wales, Australia. His research focuses on various facets of criminal justice, including victims of crime, law and governance, and the development of institutions of criminal law and justice. He is author of The Victim in Criminal Law and Justice.

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Preface Criminal Trials, Foucault, Discourse A Genealogy of the Trial in Criminal Law Shifting Boundaries: Recent Changes to Criminal Justice Policy The Transformative Criminal Trial Emerges The Criminal Trial as Social Discourse The Trial as Hermeneutic: A Critical Review Implications for Criminal Justice Policy Notes References