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"This practical book covers the Scots Law on Contempt. Contents: - Contempt defined - principles; nature; contempt which are also crimes - Contempt procedure -the summary jurisdiction, with reference to the Human Rights element; the non-summary case; breach of interdict; the Contempt of Court Act 1981; appeals; sentencing; special cases - Contempt and the Legal Profession - covering attacking and threatening of Judges; circulating letters to Judges; status of the Judge; Solicitors and Advocates; Prosecutors; murmuring - Disrupting the business of the courtroom - being late, whispering to a witness, failure to attend, being drunk, being violent - Contempt and the evidence - prevarication, intimidation and bribery, perjury, interference with evidence - Contempt and court orders - Contempt and the media - Contempt and the jury - Contempt and the future - covering Human Rights Act 1998; the Internet ."McInnes, Rosalind M. M. is the author of 'Contempt of Court in Scotland ', published 2000 under ISBN 9781858112541 and ISBN 1858112540.
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