caa a22 4500 445806044 CHVBK 20180317145156.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10611-011-9278-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10611-011-9278-5 Heffernan Liz School of Law, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland aut Police accountability and the Irish law of evidence [Elektronische Daten] [Liz Heffernan] Common law courts have differed on whether and to what extent an exclusionary rule should be used as a tool to impose standards on the police. The Irish courts have pursued an uncompromising approach in this area. Basing themselves on the imperative of upholding the constitutional rights of the accused, they have been willing to exclude relevant and cogent evidence on the basis that it was obtained by the police in breach of those rights. This article locates the Irish constitutional exclusionary rule in the broader context of the role of the law of evidence in police governance. Citing specific examples from the Irish legislation and case law, it shows how recent legislative interventions and some judicial hesitancy have fuelled inconsistent and contradictory trends. It concludes that there is now a pressing need for reflection on the respective roles of the legislature and the courts in this area. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Crime, Law and Social Change Springer Netherlands 55/2-3(2011-04-01), 185-197 0925-4994 55:2-3<185 2011 55 10611 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-011-9278-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-011-9278-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Heffernan Liz School of Law, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Crime, Law and Social Change Springer Netherlands 55/2-3(2011-04-01), 185-197 0925-4994 55:2-3<185 2011 55 10611 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer