"...thought-provoking essays...This project can influence research into various criminal processes as well as European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence...a substantial contribution to a valuable project. A theory of the criminal trial has the potential of guiding theoretical work on various aspects of the criminal justice process, and the editors should be appreciated for initiating it." --British Journal of Criminology. Vol 46, No 5

"...analysis is sharp and comprehensive." --The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland

"This is a stimulating and diverse collection which deserves to be read widely." --International Journal of Evidence and Proof, Vol 11/1

"...the project's bringing together of lawyers and philosophers from adversarial and inquisitorial jurisdictions is an especially promising start to ground a normative theory of the criminal trial on interdisciplinary work." --Criminal Law Forum, 16