John D Jackson is Professor of Comparative Criminal Law and Procedure, Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Law, University of Nottingham. He is the author of a number of books on evidence and criminal procedure including Northern Ireland Supplement to Cross on Evidence (1983), Called to Court: A Public View of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland (1991) (with R Kilpatrick and C Harvey), Judge without Jury: Diplock Trials in the Adversary System (1995) (with Sean Doran), The Judicial Role in Criminal Proceedings (2000) (with Sean Doran), Standards for Prosecutors: An Analysis of the United Kingdom National Prosecuting Agencies (2006) (with Barry Hancock), Crime, Procedure and Evidence in a Comparative and International Context (2008)(with P. Tillers and M. Langer) and Standards for Prosecutors: An Analysis of the National Prosecuting Agencies in Ireland, New South Wales (Australia), The Netherlands and Denmark (2009)(with Barry Hancock). -Bloomsbury