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Paul Roberts

Paul Roberts

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Professor of Criminal Jurisprudence，Faculty of Social Sciences
Email: 
paul.roberts@nottingham.ac.uk      
Education
B.A. - Balliol College, Oxford, 1987-90 and 1992-93
B.A. - Institute of Criminology and King's College, Cambridge ,1990-91

Paul Roberts is a Professor of Criminal Jurisprudence and Faculty of Social Sciences of University of Nottingham School of Law, UK. He is a Overseas Key Member of the “111 Plan” of the PRC national government - Base for Evidence Science Innovation and Talent Recruitment,and a Research Fellow of the “2011 Plan” of the PRC national government - Collaborative Innovation Center of Judicial Civilization,and a member of the Board of Foreign Advisors of the Institute of Evidence Law and Forensic Science, China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL).

Expertise
criminal justice
evidence
criminology and criminal law
Books: 

·  ROBERTS, P, ed., 2014. Expert evidence and scientific proof in criminal trials Farnham : Ashgate.

·  ROBERTS, P, ed., 2014. Theoretical foundations of criminal trial procedure Farnham : Ashgate.

·  PAUL ROBERTS and COLIN AITKEN, 2014. The Logic of Forensic Proof: Inferential Reasoning in Criminal Evidence and Forensic Science.

·  ROBERTS, P. and HUNTER, J.B., eds., 2012. Criminal evidence and human rights: reimagining common law procedural traditions Hart Publishing.

·  ROBERTO PUCH-SOLIS, PAUL ROBERTS, SUSAN POPE and COLIN AITKEN, 2012. Assessing the Probative Value of DNA Evidence Royal Statistical Society.

·  SPECIALIST EDITOR ON CRIMINAL LAW, PROCEDURE AND EVIDENCE IN GREENBERG, D., ed., 2010. Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law 3rd edn. Sweet & Maxwell.

·  COLIN AITKEN, PAUL ROBERTS and GRAHAM JACKSON, 2010. Fundamentals of Probability and Statistical Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: Practitioner Guide No.1 Royal Statistical Society.

·  ROBERTS, P. and SAUNDERS, C., 2008. Interviewing Prosecution Witnesses: A Socio-Legal Evaluation of the Pre-Trial Witness Interview Pilot Crown Prosecution Service.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2008. Faces of justice adrift? Damaska's comparative method and the future of common law.

·  ALLEN and ROBERTS, P., eds., 2007. Special Issue of Evidence & Proof on the Reference Class Problem.

 

Book Chapters: 

·  PAUL ROBERTS, 2014. Loss of Innocence in Common Law Presumptions Criminal Law and Philosophy. 8, 317-336.

·  PAUL ROBERTS, 2014. Criminal Law Theory and the Limits of Liberalism. In: AP SIMESTER, ANJTE DU BOIS-PEDAIN and ULFRID NEUMANN, eds., Liberal Criminal Theory: Essays for Andreas von Hirsch Hart Publishing.327-360.

·  PAUL ROBERTS, 2013. Fue el Bebé Sacudido? Preuba, Pericia y Epistemologia Juridica en el Proceso Penal Inglés. In: CARMEN VÁZQUEZ, ed., Estandares de prueba y prueba cientifica: Ensayos de epistemologia juridica Marcial Pons. 135-180.

·  ROBERTS P, 2013. Renegotiating forensic cultures: between law, science and criminal justice. Studies in history and philosophy of biological and biomedical sciences. 44(1), 47-59.

·  PAUL ROBERTS, 2013. Expert Evidence and Criminal Trial Procedure. In: GERBEN BRUINSMA and DAVID WEISBURD, eds., Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice Springer. 1480-1494.

·  PAUL ROBERTS and WILLIAM O'BRIAN, 2013. Scientific Evidence in Criminal Prosecutions. In: GERBEN BRUINSMA and DAVID WEISBURD, eds., Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice Springer. 4701-4715.

·  PAUL ROBERTS, 2012. Excluding Evidence as Protecting Constitutional or Human Rights?. In: JULIAN V ROBERTS and LUCIA ZEDNER, eds., Principles and Values in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice: Essays in Honour of Andrew Ashworth OUP. 171-190.

·  PAUL ROBERTS, 2012. Oxford Jurisprudence Redux Transnational Legal Theory. 3, 180-88.

·  PAUL ROBERTS, 2011. Does Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights Require Reasoned Verdicts in Criminal Trials? Human Rights Law Review. 11, 213-235.

·  MIKE REDMAYNE, PAUL ROBERTS, COLIN AITKEN and GRAHAM JACKSON, 2011. Forensic Science Evidence in Question Criminal Law Review. 347-356.

·  PAUL ROBERTS, 2011. Peter Tillers’ Wish List Law, Probability & Risk. 11, 13-16.

·  ROBERTS, P. and SAUNDERS, C., 2010. Piloting PTWI—a socio-legal window on prosecutors’ assessments of evidence and witness credibility Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. 30(1), 101-141.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2009. The Science of Proof: Forensic Science Evidence in English Criminal Trials. In: FRASER, J and WILLIAMS, R., eds., Handbook of Forensic Science Willan. 446-484.

·  evidence. In: JACKSON, J., LANGER, M. and TILLERS, P., eds., Crime, procedure and evidence in a comparative and international context: essays in honour of Professor Mirjan Damaska Hart. 295-328.

·  ROBERTS, P. and SAUNDERS, C., 2008. Introducing pre-trial witness interviews: a flexible new fixture to the Crown Prosecutor’s toolkit Criminal Law Review. 2008(11), 831-853.

·  PAUL ROBERTS, 2008. Comparative Criminal Justice Goes Global Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. 28, 369-391.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2007. Chapter 1: Rethinking the law of evidence: a twenty-first century agenda for teaching and  research. In: ROBERTS, P. and REDMAYNE, M., eds., Innovations in evidence and proof: integrating theory, research and teaching Oxford: Hart Publishing. 19-63.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2007. Comparative Law for International Criminal Justice. In: ORUCU, E. and NELKEN, D., eds.,Comparative Law - A Handbook Hart. 339-370.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2007. Criminal Procedure, the Presumption of Innocence and Judicial Reasoning under the Human Rights Act. In: FENWICK, H., PHILLIPSON, G. and MASTERMAN, R., eds., Judicial Reasoning under the UK Human Rights Act Cambridge University Press. 377-423.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2007. Law and Criminal Investigation. In: NEWBURN, T., WILLIAMSON, T. and WRIGHT, A., eds.,Handbook of Criminal Investigation Willan. 92-145 (In Press.).

·  ROBERTS, P and REDMAYNE, M, eds., 2007. Innovations In Evidence And Proof: Integrating Theory, Research And Teaching Oxford : Hart.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2006. Theorising procedural tradition: subjects, objects and values in criminal adjudication. In:DUFF, A., FARMER, L., MARSHALL, S. and TADROS, V., eds., The trial on trial. Part 2: Judgement and calling to account. Oxford: Hart. 37-64.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2006. Penal Offence in Question: Some Reference Points for Interdisciplinary Conversation. In:SIMESTER, A. and VON HIRSCH, A., eds., Incivilities: Regulating Offensive Behaviour Hart. 1-56.

R·  OBERTS, P., COOPER, D. and JUDGE, S., 2005. Monitoring success, accounting for failure: The outcome of prosecutors' applications for special measures directions under the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EVIDENCE AND PROOF. VOL 9(NUMB 4), 269-290.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2005. Book Review: Taylor, Wasik and Leng: Blackstone's Guide to the Criminal Justice Act 2003INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EVIDENCE AND PROOF. VOL 9(NUMB 2), 148-152.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2005. Strict Liability and the Presumption of Innocence: An Expose of Functionalist Assumptions.In: ANDREW SIMESTER, ed., Appraising Strict Liability Oxford University Press, Oxford. 151-194.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2004. Towards the principled reception of expert evidence of witness credibility in criminal trialsINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EVIDENCE AND PROOF. VOL 8(NUMB 4), 215-232.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2004. Restoration and Retribution in International Criminal Justice: An Exploratory Analysis. In:Restorative Justice and Criminal Justice: Competing or Reconcilable Paradigms? Hart Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK. 115-134.

·  ROBERTS, P. and MCMILLAN, N., 2003. For Criminology in International Criminal Justice Journal of International Criminal Justice. VOL 1(NUMB 2), 315-338.

·  ROBERTS,P., 2002. Drug-dealing and the Presumption of Innocence: The Human Rights Act (Almost) Bites The International Journal of Evidence and Proof. 6, 17-37.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2002. On Method: The Ascent of Comparative Criminal Justice Oxford Journal of Legal Studies.VOL 22(PART 3), 539-562.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2002. Justice for all? Two bad arguments (and several good suggestions) for resisting double jeopardy reform INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EVIDENCE AND PROOF. VOL 6(PART 4), 197-217.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2002. Rethinking the law of evidence: a twenty-first century agenda for teaching and research.In: LEWIS, A., ed., Current Legal Problems 55. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 297-345.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2002. Science, Experts and Criminal Justice. In: The Handbook of the Criminal Justice ProcessOxford University Press, Oxford. 253-284.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2002. Double Jeopardy Law Reform: A Criminal Justice Commentary Modern Law Review. VOL 65(PART 3), 393-424.

·  ROBERTS,P., 2001. Philosophy, Feinberg, Codification and Consent: A Progress Report on English Experiences of Criminal Law Reform Buffalo Criminal Law Review. 5, 173-253.

·  ROBERTS,P., 2001. Review of Richard Nobles and David Schiff, Understanding Miscarriages of Justice (OUP, 2000) Law Quarterly Review. 117, 503-512.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2001. Privacy, Autonomy and Criminal Justice Rights: Philosophical Preliminaries. In: Personal Autonomy, the Private Sphere and the Criminal Law: A Comparative Study Hart Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK.49-78.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2000. Review Article: Discourses on Law in Policing Policing and Society. VOL 10(PART 2), 207-218.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2000. Lyal S. Sunga: The emerging system of international criminal law: Developments in codification and implementation; T.L.H. McCormack and G.J. Simpson (eds): The law of war crimes: National and international approaches INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EVIDENCE AND PROOF. VOL 4(PART 1), 73-76.

·  ROBERTS,P., 2000. Review of Timothy L.H. McCormack and Gerry J. Simpson (eds), The Law of War Crimes: National and International Approaches (Kluwer, 1997) The International Journal of Evidence and Proof. 4, 73-76.

·  ROBERTS, P., 2000. Acquitted Misconduct Evidence and Double Jeopardy Principles, From Sambasivam to ZCriminal Law Review. DEC, 952-970.

·  ROBERTS, P., 1999. Evidence, proof and probability INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EVIDENCE AND PROOF. VOL 3(NUMBER 1), 68-70.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1999. Review of Maxwell Barrett, Blackstone's Law of Evidence Index: Case Precedents 1900-1997 (Blackstone, 1998) The International Journal of Evidence and Proof. 3, 138-140.

·  ROBERTS, P., 1999. Criminal Justice and the Limits of Privacy In: Unknown.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1998. Review of Christine van den Wyngaert (ed), International Criminal Law: A Collection of International and European Instruments (Kluwer, 1996) The International Journal of Evidence and Proof. 2,60-68.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1998. On the Preconditions and Possiblities of Criminal Law Theory South African Journal of Criminal Justice. 11, 285-324.

·  ROBERTS, P., 1998. Recent Trends in English Penal Policy. In: Social Change, Social Policy and Social Work in the New Europe Ashgate Publishing Group, Aldershot & London. 97-117.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1998. Review of M. Cherif Bassiouni (ed), The Protection of Human Rights in the Administration of Criminal Justice: A Compendium of United Nations Norms and Standards (Transnational Publishers, 1994) The International Journal of Evidence and Proof. 2, 60-68.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1998. Review of Yoram Dinstein and Mala Tabory (eds), War Crimes in International Law (Martinus Nijhoff, 1996) The International Journal of Evidence and Proof. 2, 60-68.

·  ROBERTS, P., 1998. Expert Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: More Lessons from North America. In: REECE, H., ed., Current Legal Issues: Law and Science 1. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 175-219.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1998. Review of John Dugard and Christine van den Wyngaert (eds), International Criminal Law & Procedure (Dartmouth, 1996) The International Journal of Evidence and Proof. 2, 60-68.

·  ROBERTS, P., 1997. The Philosophical Foundations of Consent in the Criminal Law Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. VOL 17(NUMBER 3), 389-414.

·  ROBERTS, P., 1997. The Law Commission Consultation Paper on Previous Misconduct: All the Usual Suspects: A Critical Appraisal of Law Commission Consultation Paper No. 141 Criminal Law Review. MNTH 2, 75-92.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1997. Review of Frankin E. Zimring and Gordon Hawkins, Incapacitation: Penal Confinement and the Restraint of Crime (OUP, 1995) Criminal Law Review. 373-376.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1997. Evidence of Previous Misconduct: Paul Roberts Replies Criminal Law Review. 369-372.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1997. Consent to Injury: How Far Can You Go? Law Quarterly Review. 113, 27-35.

·  ROBERTS, P., 1996. Will you stand up in court? On the admissibility of psychiatric and psychological evidenceJournal of Forensic Psychiatry. VOL 7(NUMBER 1), 63-78.

·  ROBERTS, P., 1996. The admissibility of expert evidence: Lessons from America Expert Evidence. VOL 4(NUMBER 3), 93-100.

·  ROBERTS, P., 1996. From Deviance to Censure: A 'New' Criminology for the Nineties Modern Law Review. VOL 59(NUMBER 1), 125-144.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1996. Review of John Jackson and Sean Doran, Judge Without Jury (OUP, 1995) Law Quarterly Review. 112, 513-518.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1996. Review of Herschel Prins, Offenders, Deviants or Patients? (Routledge, 1995) Criminal Law Review. 362-364.

·  ROBERTS, P., 1996. Jill Hunter and Kathryn Cronin, Evidence, Advocacy and Ethical Practice: a Criminal Trial Commentary INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EVIDENCE AND PROOF. VOL 1(NUMBER 1), 92-97.

·  ROBERTS, P., 1996. What Price a Free Market in Forensic Science Services? The Organization and Regulation of Science in the Criminal Process British Journal of Criminology. VOL 36(NUMBER 1), 37-60.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1995. Review of A.T.H. Smith, Property Offences (Sweet and Maxwell, 1994) Law Quarterly Review. 111, 704-708.

·  ROBERTS, P., 1995. Taking the Burden of Proof Seriously Criminal Law Review. ISSUE 10, 783.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1995. Review of Michael McConville et al, Standing Accused: The Organisation and Practices of Criminal Defence Laywers in Britain (OUP 1994) Law Quarterly Review. 111, 167-172.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1994. Review of Michael Moore, Act and Crime: The Philosophy of Action and its Implications for Criminal Law (OUP, 1993) Criminal Law Review. 393-394.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1994. Review of Andrew L-T Choo, Abuse of Process and Judicial Stays of Criminal Proceedings (OUP, 1993) Law Quarterly Review. 110, 662-666.

·  ROBERTS, P., 1994. Forensic Science Evidence After Runciman Criminal Law Review. 780.

·  ROBERTS, P., 1994. Science in the Criminal Process Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. VOL 14(NUMBER 4), 469.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1994. Obtaining Defence Experts in Criminal Proceedings: Pragmatism and the Impossible Dream 42, 1-4.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1994. Remedies for Non-Disclosure After Ward Archbold News. 4 November, 5-8.

·  ROBERTS, PAUL, LAWYER and WILLMORE, C. J. (CHRIS J), 1993. The role of forensic science evidence in criminal proceedings: Royal Commission on Criminal Justice Research Study No 11 London : HMSO, 1993.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1993. Social Control and the Censures of Sex Crime, Law and Social Change. 19, 171-186.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1993. Review of Michael Saltman, The Demise of the Reasonable Man: A Cross-Cultural Study of a Legal Concept (Transaction, 1991) Social and Legal Studies. 2, 353-358.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1993. Expert Systems Solicitors' Journal. 3 December, 39-41.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1993. Review of Andrei Marmor, Interpretation and Legal Theory (OUP, 1992) Law Quarterly Review. 109, 499-503.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1992. Review of Ian Grigg-Spall and Paddy Ireland (eds), The Critical Lawyers' Handbook (Pluto Press, 1992) Social and Legal Studies. 1, 565-572.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1992. Review of David Carson, Professionals and the Courts: A Handbook for Expert Witnesses (Venture Press, 1990) Modern Law Review. 55, 754-757.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1992. Review of Tristram Hodgkinson, Expert Evidence: Law and Practice (Sweet and Maxwell, 1990) Modern Law Review. 55, 754-757.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1992. Review of Stephen Guest, Ronald Dworkin (Edinburgh UP, 1992) Modern Law Review. 55,881-885.

Articles: 

·  ROBERTS, P., 2011. Groundwork for a jurisprudence of criminal procedure. In: DUFF, R.A. and GREEN, S.P., eds., Philosophical foundations of criminal law Oxford University Press.

·  ROBERTS, P. and ZUCKERMAN A.A.S., 2010. Criminal evidence 2nd ed. Oxford University Press.

·  ROBERTS. P. and SIMESTER, A., 2006. Strict Liability in UK Regulation, Annex E to Richard McCrory, Regulatory Justice: Sanctioning in a post-Hampton World - Consultation Document Cabinet Office.

·  COOPER, D and ROBERTS, P., 2005. Special Measures for Vulnerable and Intimidated Witnesses: An Analysis of Crown Prosecution Service Monitoring Data London: Crown Prosecution Service.

·  ROBERTS, P and ZUCKERMAN, A.A.S., 2004. Criminal evidence Oxford: Oxford University Press.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1999. Tyres with a 'Y': An English Perspective on Kumho Tire and its Implications for the Admissibility of Expert Evidence International Commentary on Evidence. 2 July 1999.

·  ROBERTS, P., 1998. Criminal Justice and the Limits of Privacy In: Personal Autonomy, the Private Sphere and the Criminal Law.

·  ROBERTS, P., 1998. What can be Done About Crime? In: Reflections on Recent Trends in Western Penal Policy.

·  ROBERTS, P., 1996. Consent and Criminal Liability: A Framework for Discussion In: Institute of Contemporary Arts.

·  ROBERTS, P., 1995. Consent and the Criminal Law: Philosophical Foundations, in: Law Commission Consultation Paper No 139, Consent in the Criminal Law.

·  ROBERTS,P., 1994. Review of Andrew Von Hirsch, Censure and Sanctions (OUP, 1993) Criminal Law Review.

 

Positions: 

·  Board Member of Foreign Advisors, the           Institute           of           Evidence           Law and Forensic           Science           ,           China                     University           of           Political Science           and Law (CUPL).

·  Visiting Professor, the International Islamic University           Malaysia           (IIUM).

·  Visiting Professor, the           University           of           Warsaw           , the           Jagiellonian                     University           in           Krakow.          

·  Visiting Professor, the           University           of           Gottingen           , the           University           of           New South Wales           (UMSW), Sydney.

 ·  Visiting Professor, the           University           of           Natal           (Pietermaritzburg), RSA.

·  Editorial Board Member, International Commentary on Evidence (ICE).

·  Editorial Board Member, Criminal Law & Philosophy.

·  Editorial Board Member, Law, Probability and Risk.

·  Editorial Board Member, Law and Philosophy. 

·  Founding Editorial Board Member,The International Journal of Evidence and Proof (E & P).

  · Consultant, the Crown Prosecution Service.

·  Consultant, the Law Commissions of           England           and           Wales           and           Scotland           .

·  Advisor, the Forensic Regulator.

·  Member, the Royal Statistical Society's Working Group on Statistics and the Law.

·  Member，the Northumbria University Centre for Forensic Science.

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