The right to silence: in constitutional limbo

It has been held that the right of silence is implicit in the right to a fair trial expressed in the European Convention on Human Rights. Dr John Breslin (Barrister; Lecture in Law, University College, Dublin) reviews Irish authority to see how the privilege against self-incrimination operates within a constitutional framework. Article published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.