Summary: In this article, the author argues against reverse onus clauses, both theoretically and pragmatically to establish that such clauses lead to some unimagined and undesirable consequences which do not actually reach the identified goals of these stringent special laws. Introduction The presumption of innocence (‘POI’) is one of the fundamental principles of procedural criminal law, […]
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