• Chapter 1: The Presumption of Innocence: Sorting the Claims


• Chapter 2: The Human Right to Be Presumed Innocent


• Chapter 3: Non-Proceduralism and the Presumption of Innocence


• Chapter 4: The Presumption of Innocence in the Trial Setting


• Chapter 5: Justifying the Proof Structure of Criminal Trials


• Chapter 6: Do We Really Need a Pre-Trial Presumption of Innocence?


• Chapter 7: Pre-Trial Detention and the Presumption of Innocence


• Chapter 8: Incomplete Prosecutions and the Presumption of Innocence


• Chapter 9: The Presumption of Innocence Post-Punishment


• Epilogue

Richard L. Lippke is Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Indiana University, Bloomington

Taming the Presumption of Innocence provides a comprehensive account of the presumption of innocence in criminal law and procedure. It defends a narrow but clearly defined role for the presumption and resists efforts to cast it as a panacea for many of what are believed to be the unnecessarily harsh features of contemporary criminal justice systems.