Download or read book Judicial Decisions in the Pre trial Phase of Criminal Proceedings in France Germany and England written by Pierre Hauck and published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International criminal procedure has become significant, given the numerous events on the world stage which have focused attention on the trials for heinous crimes. This highly original work provides a thought-provoking and valuable resource for researchers and academics. Author Pierre Hauck draws on a comparative analysis of judicial decisions in the pre-trial phase of criminal proceedings in France, Germany, and England, and mirrors the output to the supranational level. Hauck's study illustrates the characteristics of the pre-trial procedural order at the International Criminal Court, including the strengths and weaknesses from an international viewpoint.

Download or read book A Comparative Analysis of Models of Judicial Decisions in the Pre trial Phase of Criminal Proceedings in France England and Germany written by Pierre Hauck and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Report on the Administration of Criminal Justice in the Pre trial Phase in France and Germany written by Leonard Herschel Leigh and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overall assessment of the criminal procedure systems in France and Germany in relation to the investigation process, the management of prosecutions and the construction of the case. It asks if some of the procedures used in Germany and France should be adopted in the UK.

Download or read book A Comparative Analysis of Pre Trial Procedure in Europe The Search for an Ideal Model written by Edward Johnston and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hearing of a case in a court room by a tribunal, today classified as the trial phase, has long stood inherently in the nature of the judicial competence of a State. By contrast, the pretrial phase and the introduction of the public prosecutor into the criminal procedural system as a subject of the judicial process has a much shorter history than the trial. However, in recent times, the pre-trial process has arguably been the subject of more heated debates than the trial phase has been. One reason for this, is that the pre-trial process is one which begins with a simple suspicion and subsequently seeks to reach a certain degree of suspicion so that indictment can be introduced to the court by prosecutor. Despite the existence of uncertainty as whether sufficient evidence required in order introduce the indictment to the court will be established, the main fundamental rights and freedoms, inter alia, freedom of liberty and right to privacy can be intervened by the public prosecutor and even police officers at a very early stage in of a criminal case, in all jurisdictions covered by this book. This clearly places core protections, such as presumption of innocence, at risk of harm. This raises an interesting disjunction, whereby on the one hand, at pre-trial stage the degree of suspicion required to deprive a suspect's liberty is lower than it is in trial, on the other, the fundamental rights and freedoms are at increased risk of violation in the pre-trial stage. Another notable feature of the pre-trial phase across Europe, is its dependence on the thematic underpinnings of the national approach to criminal procedure rules, perhaps most notably, whether they are deeply rooted in adversarial or inquisitorial traditions, or one of the infinite possible combinations of those two ideals. In other words, the way in which a criminal justice system approaches to rights and freedoms of the suspects in the pre-trial phase is shaped by their expectations and reservations to the role of the suspect. For instance, the right to access legal assistance features less in systems that are more closely connected to inquisitorial ideals than adversarial. Because the public prosecutor regarded as a paramount, in Lat. dominus litis, who aims to find out the material truth has to collect all evidence, whether it bolsters or undermines the case against the suspect. Therefore, the role of the prosecutor, and in some jurisdictions the police, in collecting and controlling the evidence, has been seen as a justification for the proceedings in the pre-trial and the defence lawyer can xii exercise a diminished role. What's more, the pre-trial phase places much more emphasis on inquisitorial ideals than it does adversarial. Because inquisitorial system seeks to find out the material truth by focusing on a case rather than a person as partisan interest. Consequently, the importance of the gathering evidence in that stage is self-evident. This edited collection brings together analyses of the pre-trial process across a number of European jurisdictions together, proffering the opportunity for readers to draw comparisons among them, in order to reach an ideal model of pre-trial procedure. To that end, this edited collection examines the pre-trial procedure in a number of different jurisdictions throughout Europe. Covering a number of key topics, such as the arrest thresholds, the roles of key actors in the process, the limits on the investigation and the rules surrounding the decision to charge, the book critically analyses the safeguards that exist throughout this process, the rights of the suspect as well as the impact of the statements made during the investigative stage. Finally, it examines the impact illegally obtained evidence holds for the trial process. In that respect, the book provides ten distinctive chapters from jurisdictions including Croatia, England and Wales, Estonia, Germany, Italy, North Macedonia, Serbia, Spain, The Netherlands and Turkey. The title of each chapter depicts the relevant jurisdiction and the focus on system of pre-trial on a given jurisdiction. However, some authors have chosen to deal with specific challenges that can be found within a particular jurisdiction. For example, a number of authors have focussed on the benefits and tribulations brought about by recent reforms, such as that in Croatia. Other's as the chapter from The Netherlands focusses on the uniquely fundamental role of the case-file and or German colleagues present interesting arguments surrounding so called 'cash for justice' issues. The youth and inexperience of duty defence lawyers is highlighted as a particular issue in Turkey. The Italian chapter indicates the transformation of Italian criminal justice system from inquisitorial to adversarial approach, starting in 1988. Moreover, both the Italian and German chapters address a significant and permanent topic: the discretion of the prosecutor to conclude the case without trial and respectively penal order issue. In conjunction with that, readers will observe the relationship between police and prosecutor through the empirical date in Serbian chapter. It deals with the tension between the role of the prosecutor as a guarantor for ensuring fundamental rights and freedoms in prosecuting crimes and the Police's operational independence, initiative and creativity in combating crime. The Spanish chapter highlights the strong place of the judge of instruction (juge d'instruction), a traditionally French concept, which is maintained in Spanish criminal xiii procedure. The Estonian chapter reveals that characteristics of Soviet rule remain in thier criminal procedure, even as an EU member state. Our North Macedonian colleagues present and overview of the pre-trial process in a compact way, providing an example of Western Balkan countries. The chapter from England and Wales chapter provides the reader, in particular those who are not non-familiar to common law criminal justice system, with analytical insights into an adversarial pre-trial process. Finally, the chapter from Turkey focuses on the early access to legal assistance in Turkey, with special regard paid to the case of Salduz v. Turkey, a landmark case of the ECtHR that has influenced pre-trial procedure in jurisdictions throughout Europe. In doing so, the book provides a comparative analysis on the pre-trial procedure within Europe that includes the comparison of a variety of themes, drawn together in a concluding chapter. These themes mainly consist of a historical, functional, legislative and cultural focus. In that regard, the readers will discover the influences that have shaped the criminal procedure in a particular jurisdiction, along with the rationale for the approach taken. It should be emphasized that the aims of this book is not to label particular jurisdictions 'good' or 'bad', but rather to allow readers to select elements of each jurisdiction in order to form their ideal model. Further, in a comparative study methodology, a fundamental discussion whether a comparativist should focus more on similarities or differences among jurisdictions exists.1 Rather, the editors prefer to take a pragmatic approach by comparing the jurisdictions covered in the book to find out unique and common practices with other jurisdictions in order to reach an ideal model for the creation a better pre-trial procedure system in Europe.

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Process written by Darryl K. Brown and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-22 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Process surveys the topics and issues in the field of criminal process, including the laws, institutions, and practices of the criminal justice administration. The process begins with arrests or with crime investigation such as searches for evidence. It continues through trial or some alternative form of adjudication such as plea bargaining that may lead to conviction and punishment, and it includes post-conviction events such as appeals and various procedures for addressing miscarriages of justice. Across more than 40 chapters, this Handbook provides a descriptive overview of the subject sufficient to serve as a durable reference source, and more importantly to offer contemporary critical or analytical perspectives on those subjects by leading scholars in the field. Topics covered include history, procedure, investigation, prosecution, evidence, adjudication, and appeal.

Download or read book Effective Criminal Defence in Europe written by Ed Cape and published by Intersentia NV. This book was released on 2010 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, millions of people across Europe - innocent and guilty - are arrested and detained by the police. For some, their cases go no further than the police station, but many others eventually appear before a court. Many will spend time in custody both before and following trial. Initial attempts by the European Union to establish minimum procedural rights for suspects and defendants failed in 2007, in the face of opposition by a number of Member States who argued that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rendered EU regulation unnecessary. However, with ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, criminal defense rights are again on the agenda. Based on a three year research study, this book explores and compares access to effective defense in criminal proceedings across nine European jurisdictions (Belgium, England/Wales, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, and Turkey) that constitute examples of the three major legal traditions in Europe: inquisitorial, adversarial, a

Download or read book The Accusation Model Before the International Criminal Court written by Hanna Kuczyńska and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how the functioning of the International Criminal Court has become a forum of convergence between the common law and civil law criminal justice systems. Four countries were selected as primary examples of these two legal traditions: the United States, England and Wales, Germany and Poland. The first layer of analysis focuses on selected elements of the model of accusation that are crucial to the model adopted by the ICC. These are: development of the notion of the prosecutor’s independence in view of their ties to the countries and the Security Council; the nature and limits of the prosecutor’s discretional powers to initiate proceedings before the ICC; the reasons behind the prosecutor’s choice of both defendants and charges; the role the prosecutor plays in the procedure of disclosure of evidence and consensual termination of proceedings; and the determinants of the model of accusation used during trial and appeal proceedings. The second layer of the book consists in an analysis of the motives behind applying particular solutions to create the model of accusation before the ICC. It also shows how the model of accusation gradually evolved in proceedings before the military and ad hoc tribunals: ICTY and ICTR. Moreover, the question of compatibility of procedural institutions is addressed: In what ways does adopting a certain element of criminal procedure, e.g. discretional powers of the prosecutor to initiate criminal proceedings, influence the remaining procedural elements, e.g. the existence of the dossier of a case or the powers of a judge to change the legal classification of the criminal behavior appearing in the indictment?

Download or read book Administrative Tribunals and Adjudication written by Peter Cane and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08-03 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the many constitutional developments of the past century or so, one of the most significant has been the creation and proliferation of institutions that perform functions similar to those performed by courts but which are considered to be, and in some ways are, different and distinct from courts as traditionally conceived. In much of the common law world, such institutions are called 'administrative tribunals'. Their main function is to adjudicate disputes between citizens and the state by reviewing decisions of government agencies - a function also performed by courts in 'judicial review' proceedings and appeals. Although tribunals in aggregate adjudicate many more such disputes than courts, tribunals and their role as dispensers of 'administrative justice' receive relatively little scholarly attention. This wide-ranging book-length treatment of the subject compares tribunals in three major jurisdictions: Australia the UK and the US. It analyses and offers an account of the concept of 'administrative adjudication', and traces its historical development from the earliest periods of the common law to the twenty-first century. There are chapters dealing with the design of tribunals and tribunal systems and with what tribunals do, what they are for and how they interact with their users. The book ends with a discussion of the place of tribunals in the 'administrative justice system' and speculation about possible future developments. Administrative Tribunals and Adjudication fills a significant gap in the literature and will be of great value to public lawyers and others interested in government accountability.

Download or read book French Criminal Justice written by Jacqueline Hodgson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2005-11-08 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basing much of its analysis upon the first systematic empirical study of the French pre-trial process, this monograph breaks new ground in the field of comparative criminal justice. Moving away from idealised accounts of judicially supervised investigations, it provides a better understanding of the ways in which an inquisitorially rooted criminal process operates in practice and the factors that influence and constrain its development and functioning. The structure and operation of French criminal justice is set within a broad range of contexts of political, occupational and legal cultures from the French Republican tradition of state-centred models of authority, across the growing influence of the ECHR, to the local conditions which determine the ways in which individual discretion is exercised. The French model of investigative supervision and accountability is contrasted with more adversarial procedures and in particular, the different ways in which the reliability of evidence is guaranteed and the interests of the accused protected. Systematic observation of the daily working practices of police, gendarmes, prosecutors and juges dinstruction across a number of sites and time periods, provides a unique and detailed account of the ways in which the French criminal process operates in practice. The understandings and insights generated from this data are then set within a wider legal and political analysis, which considers issues such as the influence and interference of the State within matters of justice; a comparative analysis of the judicial and defence functions; and the extent to which ECHR fair trial guarantees are able to produce legal and ideological change within a process which depends upon a central and judicially supervised investigating authority. An informed knowledge of other European criminal procedures is increasingly essential for those working within UK (as well as comparative) criminal justice, if there is to be a proper engagement with, and evaluation of, measures such as the EUs proposed Council Framework Decision on Certain Procedural Rights in Criminal Proceedings throughout the European Union, as well as recent legislative reform in England and Wales that seeks to adjust the pre-trial roles of police and prosecutor in significant ways. This book will be essential reading for teachers, researchers, students and policy-makers working in the areas of criminal justice in the UK and across Europe, in comparative criminal justice/criminology, as well as in French and European studies.

Download or read book Core Concepts in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice written by Kai Ambos and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comparative and collaborative study of the foundational principles and concepts that underpin different domestic systems of criminal law.

Download or read book Principles of International Criminal Law written by Gerhard Werle and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Principles of International Criminal Law is one of the leading textbooks in the field. This third edition builds on the highly-successful work of the previous editions, setting out the general principles governing international crimes as well as the fundamentals of both substantive and procedural international criminal law.

Download or read book The Prosecutor in Transnational Perspective written by Erik Luna and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-27 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Erik Luna and Marianne Wade examine the considerable powers of the American prosecutor and look abroad in order to learn valuable lessons from a transnational examination of prosecutorial authority. They explore parallels and distinctions in the processes available to and decisions made by prosecutors in the United States and Europe. Through the varied topics covered by the contributors on both sides of the Atlantic, they demonstrate how the enhanced role of the prosecutor represents a crossroads for criminal justice with weighty legal and socio-economic consequences.

Download or read book Handbook of European Criminal Procedure written by Roberto E. Kostoris and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-12 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume analyses criminal procedural issues from a European perspective, particularly in connection with EU law and ECHR law. As such, it differs from previous works, which, on the one hand, generally focus only on EU law, and, on the other, address both procedural and substantial aspects, as a result of which the former receive inadequate attention. Indeed, criminal procedural matters in the European context have now reached a level of complexity, but also of maturity, that shows the features of a great design, which, even if not yet defined in all its aspects, appears sufficiently articulated to deserve to be explained in a systematic way. The book offers a guidance for practitioners, academics and students alike. It covers a broad range of topics: from the complex system of the sources of law to the multilevel protection of fundamental rights; from vertical and horizontal judicial and police cooperation to the instruments of mutual recognition, primarily the European Arrest Warrant; but also the European Investigation Order, the execution of confiscation orders, the ne bis in idem principle, the conflicts of jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgements. The book also reflects the latest regulation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.

Download or read book Mutual admissibility of evidence in criminal matters in the EU IRCP series vol 53 written by Martyna Kusak and published by Maklu. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Any effort to gather evidence may prove pointless without ensuring its admissibility. Nevertheless, the EU, while developing instruments for smooth gathering of evidence in criminal matters, is not taking much effort to enhance its admissibility. Due to the lack of common rules in this matter, gathering and use of evidence in the EU cross-border context is still governed by the domestic law of the member states concerned. This may lead to situations where, given the differences between legal systems across the EU, evidence collected in one member state will not be admissible in other member states. Due to the fact that the Lisbon Treaty opened the possibility to adopt minimum rules concerning, among other things, the mutual admissibility of evidence, this research investigates the concept of minimum standards designed to enhance mutual admissibility of evidence in the EU. Through a study of two investigative measures, telephone tapping and house search, the author examines whether coming to various common minimum standards is feasible and whether compliance with these standards would finally shape the as yet nonexistent concept of the free movement and mutual recognition of evidence in criminal matters in the EU. Essential reading for both national and EU policy makers, scholars and practitioners involved in cross-border gathering of evidence in the EU.

Download or read book Prosecuting Crime in the Renaissance written by John H. Langbein and published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our present system of criminal prosecution originated in England in the sixteenth century. Langbein traces its development, which was at its most intense during the reign of Queen Mary. He shows how the common law developed a system of official investigation and prosecution that incorporated the medieval institution of the jury trial. He places equal emphasis on the role of the justices of the peace as public prosecutors. The second half of the book compares the English system with those of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany) and France. He concludes by refuting the popular opinion that the English were strongly indebted to continental models. "This is an excellent work of scholarship, exhibiting wide research, erudition and analytical ability." --Joseph H. Smith, Harvard Law Review 88 (1974-1975) 485 JOHN LANGBEIN is Sterling Professor of Law and Legal History at Yale Law School. He has held academic positions at Stanford University, Oxford University, the Max-Planck-Institut für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte and the Max-Planck-Institut für Ausländisches und Internationales Strafrecht. Langbein is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the International Academy of Comparative Law, the International Association of Procedure Law, and other organizations in the fields of legal history and comparative law. Some of his most distinguished publications and articles include History of the Common Law: The Development of Anglo-American Legal Institutions (2009), Torture and the Law of Proof: Europe and England in the Ancient Regime (1977), and "The Supreme Court Flunks Trusts," Supreme Court Review (1991).

Download or read book Comparative Criminal Procedure written by John H. Langbein and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Commentary on the Law of the International Criminal Court written by Mark Klamberg and published by Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher. This book was released on 2017-04-29 with total page 819 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: