Plea bargaining in national and international law / Regina Rauxloh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rauxloh, Regina., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plea bargaining.

Pleas (Criminal procedure).

International law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Plea bargaining is one of the most important and most discussed issues in modern criminal procedure law. Based on historical and comparative legal research, the author has analysed the wide-spread use of plea bargaining in different criminal justice systems. The book sets out in-depth studies of consensual case dispositions in the UK, examining how plea bargaining has developed and spread in England and Wales. It also goes on to discusses in detail the problems that this practise poses for the rule of law by avoiding procedural safe-guards. The book draws on empirical research in its examin

Contents:

Front Cover; Plea Bargaining in National and International Law; Copyright Page; Contents; I Introduction; I. The development of informality in different systems; II. The traps of comparative research; III. Research methods; IV. Outline of the book; II The development and the impact of plea bargaining in the English criminal justice system; I. Introduction; II. The development of plea bargaining; III. The driving force behind the informal development; IV. Consequences for the criminal justice system; V. Conclusions; III Informal settlements in Germany; I. Introduction

II. The development of informal settlementsIII. The practice today; IV. The academic discourse: a never-ending story?; V. New practice through new law?; VI. Conclusions; IV Socialist and liberal criminal justice; I. Introduction; II. Historical background; III. Socialist legality; IV. Underlying procedural principles; V. Conclusions; V The absence of informal negotiations in the former GDR; I. Introduction; II. Legal provisions; III. Crime and criminal investigation; IV. Workload of the courtroom actors; V. Organisation of the legal profession; VI. Control of the legal profession

VII. Lay participationVIII. Conclusion; VI Plea bargaining in the International Criminal Court; I. The development in plea bargaining in international criminal procedures; II. Particular aspirations of international criminal law; III. Problems of investigation of international criminal law; IV. Plea bargaining at the ICC - when and how?; VII The informality of informal procedures; I. Informal development; II. The conflict of the law appliers; III. Parallel procedures; IV. Necessary debates; V. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-136-29771-5

0-203-11612-7

1-283-86337-5

1-136-29772-3

OCLC:

823387059