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Rights of Alleged Victims in Penal Proceedings: Provisions in Canon Law and the Criminal Law of Different Legal Systems / edited by Charles J. Scicluna, Myriam Wijlens.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canon law.
- Criminal law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (343 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2023.
- Summary:
- The rights of victims of sexual abuse as minors in penal proceedings is gaining increasing attention. International standards have been developed and national judicial systems have implemented them and developed them further. This book presents the standards, the provisions of nine different countries as well as four studies suggesting possible improvements to the role of victims in the canonical penal proceedings of the Roman Catholic Church. This unique collection of studies, written by leading authorities in the field of rights of victims of sexual abuse as minors in the civil realm, offers fascinating proposals by outstanding canon lawyers for improvements to the penal procedural law of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Notes:
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Worldcat, viewed June 29, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 978-3-7489-3616-9
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