Issues of convergence : inquisitorial prosecution in England and Wales? / Chrisje Brants, Allard Ringnalda.
2011
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Title
Issues of convergence : inquisitorial prosecution in England and Wales? / Chrisje Brants, Allard Ringnalda.
Published
Nijmegen : Wolf Legal Publishers, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Call Number
KD8348 .B73 2011
ISBN
9789058506207
9058506207
9058506207
Description
110 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)728721383
Note
"Preadvies voor de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Rechtsvergelijking."
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-97).
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Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
7
pt. I
A Comparative Perspective on Prosecution
1.
Introduction
9
2.
A conceptual framework and method
12
a.
Legitimate truth-finding
12
b.
Legal culture and legal tradition in criminal justice
13
c.
Using ideal-types to identify change
15
3.
Ideal-typical adversarial and inquisitorial procedure
17
a.
Civil and common law and corresponding procedural traditions
17
b.
The responsibilities of participants in relation to prosecution
21
The prosecutor and truth-finding
21
The responsibilities of the prosecutor in deciding to prosecute (or not)
23
Fundamental characteristics of the ideal-types with regard to prosecution
25
pt. II
Prosecution in England and Wales
1.
Introduction
27
2.
The history of public prosecution and a Crown Prosecution Service in England and Wales
29
a.
The English tradition of private prosecutions
29
b.
Early proposals for a public prosecution system
32
c.
The new police as prosecutors
34
d.
The decline of the police as prosecutors and the creation of the CPS
38
3.
The development of the Crown Prosecution Service
43
a.
The Royal Commission: a quest for greater accuracy
43
b.
Narey and Glidewell: the quest for efficiency
45
c.
The new millennium: a quest for a new CPS?
46
4.
The Crown Prosecution Service today
48
a.
Organisation and structure
48
b.
Prosecutorial role
49
c.
The role of the CPS in criminal investigation
52
Relationship between police and CPS
52
Investigations and disclosure of evidence to the defence
53
d.
Prosecution ethics and prosecution advocates
54
e.
Out-of-court settlement
55
f.
Accountability
57
5.
Summary: the Crown Prosecution Service: past and present
58
pt. III
Towards the Inquisitorial?
1.
Two touchstones: the adversarial ideal-type and the Dutch inquisitorial system
61
2.
The early history of prosecution
64
3.
Themes of transition
67
a.
Relationship between police and prosecution
68
b.
Duties regarding the defence pre-trial
69
c.
The prosecution at trial
73
d.
Training and ethics
75
e.
Out-of-court settlement
76
f.
Policy responsibilities and accountability of the prosecution service
79
4.
Towards the inquisitorial
82
Literature
89
Annex I
Flow chart of criminal procedure in England and Wales
98
Annex II
Tables
100
Geschriften van de Nederlandse Vereniging voor Rechtsvergelijking
107