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Fair Trials: The European Criminal Procedural Tradition and the ECHR


ISBN13: 9781841137308
Published: August 2007
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Hardback
Price: £85.00



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The right to a fair trial has become an issue of increasing public concern, following a series of high profile cases such as the Bulger case, Khan (Sultan) and R. v D.P.P. ex p. Kebilene. In determining the scope of the right, we now increasingly look to the ECHR, but the court has given little guidance, focusing on reconciling procedural rules rather than addressing the broader issues.

This book addresses the issue of the meaning of the right by examining the contemporary jurisprudence in the light of a body of historical literature which discusses criminal procedure in a European context. It argues that there is in fact a European criminal procedural tradition which has been neglected in contemporary discussions, and that an understanding of this tradition might illuminate the discussion of fair trial in the contemporary jurisprudence.

This challenging new work elucidates the meaning of the fair trial and in doing so challenges the conventional approach to the analysis of criminal procedure as based on the distinction between adversarial and inquisitorial procedural systems. The book is divided into two parts. The first part is dominated by an examination of the fair trial principles in the works of several notable European jurists of the nineteenth century, arguing that their writings were instrumental in the development of the principles underlying the modern conception of criminal proceedings.

The second part looks at the fair trials jurisprudence of the ECHR and it is suggested that although the Court has neglected the European tradition, the jurisprudence has nevertheless been influenced, albeit unconsciously, by the institutional principles developed in the nineteenth century.

Subjects:
Human Rights and Civil Liberties
Contents:
Part One
1. The Enduring Legacy of 'Inquisitorial' and 'Accusatorial' Procedural Forms in the Debate on Comparative Criminal Procedure
A The Enduring Legacy of the Inquisitorial/Accusatorial Divide
B The Connection to Legal Nationalism
C Developing a New Approach for Analysing European Criminal Procedure Law
2. The Origins of the European Criminal Procedural Tradition
A Introduction: The Importance of the Developments of the Nineteenth Century
B The Development of the 'Accusatorial Trinity'
C Judicial Impartiality
(i) The Separation of the Functions of 'Judging' and Prosecuting in
France and Germany
(ii) Impassivity or Activity: The Role of the English Judge in the
Examination of the Evidence
(iii) Institutional Impartiality
D The Public Hearing Requirement
E Immediate and Oral Proceedings
(i) Immediate and Oral Examination of Evidence at Trial
(ii) Consideration at Trial of Evidence Collected before the Trial and
Submitted in Writing
(iii) Immediate and Oral Proceedings as Fundamental to the Accusatorial
System
F Conclusions
3. The Rights of the Defence: Lessons from the Nineteenth Century
A The Institutional Nature of the 'Rights of the Accused'
B The Rights of the Defence at Trial
(i) The Presence of the Accused
(ii) Participatory Rights of the Accused
(a) The Developing Conception of the Accused as a Party
(b) Understanding the Nature of the Accused's Participatory Rights: The English Reforms of the Late Nineteenth Century
(c) The Assistance of Counsel
C The Role of the Defence in the Pre-trial Phase
(i) The Pre-trial Phase as 'Investigative'
(a) The Questioning of the Accused
(b) The Examination of Evidence
(ii) The Determinative Reality of the Investigation
D Conclusions
Part Two
4. Defining Fairness in Article 6(1) ECHR
A Introduction
B Identifying Vargha's 'Accusatorial Trinity'
C The Role of the 'Equality of Arms' Doctrine
D The Relationship between the Adversarial Procedure Requirement and the
Equality of Arms
E The Court's Interpretation of the Adversarial Procedure Requirement in
Criminal Proceedings
(i) The Right to be Present at Trial
(ii) Knowledge of the Other Side's Submissions
(iii) Opportunity to Comment on the Other Side's Submissions
F The Relationship between the Defence and the Prosecution
G Fairness and Implied Procedural Forms
5. The Structure of the 'Trial' in Article 6 ECHR
A Introduction
B The Defence's Right to Challenge Witness Evidence
C Witness Evidence in Europe: An Overview
D Regulating Witness Evidence: Article 6(3)(d)
(i) What is an Adequate and Proper Opportunity to Challenge Witnesses?
(a) The Identity of the Witness
(b) The Importance of the Witness
(ii) When Should Witnesses be Examined?
E The Importance of the Trial as the Forum for Confronting Witness Evidence
F Reconciling Examination of Witnesses in the Investigation Phase with the
'Accusatorial Trinity'
(i) The Presence of Counsel during Pre-trial Examination of Witnesses
(ii) The Presence of an Impartial Supervisory Authority during the Examination of Witnesses
(iii) Immediacy
G The Privilege Against Self-incrimination
(i) Improper Compulsion
(ii) Indirect 'Acceptable' Compulsion
(iii) The Relationship between Compulsion and the Assistance of Counsel
(iv) The Privilege against Self-incrimination as a Substitute for the Refusal to Insist on Adversarial Principles in the Investigation Phase
H The Root of the Problem: Defining the 'Trial'
(i) The Investigation Phase Lacuna
(ii) Explaining the Investigation Phase Lacuna: Les Travaux Préparatoires
(iii) Resolving the Fairness Deficit: Acknowledging the European Procedural Tradition
6. Reassessing Fairness in European Criminal Law: Procedural Fairness, Defence Rights and Institutional Forms
A Procedural Fairness as Individual Rights
B Procedural Rights and Institutional Forms
C Article 6 ECHR and the European Criminal Procedural Tradition
D Towards an Institutional Understanding of Fairness in Criminal Proceedings

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Self-Defence in Criminal Law ISBN 9781509936700
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Criminal Fair Trial Rights: Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights ISBN 9781509909865
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Evidence of Bad Character 3rd ed ISBN 9781509900046
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Criminal Fair Trial Rights: Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights ISBN 9781849465502
Published September 2014
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Hearsay Evidence in Criminal Proceedings 2nd ed ISBN 9781849464635
Published February 2014
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The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination and Criminal Justice ISBN 9781841133171
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Case Management in Criminal Trials 2nd ed ISBN 9781849463041
Published January 2012
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£90.00
Case Management in Criminal Trials (eBook) ISBN 9781847318824
Published January 2012
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Inquests ISBN 9781849460378
Published May 2011
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The Presumption of Innocence: Evidential and Human Rights Perspectives ISBN 9781849460361
Published June 2010
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Sexual Assault and the Justice Gap ISBN 9781841136707
Published April 2008
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Homicide Law in Comparative Perspective
Edited by: Jeremy Horder
ISBN 9781841136967
Published December 2007
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£90.00
Self-Defence in Criminal Law ISBN 9781841136073
Published July 2006
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