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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

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Criminal law. Criminal procedure --- European Union --- Due process of law --- Criminal investigation --- Pre-trial procedure --- Preliminary examinations (Criminal procedure) --- Police questioning --- Right to counsel --- Enquêtes criminelles --- Procédure antérieure au procès --- Instruction préparatoire --- Interrogatoire policier --- Droit à un défenseur --- Comparative studies --- Etudes comparatives --- BPB0706 --- #KVHA:Gerechtstolken --- 343.14 --- Strafrechtelijk bewijs. Bewijsvoering in strafzaken. Ondervraging van verdachte. Bekentenis. Eed. Getuigenverklaring. Expertise --- 343.14 Strafrechtelijk bewijs. Bewijsvoering in strafzaken. Ondervraging van verdachte. Bekentenis. Eed. Getuigenverklaring. Expertise --- Enquêtes criminelles --- Procédure antérieure au procès --- Instruction préparatoire --- Droit à un défenseur --- Examinations before trial --- Interrogatories (Criminal procedure) --- Pre-trial hearings --- Preliminary hearings (Criminal procedure) --- Criminal procedure --- Crime detection --- Crime investigation --- Criminal investigations --- Investigations --- Law enforcement --- Crime scenes --- Detectives --- Forensic sciences --- Union européenne --- Law and legislation --- Poland --- Belgium --- Great Britain --- Germany --- Greece --- Italy --- Netherlands --- European Union countries --- Case studies --- Comparative studies. --- Detection of crime --- Suspects (Criminal investigation) --- Informers --- Preliminary examinations (Criminal procedure) - Europe --- Criminal investigation - Europe --- Due process of law - Europe --- Droits de la defence --- Instruction preparatoire --- Police judiciaire --- Procedure penale comparee --- Droit pénal (droit européen)

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This book considers how access to justice is affected by restrictions to legal aid budgets and increasingly prescriptive service guidelines. As common law jurisdictions, England and Wales and Australia, share similar ideals, policies and practices, but they differ in aspects of their legal and political culture, in the nature of the communities they serve and in their approaches to providing access to justice. These jurisdictions thus provide us with different perspectives on what constitutes justice and how we might seek to overcome the burgeoning crisis in unmet legal need. The book fills an important gap in existing scholarship as the first to bring together new empirical and theoretical knowledge examining different responses to legal aid crises both in the domestic and comparative contexts, across criminal, civil and family law. It achieves this by examining the broader social, political, legal, health and welfare impacts of legal aid cuts and prescriptive service guidelines. Across both jurisdictions, this work suggests that it is the most vulnerable groups who lose out in the way the law now operates in the twenty-first century. This book is essential reading for academics, students, practitioners and policymakers interested in criminal and civil justice, access to justice, the provision of legal assistance and legal aid

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Administrative law --- Criminal law. Criminal procedure --- European Union --- Detention of persons --- Preliminary examinations (Criminal procedure) --- Due process of law --- Détention de personnes --- Instruction préparatoire --- Procédure pénale --- Garde à vue --- Détention de personnes --- Instruction préparatoire --- European Union countries