Criminal Procedure Handbook

Product Details:Author(s): Ally, D , Joubert, JJ , Kemp, G , Mokoena, MT , Swanepoel, JP , Terblanche, SS and van der Merwe, SE Year Published:2020Edition13th EditionType:Print | Soft CoverLanguage:EnglishAbout this publicationStudents will find this book invaluable in their study of Criminal Procedure. It introduces readers to the fundamental principles and values underlying this field of law and guides them systematically through the rules of procedure that apply in criminal cases.About the Authors
Professor J P Swanepoel (former state advocate with considerable experience in the field of criminal litigation) and Professor J J Joubert are both retired members of the Department of Criminal and Procedural Law of the University of South Africa. Professor S S Terblanche (formerly a magistrate) is a member of the Department of Criminal and Procedural Law of the University of South Africa and has contributed extensively to the field of sentencing. Professor S E van der Merwe was a professor in Public Law at the University of Stellenbosch and has written widely on topics forming part of this branch of law. Professor G P Kemp is a member of the Department of Public Law of the University of Stellenbosch and his publications on criminal justice often refer to aspects of his field of specialisation, the international criminal law. Professor D Ally is the Head of the Department of Law at the Tshwane University of Technology and has written a number of articles in the field of criminal procedure, with a specific focus on the impact of the Constitution on criminal procedure. Dr M T Mokoena is the Head of the Department of Criminal and Procedural Law at the University of South Africa and has published contributions to criminal procedure, notably on bail.Content
Preface
Table of cases
Part I: Selected general principles of the law of criminal procedure
A basic introduction to criminal procedure
The criminal courts of the Republic of South Africa
The prosecution of crime
The right to legal assistance
The accused: His or her presence as a party
Part ii: The criminal process
Phase one: pre-trial criminal procedure
The exercise of powers and the vindication of individual rights
Securing the attendance of the accused at the trial Interrogation, interception and establishing the bodily features of persons Search and seizure
Bail and other forms of release
Pre-trial examinations
Phase two: the trial
Indictments and charge sheets
The trial courts
Arraignment and plea of an accused Miscellaneous matters relating to the trial
Joinder and separation of trials Trial principles and the course of the criminal trial
The verdict Phase three: the sentence
The sentence
Phase four: post-verdict and post-sentence remedies Review
Appeal
Clemency and other relevant aspects
Appendices
Schedules to the Criminal Procedure Act
Selected sections of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa References
References to the Criminal Procedure Act
References to the Child Justice Act
References to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996
References to the Superior Courts Act
Subject index
Interest / Benefit to
Judges Magistrates
Attorneys Lecturers and students of criminal procedure