Criminal Procedure Legislative Guide

Product Details:
Author(s):
Juta Law Editors
Year Published:
2020
Edition
3rd Edition
Type:
Print | Soft Cover
Language:
English
About this publication
Students 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.
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 (formerlya magistrate), Professor M Basdeo (formerly a lieutenant-colonel in the South African Police Service) and Professor M G Karels (formerly an attorney) are all members of the Department of Criminal and Procedural Law of the University of South Africa and have contributed extensively to the fields, respectively, of sentencing, criminal justice and child justice. Dr T Geldenhuys, now retired, was a high-ranking member of the South
African Police Service. 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 the 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.
Content
Introduction 
Crime control and due process  
Constitutional criminal procedure 
Accusatorial and inquisitorial procedure and a brief history of South African Criminal Procedure 
Source of South African Criminal Procedure 
Remedies  
Remarks in conclusion 
Interest / Benefit to
Law students
Criminal law practitioners
Investigators
Police officials