International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Criminal Law Looseleaf

Author: Frank Verbruggen; Cyrille Fijnaut
Publisher: Kluwer Law International Subscriptions
ISBN: 9789065449375

Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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The International Encyclopaedia of Laws is a response to the need for comprehensive, up-to-date and readily available information about the major areas of law as they relate to other countries. This series of loose-leaf publications is divided into 13 different major fields of law, each consisting of a combination of national and international monographs.

This volume provides information on criminal law. When completed about 60 national monographs will be included, each consisting of about 200 pages. A standard general outline will be followed to facilitate consultation and comparison. The national monographs start with a general introduction about the characteristics of the country, give an overview of the history of criminal law and criminal justice and explain the actual situation. The second part is devoted to substantive criminal law.

The third part is focused on criminal procedure and the last of the monographs concerns the execution and extinction of the sanctions.;The international monographs relate to, among other things, the European Convention of Human Rights, the jurisprudence of the European Court and the European Commission of Human Rights, the mutual assistance treaties in criminal matters, and the criminal law aspects of the EC.

Part 1 Criminal law: general principles of criminal law; enforcement of criminal law; general principles of criminal responsibility or liability; grounds for justification of criminal offences and defences that diminish or excuse criminal responsibility or liability; incomplete or partly perpetrated criminal offences; classification and survey of criminal offences; the sanctions system.

Part 2 Criminal procedure: general characteristics; investigation; pre-trial proceedings; the trial stage; appeals.

Part 3 Execution and extinction of sanctions: sources of penitentiary law and nature of regulations; general principles concerning the execution of sentences and orders; custodial sanctions; prescription of the sanction, pardon and rehabilitation.