LL.D. / The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 108 of 1996 provides in Section 34 that everyone has the right to have any dispute that can be resolved by the application of law decided in a fair public hearing before court, or where appropriate, another independent and impartial tribunal or forum. A fair civil trial that includes a fair judgment can only be achieved if the parties to the action receive fair treatment throughout all the stages of the proceedings. Obviously the concept "trial" cannot be given a narrow interpretation. There can hardly be mention of a "fair trial" if the processes that precede the trial since commencement of the litigation cannot also be construed as fair. In providing the procedures whereby a fair civil trial is facilitated, apart from providing effective mechanisms for the enforcement of substantive rights and obligations, the interrelated concepts of time, effectiveness and costs are pivotal. In an attempt to secure a fair civil trial, the preparation for trial stage plays a very important role. It is, however, a reality of the South African litigation milieu that hundreds of cases are postponed on a daily basis as a result of problems that are related to specific pretrial procedures. The indications that the pre-trial procedures per se need to be revised and where necessary, be reformed, are consequently rife. There is also no comprehensive procedural structure in place in South African law in terms of which the parties can co-operate in order to effectively facilitate pre-trial preparation. An aspect of the pre-trial procedure that often leads to delay and unnecessary escalation of costs is the excessive amount of party control (or lack thereof) during the preparation for trial stage. Pivotal to reform of the pre-trial procedures is thus the question whether it serves any purpose to leave this stage to the "mercy of the parties". It can hardly be argued that retaining the element of surprise as part of a strict adversary litigation character yields any real advantage. Legal reform is not a process that can be undertaken in vacuo and any attempts at reform in the preparation for trial stage must consequently bear the following considerations in mind: costs, delay, the degree of complexity of procedures, formulation, time limits and sanctions, the impact of the principle of fairness, the impact of party control and circumstances peculiar to a particular legal system. It is furthermore important that such reform should be undertaken in accordance with an expressly declared ethos. Where there is no clear congruence between the reform ethos and the needs of a specific legal system it will inevitably lead to reform which, although it may be new, might not necessarily address and improve existing problems. Legal reform, even if it is of limited scope, should always be a logical, purposive process. In this respect comparative study of Anglo- American systems are invaluable. It is of great importance that individual pre-rial procedures should be reformed in order to facilitate cost and time effective preparation for trial. Various problems exist in respect of discovery and attention should urgently be given to the lack of uniformity between the High Courts and the Magistrates Court, the non-compulsory nature of the procedure, the effectiveness of time limits and sanctions, the wording of the rule and the question whether the concept "document" should be elaborated upon. Provision should also be made in the South African Law of Civil Procedure for exchange of witness statements prior to trial. Exchange of expert evidence ought also to be reformed in order to address the problematic time aspect, the obligation to give notice, the contents of the summary, the discussion between experts and the lack of sanctions prior to the trial date. Reform of the pretrial conference should also be undertaken in order to emphasize its legitimate place as a stocktaking procedure prior to trial. It is furthermore necessary to address the problems regarding the pre-trial conference that relate to the lack of uniformity in the High Court and Magistrate's Court, the attitude of the legal profession, the stage at which the conference must be held, the question regarding who should preside at the conference and the lack of effective sanctions. Reform of the individual pre-trial procedures, whether piecemeal or as a comprehensive once-off reform, is, however, per se not sufficient to ensure a level of trial preparation that will eventually lead to a fair civil trial. The individual pre-trial procedures are separate though interrelated links that can only fulfill their purpose if the greater more holistic approach to civil procedure gives structured recognition to orderly, time and cost effective litigation. It is, therefore, essential that the individual pre-trial procedures should function within the framework of a case management system that can play a significant role in achieving the ideal of a constitutionally fair civil trial in that it establishes a coordinated and procedurally fair preparation for trial stage. The eventual success of such reform will, apart form the provision of effective individual pre-trial procedures and an effective case management model, also depend on the materialization of a sufficient budget to create an infrastructure of computers and trained personnel as well as a mentality shift on the part of lawyers in order to discard their old adversary cloak in exchange for more effective transparant litigation and eventually, a fair civil trial.

Urgent and non-repeatable actions Abstract The graduation thesis focuses on the ambivalent institute of urgent and non-repeatable actions, which combines two contradictory requirements. On the one hand, a balance needs to be struck between the demand to protect the state, society and the legitimate interests of individuals and legal entities and to ensure a fair trial for the person against whom criminal proceedings are being conducted, on the other. The purpose of the urgent and non-repeatable actions is to enable the authorities involved in criminal proceedings to secure perishable evidence, even at the cost of infringing the rights of the defense. However, this distortion should be compensated to the defense by providing increased protection and furthermore, urgent and non-repeatable actions should be performed only when the legal conditions are fulfilled. The main goal of the thesis is a comprehensive analysis of urgent and non-repeatable actions in the sense of the Code of Criminal Procedure and higlihgting controversial issues and problems that arise in practice. The graduation thesis is composed of four chapters, each of them dealing with different aspect of urgent and non-repeatable actions. Chapter 1 is subdivided into two parts. Part 1 describes the historical development of urgent and...

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This thesis deals with the topic of means of substitution of custody. These means are milder than a custody itself which out of all the securing institutes of criminal procedural law can interfere with the rights of the individual in a most severe way. Custody must always be duly substantiated and applied only when necessary. Even if the custody of the accused is fully justified by legal facts, it is still necessary, in accordance with the exceptional nature of this institute, to examine whether it cannot be replaced by more lenient measures that can fulfil its purpose and at the same time are less restrictive in terms of basic human rights. The aim of my work is to examine such means of substitution of custody. The work is divided into four chapters. In the first chapter I characterize the institute of custody, its purpose and the reasons for which the accused can be taken into custody. This is the basis for other parts of this thesis, as the substitution of custody is linked to the custody itself inextricably. In the second chapter I follow the gradual development of substitution of custody. With the gradual increase in the level of basic human rights and freedoms, means of substitution of custody have been added accordingly. The chapter contains these developments from 1918 to present. The historical...

Nusikaltimo tyrimas suvokiamas kaip procesas nuosekliai atliekant visus reikiamus procesinius veiksmus (tyrimo veiksmus), tikslu išaiškinti nusikalstamos veikos aplinkybes, įkalinti kaltininkus, tinkamai pritaikyti įstatymą, kad nusikalstamą veiką padaręs asmuo būtų teisingai nubaustas ir niekas nekaltas nebūtų nuteistas. Šio darbo tikslas - išanalizuoti ikiteisminio tyrimo, susijusio su narkotikais, metodikos esmę ir aptarti tokio pobūdžio kriminalistinio nusikaltimų tyrimo tobulinimo kryptis. Darbo struktūra . Diplominį darbą sudaro įžanga, 3 skyriai, išvados, pasiūlymai, naudotos literatūros sąrašas, santrauka. Darbo apibendrinimas. Šiuolaikinė visuomenė suvokia nusikaltimą kaip neigiamą socialinį reiškinį matydama tik išorinius šio reiškinio bruožus: nukentėjusį, žalą, kaltininką, bausmę. Analizuojant nusikaltimus, susijusius su narkotinėmis medžiagomis, susiduriama su nusikaltimu kaip su sudedamųjų elementų visuma - sistema, dažnai matant tik silpniausią šios sistemos elementą, kuris yra aukojamas siekiant išsaugoti sistemos elementų branduolį. Toji silpnoji sistemos dalis - tai smulkūs narkotinių medžiagų platintojai, apie kuriuos rašo spauda, rodo televizija, demonstruojant ar kritikuojant teisėsaugos pareigūnų darbą, paliekant sistemos branduolį šešėlyje. Todėl, autoriaus manymu, didžiausias dėmesys turėtų būti skiriamas branduoliui, jo veiklai, o ne silpniausiai sistemos daliai. Dėmesys yra skiriamas, bet jo nepakanka, kadangi tokio pobūdžio problemos įveikimas... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / New legal reglamentation of different social relations and changing of system and activities of law enforcement institutions determined that, the most of further methodical recommendations don’t answer to practical demands of investigation and judicial institutions, so it isn’t implemented in such activities. The subject of the examined thesis is of great relevance because the number of crimes related to drugs increases and we need new efficient methods in order to solve this problem. The main purpose of the thesis is to examine in legal and systematic way the creation of methods of investigation of crimes related to drugs, their problems of formation and their perspectives, the impact of the legal, technical and material basis to the creation of the method of this kind of investigation. In the first chapter we have overlooked the methodological and scientific basis of the formation of method of investigation of the crimes related to drugs; in the second chapter we have presented the assumptions of the creation of the methodology of investigation of the crimes related to drugs and in the third one we have analyzed the problems and perspectives of the investigation’s method of the crimes related to drugs. By this thesis we try to present the scientific, criminal recommendations in order to make the process of investigation of the crimes related to drugs more efficient.

Šio darbo pagrindinis tikslas buvo išsiaiškinti ar žiniasklaidoje galima viešinti ikiteisminio tyrimo duomenis jei tai gali įtakoti nešališką, nepriklausomą baudžiamąjį procesą. Atsakant į iškeltus darbo tikslus nagrinėjama tiek Lietuvos, tiek užsienio praktika (JAV, Anglija ir kt.). Daug diskusijų dėl šių principų konfrontacijos kyla JAV. Šios valstybės teismai jau seniai pripažino galimą viešumo pavojų, kai prisiekusieji, įtakoti visuomenėje, per žiniasklaidą, formuojamos nuomonės, priima subjektyvius, šališkus, neteisingus sprendimus. / Aim of this work was to find out whether the media can serve to promote the pre-test data if media, public opinion can affect the fair, impartial and independent court. In order to verify the these assumptions, it is important to clarify the application of the principle of publicity characteristics and limits of the criminal process, the analysis of both the pre-trial stage and trial, to examine public awareness and the importance of boundaries. It is also necessary to assess whether public opinion on a fair and impartial court, is it possible to maintain a balance between these two principles. In response to the issue raised by the work targets both Lithuanian and foreign law (the U.S., UK, etc.) are analysed. Much of the debate on the principles of the U.S. confrontation arises. Courts of this country had recognized the potential public risk, when the jury, influenced by society through the media, which formed the opinion, makes subjective, biased, incorrect decisions.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-08-22T11:26:44Z No. of bitstreams: 1 alexandrejosesallesdefreitas.pdf: 1482710 bytes, checksum: 414c313b3458b97f77134266a90fe5e1 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-08-22T12:01:41Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 alexandrejosesallesdefreitas.pdf: 1482710 bytes, checksum: 414c313b3458b97f77134266a90fe5e1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-22T12:01:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 alexandrejosesallesdefreitas.pdf: 1482710 bytes, checksum: 414c313b3458b97f77134266a90fe5e1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-04-12 / O presente trabalho estuda a aplicação prática de prisões preventivas, medida processual penal tratada como excepcional pela própria Constituição, mas que vem se tornando cada vez mais usual e recorrente. A fim de explicar o porquê de a exceção estar virando a regra, juristas e acadêmicos já apontam para problemas como falta de um prazo legal para a duração, ampla margem interpretativa dos fundamentos legais, bem como questões mais arraigadas de seletividade dos órgãos ligados à justiça criminal. A partir destes estudos, conjugados com uma revisão bibliográfica sobre a sociologia do crime e do desvio, aliados às discussões sobre o atual modelo de proibicionismo que resulta na política de “guerra às drogas”, o trabalho promove o estudo de 155 ações penais referentes ao crime de tráfico de drogas, distribuídas a uma das Varas Criminais da Justiça Estadual da comarca de Juiz de Fora – MG, num lapso temporal de dois anos, compreendidos entre as datas de 01/01/2014 e 31/12/2015. Os dados quantitativos e qualitativos extraídos destes processos foram interpretados com enfoque na questão da prisão preventiva e seu efeito no fluxo processual. Na sequência, seleciona-se 83 sentenças das quais se passa a analisar, tendo-se por base a teory of sentencing, as fundamentações para condenar, as penas utilizadas pelo magistrado dentre outros fatores, que permitem constatar um alto índice de condenações e uma predileção por penas privativas de liberdade, confirmando-se na prática a lógica da punição. Finalizase com o estudo de um caso modelo, do qual se observa em pormenores, desde a abordagem policial que resulta na prisão em flagrante, perpassando-se por sua conversão em preventiva até a posterior condenação, as correlações entre os órgãos de justiça criminal e a lógica de um processo de tráfico de drogas, onde se aliam dois dos principais gargalos do encarceramento. / The present work studies the practice of pre-trial detention, that should be exceptional, but has being usual. To explain the reason of being the rule, lawyers and specialists point to questions like lack of legal deadline, wide margin about legal grounds and questions like the selectivity of criminal justice. From these studies, with a literature review about sociology’s crime and deviance, allied to discussions about the actual model of prohibitionism that results in the public policy of war on drugs, this work promotes the study of 155 criminal actions linked to drug trafficking in a criminal court of State Justice in a city county, in a period between January of 2014 and December of 2015. The quantitative and qualitative data extracted from these cases were interpreted with focus on pre-trial detention and the effects on the process flow. In sequence, 83 were selected and analyzed by the theory of sentencing, the grounds of condemnation, the penalty used by the magistrate and other factors that allow us to verify an high index of condemnations and a preference to custodial sentences which confirms the punishment logical. We finished with a model of case study where were observed, in details, since the police approach that results in detention in the act, passing by conversion to pre-trial detention until the final condemnation, the correlations between criminal justice and the logic in a process of drug trafficking where two of the most important problems of incarceration are allied.

- The issue of pre-trial detention in criminal procedure The topic of this diploma thesis is the issue of pre-trial detention in criminal procedure. The institute can be described as a securing institute of criminal procedural law that significantly affects the right to personal freedom of the individual, which conflicts with other human rights. In light of these violations of fundamental rights, it is not surprising that the institute is often discussed and is thus a sensitive topic. It is therefore often the subject of disputes, which are held in front of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic and other international courts. This thesis is divided into six chapters, wherein, the first part deals with the description of the institute of pre-trial detention itself, and discusses the principles that are related to it. The second chapter briefly describes the historical development of the institute of pre-trial detention on the territory of the Czech Republic since 1961, when the new Criminal Procedure Code was adopted. It emphasises the amendments No. 265/2001 Coll., and No. 459/2011 Coll., which both brought a significant change in the legal system of pre-trial detention. The third chapter focuses on the existing legislation based on case law in the Czech Republic and international courts....

This diploma thesis is focused on the position and tasks of a judge in pre-trial criminal proceedings and aims to present the role of the judge in pre-trial proceedings on the basis of analysis of his role and specific actions carried out in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Code which he takes part in. Criminal proceedings in general is a topical issue when considering a planned recodification of the Criminal Procedure Code. Moreover, pre-trial criminal proceedings present a significant part of criminal proceedings because all the evidence obtained and gathered in this stage might have a huge impact on the course and decision of a trial. Even though the prosecutor is in charge of pre-trial criminal proceedings, the judge holds an important position in this stage since he decides on actions which interfere with human rights and fundamental freedoms. The diploma thesis is divided into four chapters which are complementary and logically follow each other. The first chapter deals with criminal proceedings in general; in particular, it contains a definition and tasks of criminal proceedings, parties and subjects and stages. Emphasis is placed on fundamental principles of criminal proceedings as they present the main building blocks and permeate the entire Criminal Procedure Code. The second...

The purpose of this study was to contextually describe and explore the experiences and challenges of the juvenile offenders and pre-trial diversion officers (PTD) involved in the pre-trial diversion programme (PTD) in the Chitungwiza community. In this study, the qualitative research methodology was applied. Research designs used were explorative, descriptive and contextual of nature. Furthermore, the multi-case studies design within the qualitative approach applied. The non-probability purposive and snow-balling sampling methods were used to select the sample from juvenile offenders and PTD officers who have been involved in the PTD programme. Qualitative data was collected using semi-structured interviews with an open-ended interview guide. The eight steps of Tesch (Creswell, 2009:186) were employed to analyse the data. To demostrate the trustworthiness of the research findings, the researcher used Guba`s model (Krefting, 1991:214-222). The findings of the study established that most children commit criminal offences due to socio-economic reasons and that the pre-trial diversion programme is largely effective in the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders. Recommendations were made for the PTD programme to activate socio-economic interventions and improve resources allocation in order to enhance service delivery. / Social Work / M.A. (Social Work)