The reform of the Dutch Code of Criminal Procedure in comparative perspective / edited by Marc Groenhuijsen, Tijs Kooijmans.

• Superior document: Nijhoff law specials, 81
• TeilnehmendeR: Groenhuijsen, M. S.; Kooijmans, T.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Nijhoff Law Specials 81.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

During the last decades of the 20th century, a consensus has emerged that the Dutch Code of Criminal Procedure (CCP), which had entered into force in 1926, had become dysfunctional in connection with both main objectives of criminal procedure. The research project ‘Strafvordering 2001’ aimed at answering the question how a CCP would look which meets contemporary needs and corresponds to state of the art doctrinal views, and is coherent in the sense that it offers a systematic criminal procedure approach. The Dutch government responded to the research findings by means of the introduction of several legislative acts. The contributions in this book discuss the question of whether the legislator has succeeded in improving the law of criminal procedure.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Marc Groenhuijsen and Tijs Kooijmans -- 25 years of Criminal Procedure in the Netherlands / Geert Corstens -- The Dutch System of Legal Remedies / Jan Watse Fokkens and Nathalie Kirkels-Vrijman -- The Judge in the Pre-Trial Investigation / Stijn Franken -- Some Main Findings of ‘Strafvordering 2001’ and the Subsequent Reform of Dutch Criminal Procedure / Marc Groenhuijsen -- The Extrajudicial Disposal of Criminal Cases / Tijs Kooijmans -- Internal Access in the Preliminary Investigation / Dirk van der Landen -- The Examination in Court According to Criminal Procedure 2001 (Strafvordering 2001), Partly as a Reflection on trial by jury / Theo de Roos -- The Law of Evidence and Substantiation of Evidence / Joep Simmelink -- Reform Proposals on Dutch Criminal Procedure – A German Perspective / Thomas Weigend -- A Review of the Criminal Courts of England and Wales by The Right Honourable Lord Justice Auld / Marc Groenhuijsen and Tijs Kooijmans -- Index / Marc Groenhuijsen and Tijs Kooijmans.