1st Edition

Plea Bargaining in National and International Law A Comparative Study

By Regina Rauxloh Copyright 2012
296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

Plea bargaining is one of the most important and most discussed issues in modern criminal procedure law. Based on historical and comparative legal research, the author has analysed the wide-spread use of plea bargaining in different criminal justice systems. The book sets out in-depth studies of consensual case dispositions in the UK, examining how plea bargaining has developed and spread in... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Development and the Impact of Plea Bargaining in the English Criminal Justice System  3. Informal Settlements in Germany  4. Socialist and Liberal Criminal Justice  5. The Absense of Informal Negotiations in the Former GDR  6. Plea Bargaining in the International Criminal Court 7. The Informality of Informal Procedures

Biography

Regina Rauxloh is senior lecturer at the University of Surrey, where she teaches international criminal law, public international law, and law of armed conflict. Her research interests lie in International Criminal Law, Corporate Crime, Law of Armed Conflict.

Rauxloh's book makes a contribution to the larger literature on plea bargaining in that it provides a comparative view of this practice. This book is useful for scholars and students interested in these issues because it offers a perspective on how bargaining justice is carried out in countries other than the United States, but especially because of its exploration of the significance of plea bargaining in the context of seeking international criminal justice.

- Yue Ma for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, May 2014