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Do Exclusionary Rules Ensure a Fair Trial? : A Comparative Perspective on Evidentiary Rules.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gless, Sabine.
Other Authors: Richter, Thomas.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2019.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Editors and Contributors
  • Abbreviations
  • Keywords
  • 1 Introduction
  • Abstract
  • 1 Criminal Justice as a Barometer of Social Developments
  • 2 Criminal Trials and Human Rights
  • 3 Exclusionary Rules as Safeguards
  • 4 Comparative Perspectives on Exclusionary Rules
  • 5 Core Issues Surrounding the Effectiveness of Exclusionary Rules
  • References
  • Books
  • Journal Articles
  • Contributions to Edited Volumes and Annotated Law
  • Comparative Perspectives
  • 2 The Potential to Secure a Fair Trial Through Evidence Exclusion: A Swiss Perspective
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Establishing Facts in Swiss Criminal Proceedings
  • 2.1 Legal Framework and Relevant Actors
  • 2.1.1 General Rules
  • 2.1.1.1 Duties in Criminal Investigations
  • 2.1.1.2 Securing a Fair Trial
  • 2.1.1.3 Balancing Fact-Finding and Individual Rights
  • 2.1.2 Establishing the Facts, Procedural Rules, and Stages
  • 2.1.3 Establishing the Facts: Actors and Accountability
  • 2.1.3.1 Primary Actors
  • 2.1.3.2 Supervision of Judicial Authorities and Legal Remedies
  • 2.1.3.3 Liability of the State and Legal Officials for Improper Compulsion in Criminal Investigations
  • 2.1.4 Establishing the Facts: Institutional Safeguards
  • 2.2 Relevance of the Truth and Individual Rights in Criminal Trials
  • 2.2.1 Public Interest in Determining the Truth
  • 2.2.2 Presenting the "Truth" to the Public
  • 2.2.3 Miscarriages of Justice
  • 3 Limitations of Fact-Finding with Exclusionary Rules in Switzerland
  • 3.1 Exclusionary Rules in Swiss Criminal Proceedings
  • 3.1.1 Rationale
  • 3.1.2 The CPC's System of Exclusionary Rules
  • 3.1.3 Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court
  • 3.1.4 Enforcement of Exclusionary Rules
  • 3.2 Exclusion of Illegally Obtained Evidence Following Improper Compulsory Techniques.
  • 3.2.1 The Right Against Self-Incrimination and Improper Compulsory Measures
  • 3.2.2 Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
  • 3.2.3 Institutional Bans on Torture and the Right to Remain Silent
  • 3.2.4 Exclusionary Rules Applicable to Illegally Obtained Evidence
  • 3.2.4.1 Legal Framework
  • 3.2.4.2 Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court
  • 3.2.5 Admissibility of Fruit of Poisonous Tree in Cases of Torture and Improper Compulsory Techniques
  • 3.2.5.1 Legal Framework
  • 3.2.5.2 Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court
  • 3.2.6 The Effect of International Human Rights Law
  • 4 Statistics
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Books
  • Journal Articles
  • Contributions to Edited Volumes and Annotated Law
  • Reports, Legislative History
  • 3 The Potential to Secure a Fair Trial Through Evidence Exclusion: A German Perspective
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 General Framework for Establishing Facts in Criminal Proceedings
  • 2.1 Legal Framework and Relevant Actors
  • 2.1.1 General Rules
  • 2.1.1.1 Law Determining Duties in Criminal Investigations
  • 2.1.1.2 Law Securing a Fair Trial
  • 2.1.1.3 Other Individual Rights with Relevance for the Criminal Process
  • 2.1.1.4 Law Balancing the Search for Evidence and Infringements of Individual Rights
  • 2.1.2 Establishing Facts-Stages and Rules
  • 2.1.3 Establishing Facts-Actors and Accountability
  • 2.1.4 Establishing Facts-Institutional Safeguards
  • 2.2 Social Relevance of Truth and Individual Rights in Criminal Trials
  • 2.2.1 Relevance of Determining the Truth
  • 2.2.2 Presentation of "Facts" Respectively "Fact-Finding" And/Or "Truth" to the Public
  • 2.2.3 Public Discussion of Miscarriages of Justice
  • 3 Limitations of Fact-Finding in Criminal Proceedings
  • 3.1 General Rules on Taking Evidence (Admissibility of Evidence)
  • 3.1.1 Legal Framework.
  • 3.1.1.1 Legal Framework for Taking Evidence and Admissibility of Evidence
  • 3.1.1.2 Practice and Jurisprudence
  • 3.1.1.3 Consequences of a Violation of Exclusionary Rules
  • 3.1.2 Debate on Exclusionary Rules
  • 3.1.3 Institutional Arrangements Securing Individual Rights
  • 3.2 Evidence Obtained by Torture
  • 3.2.1 Definitions of Torture and Inhuman Treatment
  • 3.2.2 Definition of Privilege Against Self-incrimination
  • 3.2.3 Exclusionary Rules for Evidence Obtained by Torture
  • 3.2.3.1 Procedure
  • 3.2.3.2 Exclusionary Rules in Public Debate
  • 3.2.4 Institutional Arrangements Securing the Ban on Torture
  • 3.2.5 Exclusion of Evidence and Other Remedies Following a Breach of the Ban on Torture
  • 3.2.6 Admissibility of Indirect Evidence ("Fruits of the Poisonous Tree") in Cases of Torture
  • 3.3 Exclusion of Illegally Obtained Evidence-Cases of Undue Coercion
  • 3.3.1 Institutional Arrangements Securing the Right to Remain Silent
  • 3.3.2 Exclusionary Rules for Evidence Obtained in Violation of the Privilege Against Self-incrimination
  • 3.3.3 Remedies Following Violations of Exclusionary Rules
  • 4 Statistics
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Books
  • Journal Articles
  • Contributions to Edited Volumes and Annotated Law
  • 4 Regulating Interrogations and Excluding Confessions in the United States: Balancing Individual Rights and the Search for the Truth
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Fact-Finding Procedure: Stages, Rules, and Actors
  • 2.1 Stages and Rules
  • 2.2 Actors and Accountability
  • 3 General Framework for Fact-Finding in Criminal Proceedings
  • 3.1 Law Relating to the Search for Truth
  • 3.2 Law Protecting Individual Rights
  • 3.3 Law Balancing the Search for Truth and Individual Rights Protections
  • 3.4 Social Relevance of Truth and Individual Rights in Criminal Trials
  • 3.4.1 Relevance of Determining the Truth.
  • 3.4.2 Presentation of Factfinding to the Public
  • 3.4.3 Public Discussion of Miscarriages of Justice
  • 4 Constitutional Limitations on the Admissibility of Confessions in Criminal Proceedings
  • 4.1 Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment Limits on Admissibility of Confessions
  • 4.2 Sixth Amendment Limits on Admissibility of Confessions
  • 4.3 The Miranda Safeguards Against Coerced Confessions
  • 4.4 Exclusion of Evidence Obtained by Torture or Undue Coercion
  • 4.5 Debate on Exclusionary Rules
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Books
  • Journal Articles
  • Contributions to Edited Volumes and Annotated Law
  • Reports, Legislative History
  • 5 The Potential to Secure a Fair Trial Through Evidence Exclusion: A Taiwanese Perspective
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 General Framework for Establishing Facts in Criminal Proceedings
  • 2.1 Legal Framework and Relevant Actors
  • 2.1.1 General Rules
  • 2.1.1.1 Law Determining Duties in Criminal Investigations
  • 2.1.1.2 Laws Securing a Fair Trial
  • 2.1.1.3 Laws Balancing the Search for the Truth and Infringements of Individual Rights
  • 2.1.2 Establishing Facts-Stages and Rules
  • 2.1.3 Establishing Facts-Actors and Accountability
  • 2.2 Social Relevance of Truth and Individual Rights in Criminal Trials
  • 2.2.1 Relevance of Determining the Truth
  • 2.2.2 Presentation of "Facts", "Fact-Finding" and/or "Truth" to the Public
  • 2.2.3 Public Discussion of Miscarriages of Justice
  • 3 Limitations of Fact-Finding in Criminal Proceedings
  • 3.1 General Rules of Evidence Taking (Admissibility of Evidence)
  • 3.1.1 Specific Exclusionary Rules of the CCP
  • 3.1.1.1 Confessions Collected During Specific Periods of Time Mandated by Law or at Night (Art. 158-2 Para. 1 of the CCP)
  • 3.1.1.2 Right to Remain Silent and Access to a Defense Attorney (Art. 158-2 Para. 2 of the CCP).
  • 3.1.2 Specific Exclusionary Rules of the Communication Security and Surveillance Act
  • 3.1.3 General Exclusionary Rules of the CCP
  • 3.2 Exclusion of Evidence Obtained by Torture and Undue Coercion
  • 3.2.1 Definitions of Torture, Undue Coercion and Degrading Punishment
  • 3.2.2 Definitions of Right to Remain Silent/Privilege Against Self-incrimination
  • 3.2.3 Exclusionary Rules for Evidence (Possibly) Obtained by Torture and Undue Coercion
  • 3.2.3.1 Legal Framework
  • 3.2.3.2 Practice
  • (High Court) Jurisprudence
  • Protecting Human Dignity of the Defendant and His Status as a Party
  • Safeguarding the Liberty of Decision Making and Mental Activities of the Defendant
  • Deterrence from Illegal Investigatory Activity Based on the Principle of the Due Process of Law
  • 3.2.4 Institutional Arrangements Securing the Ban on Torture Undue Coercion
  • 3.2.5 Exclusion of Evidence or Other Remedies Following a Breach of the Ban on Torture and Undue Coercion
  • 3.2.6 Admissibility of Indirect Evidence ("Fruits of Poisonous Tree") in Cases of Torture and Undue Coercion
  • 3.2.6.1 Legal Framework
  • 3.2.6.2 Practice
  • (High Court) Jurisprudence
  • 3.2.7 Effect of International Human Rights
  • 4 Statistics
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Sec38
  • References
  • 6 The Potential to Secure a Fair Trial Through Evidence Exclusion: A Chinese Perspective
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 General Framework for Fact-Finding in Criminal Proceedings
  • 2.1 Legal Framework and Relevant Actors
  • 2.1.1 General Rules
  • 2.1.1.1 Law Determining a Duty to Search for the Truth
  • 2.1.1.2 Law Securing a Fair Trial and/or Individual Rights
  • Constitutional Rules
  • Statutory Rules
  • International Human Rights Law
  • 2.1.1.3 Law Balancing a Duty to Determine the Truth and Infringements on Individual Rights
  • 2.1.2 Fact-Finding Procedure-Stages and Rules.
  • 2.1.3 Fact-Finding Procedure-Actors and Accountability.

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