ELEMENTS OF JUSTICE NEGOTIATED IN EUROPE
ELEMENTS OF JUSTICE NEGOTIATED IN EUROPE

Summary/Abstract: In the past 20 years, most of the European states have adopted a form of plea agreement mechanism in their criminal procedure legislation. However, some are still reluctant do to it. Wether it is for worries of infringing on traditional principles of criminal procedure, or because of more practical resons, like avoiding the secrecy of the bargaining sessions, such countries have preferred a longer, rather than an efficient and speedy criminal process. In this article we will make a short presentation of how the European countries chose to deal with the plea bargaining procedure.

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