A BRIEF VIEW ON THE HISTORICAL TURNING POINTS OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
A BRIEF VIEW ON THE HISTORICAL TURNING POINTS OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Summary/Abstract: This article takes into account the history of criminal procedure, trying to highlight the moments which determined major changes in the development of this science. It also analyses how the modern criminal trial has been shaped, as a mix between the adversarial and the inquisitorial system. The article also tries to offer an image of the particularities of the two major systems in criminal procedure, namely the common-law system and the continental, Romano-Germanic law system. As the latest decades have brought in an unprecedented emphasis of the human rights, this paper refers to the effect that this situation has on the dynamic development of the criminal trial. Also, the article shortly analyses the situation of Romanian Criminal Procedure, especially in regard to determining the major influences which shaped the present-day Romanian criminal trial.

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