Practical Global Criminal Procedure
United States, Argentina, and the Netherlands
By Aya Gruber, professor of law at University of Colorado, Boulder; Vicente de Palacios, partner at Baker & McKenzie Sociedad Civil, Argentina; and Piet Hein van Kempen, Radboud University, Netherlands.
Carolina Academic Press
“Practical Global Criminal Procedure” contextualizes criminal procedural law by analyzing police investigation in a homicide case under the law of the United States, Argentina, and the Netherlands.
The book discusses the fictional case of Nico Jansen, an 18-year-old high school student who, after a series of events, is charged with murder. The initial police investigation of Nico and his co-defendant becomes the vehicle for an in-depth examination of seizures, searches, interrogations, identifications and remedies for procedural violations under the law of each country.
The initial chapters provide a basic overview of life, crime, the legal system, the criminal system in each country, and set forth the facts of Nico's case. The remaining chapters discuss the relevant criminal procedural law in each country and apply that law to the specific circumstances of Nico's case. Comparison charts appear at the end of each substantive chapter to highlight and summarize the similarities and differences between each country's laws.
This book is designed as a student reader, and it can be used to provide a comparative experience to students in a basic criminal procedure course, to supplement a comparative law survey course, or to serve as primary text in a comparative criminal procedure course.
“This book is an extremely useful introduction to comparative criminal procedure. It takes a rather complicated murder case and shows readers how the case with its pretrial issues including search issues, issues surrounding the questioning of suspects, and identification issues would be resolved under the law in three very different legal systems. It will prove an excellent teaching tool for law students in comparative law courses, but because it is such a readable book, it will also serve as an excellent resource for anyone interested in understanding different legal cultures.”
By Aya Gruber, professor of law at University of Colorado, Boulder; Vicente de Palacios, partner at Baker & McKenzie Sociedad Civil, Argentina; and Piet Hein van Kempen, Radboud University, Netherlands.
Carolina Academic Press
“Practical Global Criminal Procedure” contextualizes criminal procedural law by analyzing police investigation in a homicide case under the law of the United States, Argentina, and the Netherlands.
The book discusses the fictional case of Nico Jansen, an 18-year-old high school student who, after a series of events, is charged with murder. The initial police investigation of Nico and his co-defendant becomes the vehicle for an in-depth examination of seizures, searches, interrogations, identifications and remedies for procedural violations under the law of each country.
The initial chapters provide a basic overview of life, crime, the legal system, the criminal system in each country, and set forth the facts of Nico's case. The remaining chapters discuss the relevant criminal procedural law in each country and apply that law to the specific circumstances of Nico's case. Comparison charts appear at the end of each substantive chapter to highlight and summarize the similarities and differences between each country's laws.
This book is designed as a student reader, and it can be used to provide a comparative experience to students in a basic criminal procedure course, to supplement a comparative law survey course, or to serve as primary text in a comparative criminal procedure course.
“This is comparative law as we dreamed it could be. The authors meticulously take us through the ins and outs of criminal procedure in three different countries. They provide the detail and continuity largely missing from individual works of comparative law, consisting only of disconnected snapshots of a foreign legal regime. From the comprehensive perspective of this work, and the clear collaboration among all three authors, the reader is offered a coherent comparative account of the detailed workings of the criminal justice systems in the U.S., Argentina, and the Netherlands.”
—Jorge Esquirol, Professor of Law, Florida International University College of Law
“This book is an extremely useful introduction to comparative criminal procedure. It takes a rather complicated murder case and shows readers how the case with its pretrial issues including search issues, issues surrounding the questioning of suspects, and identification issues would be resolved under the law in three very different legal systems. It will prove an excellent teaching tool for law students in comparative law courses, but because it is such a readable book, it will also serve as an excellent resource for anyone interested in understanding different legal cultures.”
—William Pizzi, Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado Law School