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Tempered Adversariality: The Judicial Role and Trial Theory in the International Criminal Tribunals
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 December 2004
Abstract
International criminal procedure (ICP) has fluctuated uncertainly between common- and civil-law procedural principles. Consensus on the principles underlying ICP is needed to ensure consistent standards of justice. The article begins by comparing criminal procedure in common- and civil-law systems, and describes the theories underlying the trial and judicial role in these systems. It then compares ICP to civil- and common-law criminal procedure. This comparison establishes the scope of judicial powers that can be exercised by international criminal judges. These powers differ from those exercised by both common- and civil-law judges. The article concludes by arguing that ICP is based on a new theory of the trial: the theory of ‘tempered adversariality’.
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- HAGUE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS: International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda
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- © 2004 Foundation of the Leiden Journal of International Law
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