Plea bargaining is one of the most important and most discussed issues in modern criminal procedure law. Based on historical and comparative legal research, the author has analysed the wide-spread use of plea bargaining in different criminal justice systems. The book sets out in-depth studies of consensual case dispositions in the UK, examining how plea bargaining has developed and spread in England and Wales. It also goes on to discusses in detail the problems that this practise poses for the rule of law by avoiding procedural safe-guards. The book draws on empirical research in its examination of the absence of informal settlements in the former GDR, offering a unique insight into criminal procedure in a socialist legal system that has been little studied. Drawing on her research findings, the author goes on to discuss the extent to which plea bargaining should be developed in the International Criminal Court in The Hague, as the question of this practise is set to be one of the seminal debates in the development of international criminal procedures in the new International Criminal Court.

Plea Bargaining in National and International Law will be of particular interest to academics and students of international criminal law, criminal procedures and comparative law.

About the Author
Regina Rauxloh is senior lecturer at the University of Surrey, where she teaches international criminal law, public international law, and law of armed conflict. Her research interests lie in International Criminal Law, Corporate Crime, Law of Armed Conflict.

Reviews

Rauxloh's book makes a contribution to the larger literature on plea bargaining in that it provides a comparative view of this practice. This book is useful for scholars and students interested in these issues because it offers a perspective on how bargaining justice is carried out in countries other than the United States, but especially because of its exploration of the significance of plea bargaining in the context of seeking international criminal justice.

- Yue Ma for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, May 2014

Book Information
ISBN 9781138016866
Author Regina Rauxloh
Format Paperback
Page Count 296
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 408g