Product Description
Criminal Procedure Handbook (13th edition) (Multimedia eBook)
Author: JJ Joubert
Format: Digital
Criminal Procedure Handbook 13th edition introduces readers to the fundamental principles and values underlying this field of law and guides them systematically through the rules of procedure that apply in criminal cases.
Key Features
Concise references to Chapter 2 (Bill of Rights) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 have been inserted in appropriate places in the material based on the Criminal Procedure Act.
Sections of the Constitution dealt with in the text are reproduced after the table of contents to each chapter, with mention of the subdivisions of the chapter where each section appears.
Constant reference to the Child Justice Act in the various phases of the criminal process necessitated reproduction of the relevant sections of this Act at the beginning of each chapter.
Includes lists of the important sections of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, the Child Justice Act, 2008, the Constitution and the Superior Courts Act, 2013 dealt with in the text.
Interactive learning aids and self-assessment questions instantly validate learning.
Video lectures provide further context.
Includes visual aids such as diagrams, infographics and flowcharts.
Audio glossaries of terms promote an understanding of commonly used terms and concepts.
Case study application questions teach students how to apply their knowledge.
Contents:
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Preface
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Table of cases
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Part I: Selected general principles of the law of criminal procedure
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A basic introduction to criminal procedure
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The criminal courts of the Republic of South Africa
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The prosecution of crime
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The right to legal assistance
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The accused: His or her presence as a party
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Part II: The criminal process
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Phase one: pre-trial criminal procedure
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The exercise of powers and the vindication of individual rights
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Securing the attendance of the accused at the trial
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Interrogation, interception and establishing the bodily features of persons
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Search and seizure
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Bail and other forms of release
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Pre-trial examinations
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Phase two: the trial
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Indictments and charge sheets
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The trial courts
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Arraignment and plea of an accused
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Miscellaneous matters relating to the trial
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Joinder and separation of trials
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Trial principles and the course of the criminal trial
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The verdict
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Phase three: the sentence
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The sentence
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Phase four: post-verdict and post-sentence remedies
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Review
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Appeal
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Clemency and other relevant aspects
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Appendices
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Schedules to the Criminal Procedure Act
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Selected sections of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
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References
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References to the Criminal Procedure Act
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References to the Child Justice Act
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References to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996
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References to the Superior Courts Act
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Subject index
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