Reform of the Dutch Code of Criminal Procedure in Comparative Perspective

Marc S. Groenhuijsen (1956) is Professor of Criminal Law at Tilburg University. He has published extensively on the law of criminal procedure and supervised the ‘Strafvordering 2001’-research project.Tijs Kooijmans (1975) is Professor of Criminal Law at Tilburg University. He has published extensively on the law of criminal procedure.

• Preface;25 years of criminal procedure in the Netherlands Geert Corstens1. Introduction2. Moons Committee and Criminal Procedure (Strafvordering) 20013. Consensuality in criminal law4. Protection of the accused and the victim5. More powers for the police and Public Prosecution Service6. Flexible review by the criminal court of breaches of procedural rules7. ConclusionThe Dutch system of legal remedies Jan Watse Fokkens and Nathalie Kirkels-Vrijman1. Introduction 2. Appeal3. Appeal in cassation4. Retrial5. ConclusionThe judge in the pre-trial investigation Stijn Franken1. The narrow margins of the debate2. Theory and practice3. The duties of the examining magistrate4. Not more, but less and better Some main findings of ‘Strafvordering 2001’ and the subsequent reform of Dutch criminal procedure Marc Groenhuijsen1. Introduction2. Main reasons for dysfunctional Code and ad hoc solutions3. The research project ‘Strafvordering 2001’: scope, method and main findings4. How did the government respond to these findings?5. Reflection on general trends6. ConclusionThe extrajudicial disposal of criminal cases Tijs Kooijmans1. Introduction2. Historic backgrounds of the punishment order3. The main aspects of the Public Prosecution Service (Settlement) Act4. Similarities and differences between Criminal Procedure 2001 and the Public Prosecution Service (Settlement) Act5. In conclusionInternal access in the preliminary investigation Dirk van der Landen1. Introduction2. The statutory rules on internal access to the preliminary investigation3. Criminal Procedure 2001 (Strafvordering 2001)4. In conclusionThe examination in court according to Criminal Procedure 2001 (Strafvordering 2001), partly as a reflection on trial by jury Theo de Roos1. Introduction2. The jury as a mirror3. Starting points of Criminal Procedure 2001 and the examination in court4. The public examination in court and the establishment of the truth in an international perspective5. The meaning of the substantiation of evidence6. In conclusionThe law of evidence and substantiation of evidence Joep Simmelink1. Introduction2. The impetus: the sub-report on ‘Evidentiary Law and Substantiation of Evidence’3. Legal development after ‘Criminal Procedure 2001’4. Reference points for further legal developmentReform proposals on Dutch criminal procedure – A German perspective Thomas Weigend1. Introduction: the pleasures of comparing law2. Aspects of Strafvordering 2001: general issues3. Aspects of Strafvordering 2001: specific issues4. ConclusionA Review of the Criminal Courts of England and Wales by The Right Honourable Lord Justice Auld;Index.