• E4J University Module Series: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

• Module 14: Independence of the Judiciary and the Role of Prosecutors

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

  • Topic 1.  Judicial independence
  • • General issues. Judicial independence as a fundamental value of the rule of law and of constitutionalism
    • The main factors aimed at securing judicial independence
  • Topic 2.  The role of public prosecutors
  • • General issues. Public prosecutors as the 'gate keepers' of criminal justice.
    • The institutional and functional role of prosecutors: different models and practices:
    • Other factors affecting the role of prosecutors: appointment, tenure and conduct.
  • References

• Exercises

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

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• First published in February 2020
  

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  This module is a resource for lecturers  

Core reading

This section provides a list of (mostly) open access materials that the lecturer could ask the students to read before taking a class based on this Module.

• Cappelletti, Mauro (1989). The Judicial Process in Comparative Perspective. Oxford:Clarendon Press.
• Di Federico, Giuseppe (2008a). Political relevance, independence and accountability of the judiciary. In: R. Coman and C. Dallara, eds. Handbook on Judicial Politics. Romania: Editura Institutal European lasi.
• Di Federico, Giuseppe (2008b). Independence and accountability of the public prosecutors. In: R. Coman and C. Dallara, eds. Handbook on Judicial Politics. Romania: Editura Institutal European lasi.
• Guarnieri, Carlo and Pederzoli, Patrizia (2002). The Power of Judges. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Merryman, John H. and Pérez-Perdomo, Rogelio (2007). The Civil Law Tradition. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
• Russell, Peter H. and O'Brien David M. (2001). Judicial Independence in the Age of Democracy. Virgina: University Press of Virginia.
• Shapiro, Martin (2013). Judicial independence: new challenges in established nations. Indiana Journal of global legal studies, vol. 20, No. 1, 253-277.
• Tate, Neal and Vallinder, Torbjorn (1995). The Global Expansion of Judicial Power. New York: New York University Press.
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (2002). The Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct . Vienna: UNODC.
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (2007). Commentary on the Bangalore Principles of Judicial conduct . Vienna: UNODC.
• United Nations. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (2011). Resource Guide on Strengthening Judicial Integrity and Capacity . Vienna: UNODC.
• United Nations. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (2015). UNCAC: Implementation Guide and Evaluative Framework for Article 11 . Vienna: UNODC.
• Vanberg, Georg (2008). Establishing and Maintaining Judicial Independence. In: K. E. Whittington, R. D. Kelemen and G. A. Caldeira, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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