Full Description
Contributors from across the globe investigate how criminal justice systems grapple with the tension between procedural fairness, institutional efficiency, and the general welfare of the public.
Drawing on legal frameworks and practices from around the world, this book explores the structural and philosophical challenges that shape modern criminal courts—asking not only what works, but what ought to work. Identifying common patterns and divergent approaches, contributors ultimately offer a holistic perspective on how justice systems can uphold the rule of law while meeting the demands of speed, cost, and caseload management. The timely and thought-provoking contributions provide actionable insights for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers seeking to reform criminal justice in ways that serve both principle and practicality.
Contents
List of Cases
List of Legislation
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Lindsay Farmer
Introduction: Mapping the Role of Public Interest Across Legal Traditions by Rahime Erbas
Chapter One: Prosecuting in the Public Interest: The CPS and the Evolving Role of the Public Prosecutor in England and Wales by Kajsa Dinesson
Chapter Two: Prosecution in the Public Interest: The Scottish Dimension by Pamela R. Ferguson
Chapter Three: Rule of Law and Public Interest in Polish Criminal Proceeding from an Axiological Perspective by Bartlomiej Oreziak & Marcin Wielec
Chapter Four: Public Interest and the Principle of Opportunity in the Prosecution of Crimes Committed by Minors in Cases of Sexual Violence in Spain by Adán Carrizo González-Castell
Chapter Five: Opportunity Principle and Legal Persons: Compliance and Criminal Mediation as Manifestations of the Modern Criminal Justice System in Spain by Selena Tierno Barrios
Chapter Six: The Republic's Prosecutor and the Public Interest: The Turkish Perspective by Rahime Erbas, Hüseyin Sik and Çigdem Dönmez
Chapter Seven: The Constant Reform of the Criminal Procedure in Romania: The Exercising of Public Interest by the Prosecutor by Mihail Udroiu & Cristian Dumitru Mihe?
Chapter Eight: The Impact of the Public Interest on the Legislative and Judicial Penal Policy:
The Case of the Republic of North Macedonia by Aleksandra Gruevska Drakulevski & Aleksandra Deanoska Trendafilova
Chapter Nine: A Public Interest at the Intersection of Criminal Law and Constitutional Oversight in Ukraine by Larysa Zhdankina
Chapter Ten: The Public Interest Balancing Theory in Prosecution: An Analysis Based on Chinese Prosecutorial Practice by Tang Lanchi
Conclusion: Public Interest in Prosecution: From Rhetoric to Normative Frameworks by Rahime Erbas
Index
About the Editor
About the Contributors
