Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Criminal Procedural Law Sa
Criminal Procedural Law Sa
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Anonymous “The Outreau case: A French Nightmare” (2024) Netflix Website
https://www.netflix.com/search?q=putreau&jbv=81368117 (accessed 13 May 2024).
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C Theolopoulos, Z Hlophe, C Marumoagae, K Naidoo, J Omar, S Singh, A Steynberg, B Tshehla & A Van Der Merwe Criminal
Procedure in South Africa (2019) 6.
3
J Hodgson “The Future of Adversarial Criminal Justice in 21st Century Britain” (2010) 35 UNC 319 346.
4
J Hodgson (2010) UNC 346.
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act as overseers and examining officers act only in a judicial manner, which resembles the accusatorial
procedure, where judges are less active in court proceedings.5 I agree with the criticisms of the examining
officer’s role in the inquisitorial procedure mentioned in the documentary and condone the solution
France adopted that includes accusatorial features. The function of the examining officer is important, and
their impartiality while collecting evidence is significant for the success of an inquisitorial system.
Bibliography:
Books
C Theolopoulos, Z Hlophe, C Marumoagae, K Naidoo, J Omar, S Singh, A Steynberg, B Tshehla & A Van Der
Merwe Criminal Procedure in South Africa (2019), Cape Town: Oxford, University Press.
Internet sources
Anonymous “The Outreau case: A French Nightmare” (2024) Netflix Website
https://www.netflix.com/search?q=putreau&jbv=81368117
Journal articles
J Hodgson “The Future of Adversarial Criminal Justice in 21st Century Britain” (2010) 35 North Carolina
Journal of International Law 319-346.
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J Hodgson (2010) UNC 346.