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Author Mapaure, Clever, author

Title The law of pre-trial criminal procedure in Namibia / Clever Mapaure, Ndjodi M.L. Ndeunyema, Pilisano H. Masake, Festus Weyulu, Loide A. Shaparara
Published Windhoek, Namibia : University of Namibia Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 508 pages)
Contents Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE NAMIBIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 FOUNDATIONS OF THE NAMIBIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; 1.3 THE CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE; 1.3.1 The Executive; 1.3.1.1 The President; 1.3.1.2 Cabinet; 1.3.2 The Legislature; 1.3.2.1 National Assembly; 1.3.2.2 National Council; 1.3.2.3 Overview of the law-making process; 1.3.3 The Judiciary; 1.3.3.1 Namibian courts; 1.3.3.1.1 Supreme Court; 1.3.3.1.2 High Court; 1.3.3.1.3 Magistrates' courts; 1.3.3.1.4 Community courts
2. THE PROSECUTORIAL AUTHORITY AND CONCOMITANT MATTERS2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 THE PROSECUTOR-GENERAL; 2.2.1 History and General Reflections; 2.2.2 Cases Concerning the Appointment and Role of the Prosecutor-General in Namibia; 2.2.2.1 Ex parte Attorney-General In re: the Constitutional Relationship between the Attorney-General and the Prosecutor-General; 2.2.2.2 Ekandjo-Imalwa v The Law Society of Namibia and Another; The Law Society of Namibia and Another v The Attorney-General of the Republic of Namibia and Others; 2.2.3 The Prosecution as Dominus Litis; 2.2.4 Discretion to Prosecute
2.2.5 Delegation of Prosecutorial Authority2.2.6 The Appointment of an Acting Prosecutor-General; 2.3 THE ROLE OF A PUBLIC PROSECUTOR; 2.3.1 General Reflections; 2.3.2 The Prosecution and the Police; 2.3.3 The Prosecution and the Accused; 2.3.4 Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors; 2.4 WITHDRAWAL AND STOPPING OF PROSECUTION; 2.5 TRIAL WITHIN REASONABLE TIMEAND RELEASE FROM THE TRIAL; 2.5.1 General; 2.5.2 Length of Delay; 2.5.3 Reasons Given by the State to Justify the Delay; 2.5.4 Responsibility of the Accused for Asserting his Rights; 2.5.5 Prejudice to the Accused
2.6 TRIAL "WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME"2.6.1 Meaning and Elucidation of Concept; 2.6.2 Interpretation of "Reasonable Time"; 2.7 PERMANENT STAY OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS; 2.7.1 The Constitutional Basis; 2.8 PRIVATE PROSECUTION; 2.8.1 General Reflections; 2.8.2 Private Prosecution on Certificate of Nolle Prosequi (Refusal to Prosecute); 2.9 PRESCRIPTION OF THE RIGHT TO PROSECUTE; 3. INTRODUCTION TO THE CRIMINAL PROCESSES; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; 3.3 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PROCEDURE
3.4 SOURCES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE IN NAMIBIA3.4.1 The Namibian Constitution; 3.4.2 Legislation; 3.4.3 International Treaties and Conventions; 3.4.4 Case Law; 3.4.5 Common Law; 3.4.6 Scholarly Authorities; 3.5 ADVERSARIAL AND INQUISITORIAL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; 3.5.1 Distinguishing Adversarial and Inquisitorial Systems; 3.5.1.1 The adversarial system; 3.5.1.2 The inquisitorial system; 3.5.1.3 General assessment; 3.5.2 Commonality and Convergence between Adversarial and Inquisitorial Systems; 3.5.3 Decoding the Merits and Demerits of the Adversarial and Inquisitorial Systems
Summary The Namibian Constitution entrenches fundamental rights and freedoms, and provides for their vertical and horizontal application in any criminal process. However, since Independence in 1990, Namibia has developed its own criminal jurisprudence. Criminal procedure and law are taking new shape. Namibian courts have pronounced on criminal issues, and legislation has been passed to keep up with the demands, aspirations, spirit, and vision of the Namibian Constitution and its people. CLEVER MAPAURE, NDJODI NDEUNYEMA, PILISANO MASAKE, FESTUS WEYULU and LOIDE SHAPARARA have written an invaluable book that deals with these developments. It explains the rights of individuals, the duties of law enforcement officers, and the procedures of the courts in criminal cases. The Law of Pre-Trial Criminal Procedure in Namibia introduces readers to the fundamental principles and values underlying Namibian criminal law, through a systematic examination of the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977) as amended, which was originally passed by the legislature of South Africa, and still regulates criminal procedure in Namibia, the amendments to it since 1990, and relevant Namibian Case Law. The book captures and discusses the law relating to the pre-trial criminal process in Namibia in detail, from the roles of the prosecutor and the police, search, seizure and forfeiture, interrogation, notices and summons, arrest, court appearance, bail, criminal charges, disclosure, diminished capacity, right to assistance, to pleas and plea-bargaining
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-501) and index
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Subject Criminal procedure -- Namibia
Pre-trial procedure -- Namibia
"Ecological science, the Biosphere."
LAW -- Civil Procedure.
LAW -- Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
LAW -- Criminal Procedure.
Criminal procedure
Pre-trial procedure
Namibia
Form Electronic book
Author Shaparara, Loide A., author
Weyulu, Festus, author
Masake, Pilisano Harris, author
Ndeunyema, Njodi M. L., author
ISBN 9789991642246
9991642242