Topic outline

  • General description

    Inputs: Proceeding a criminal action entails commitment to evidence and ordinance procedures organized by certain legal rules. These procedures need a judicial organization of a general structure and procedures distinct from that adopted in civil or administrative jurisdiction. They also need to comprehend the concept of criminal investigation department, rules of investigation and transfer, trial mechanisms and ways of appeal. Outputs: Being aware of the grounds of criminal judicial organization and procedures of investigation and trial provides the magistrates, lawyers, appellants and defendants with the legal framework to attain perspective rights in the process of the lawsuit. It ensures the states right in punishment as well as the victims right of getting the appropriate compensation. Topics: Criminal judicial organization Criminal judicial jurisdiction Courts of normal and special jurisdiction Investigation, transfer and trial judges Criminal investigation department Rules of evidence in criminal action Ways to appeal criminal actions Retrial demand Execution of criminal judgments