Effective Protection of the Rights of the Accused in the EU Directives - (Hardcover)

About the Book

The volume proposes a breakthrough analysis of defence rights in criminal proceedings, through the lens of a computable approach to the law. It presents a multi-level research, tackling EU law, national legislation, and case-law across the European Union.

Book Synopsis

The volume presents an innovative analysis of defence rights in EU criminal proceedings through the lens of a computational approach to the law. This multi-level research tackles both EU law and national legislation, as well as case-law on defence rights in criminal proceedings.
The comparative analysis on procedural safeguards is integrated by legal informatics, that led to the translation into computable language of the relevant EU and national legislation.
Such multidisciplinary approach allows, through a semiautomated technology, to better highlight potentially uncovered deficit of the normative texts, and to enhance comparative analysis of legal systems.
The breakthrough perspective brings a novel viewpoint to the debate on criminal procedure rights, shading light on the potential emerging from the interaction between criminal law and technology.

About the Author

Giuseppe Contissa, Assistant Professor in Legal Informatics and IT Law at the University of Bologna. He has published extensively on AI and law, computable models of legal reasoning and knowledge, including Information Technology for the Law (Giappichelli, 2017).

Giulia Lasagni, Assistant Professor in Criminal Procedure at the University of Bologna. She has extensively published on European criminal justice and its relationship with technological development, including Banking Supervision and Criminal Investigation. Comparing the EU and US Experiences (Springer/Giappichelli, 2019).

Michele Caianiello, Full Professor in Criminal Procedure and Head of the Department of Legal Studies at the University of Bologna. He has published three monographs and several articles on crucial topics of criminal justices, especially from comparative and supranational perspectives.

Giovanni Sartor, Full Professor in Legal Informatics at the University of Bologna and ERC winner with a project on computable law. He contributed to establishing the domain of AI and law, developing various models of legal reasoning and knowledge representation.