1. * Doctoral candidate at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
2. 1John A. Andrews (ed.),Human Rights in Criminal Procedure-A Comparative Study(Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1982), p. 8.
3. 2See generally: Montesquieu,De l'Esprit des Lois(Editions Gallimard, 1995); C. Beccaria,Dei Delitti e delle Pene(Felice Le Monnier, 1965); J. Bentham,An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation(Clarendon Press, 1996) andOf Laws in General(University of London The Athlone Press, 1970); R. Pound,The Development of Constitutional Guarantees of Liberty(Greenwood Press, 1975); M. Zander,The State of Justice(Sweet & Maxwell, 2000); B. Emmerson and A. Ashworth,Human Rights and Criminal Justice(Sweet & Maxwell, 2001).
4. 3For a thorough development of this theme, see M. R. Damaska,The Faces of Justice and State Authority(Yale University Press, 1986).
5. 4Proposal for a Council Framework Decision on certain procedural rights in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union (COM(2004) 328 final).