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Specialty juvenile criminal proceedings and summary proceedings

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  • Leonardo Leiva Mendoza Universidad Diego Portales
No. 25 (2016): Segundo semestre
https://doi.org/10.5354/rej.v0i25.44605

Abstract

This paper examines the relations between the principle of specialty stablished in the criminal procedure of juvenile offenders and the plea bargain regulated in the code of criminal procedure for adults. The analysis approaches three mains aspects. First, it develops a general assessment about the arguments in favor and against the properness of the plea bargain considering the guidelines and principles that limit the juvenile criminal system. Second, a concretion proposal of the principle of specialty at the topic under study. And finally an examination of the competences and capacities of youth required to stand in trial, and the requirements derivatived from them to the waiver of rights and exercise the right of defence.

Keywords:

plea bargain, criminal procedure of juvenile offenders, principle of specialty, juvenile justice, young offenders.

Author Biography

Leonardo Leiva Mendoza, Universidad Diego Portales

Abogado, Universidad Diego Portales. Diplomado en Gerencia Social y Políticas Públicas, FLACSO-Chile. Magister en Derecho Penal y Procesal Penal, Universidad Diego Portales. Asesor Legislativo Secretaría Ejecutiva Consejo Nacional de la Infancia, Ministerio Secretaría General de la Presidencia.

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Leiva Mendoza, L. (2016). Specialty juvenile criminal proceedings and summary proceedings. Revista De Estudios De La Justicia, (25), pp. 104–137. https://doi.org/10.5354/rej.v0i25.44605
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Facultad de Derecho
Universidad de Chile
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