Abstract

RIVEROS-BARRAGAN, Juan David. THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING THE PLEA OF BARGAIN AND THE PROSECUTIONAL DISCRETION IN COLOMBIAN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW. Vniversitas [online]. , pp.31-52. ISSN 0041-9060.

In the Department of Procedural law, at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana , there is a research group of Victiminology and Criminology with an investigation line called "Procedural Criminal Law and Victiminology, "that focuses its investigations in Colombian procedural criminal law amendment. In this context, the analysis has focused in the arrangements of legal texts related to such reform, and the corresponding application of such documents in the legal practice. This study has developed the following text, which aims to deepen into the institutions of the principle of opportunity and the preliminary agreements that are part of criminal law in Colombia. In the development of this work, the text compares the influence of North America and the criminal Continental/European law, to point out the similarities and differences with the new accusatory system in Colombia.

Keywords : Prosecutorial discretion; plea of bargain; comparative law; constitutional principles; judicial control.

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