Public procurator
Encyclopedia
A public procurator is an officer of a state charged with both the investigation and prosecution of crime. The office is a feature of a civil law
inquisitorial
rather than common law
adversarial system
of law and is usually found in current or former communist state
s. Japan
, which has never been a communist state, and has one of the lowest crime rates in the world, also uses a procuratorial system. The office of a procurator is called a procuracy or procuratorate. The terms are from Latin and date to the Roman empire – see Procurator (Roman Empire) and procurator
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Civil law (legal system)
Civil law is a legal system inspired by Roman law and whose primary feature is that laws are codified into collections, as compared to common law systems that gives great precedential weight to common law on the principle that it is unfair to treat similar facts differently on different...
inquisitorial
Inquisitorial system
An inquisitorial system is a legal system where the court or a part of the court is actively involved in investigating the facts of the case, as opposed to an adversarial system where the role of the court is primarily that of an impartial referee between the prosecution and the defense...
rather than common law
Common law
Common law is law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals rather than through legislative statutes or executive branch action...
adversarial system
Adversarial system
The adversarial system is a legal system where two advocates represent their parties' positions before an impartial person or group of people, usually a jury or judge, who attempt to determine the truth of the case...
of law and is usually found in current or former communist state
Communist state
A communist state is a state with a form of government characterized by single-party rule or dominant-party rule of a communist party and a professed allegiance to a Leninist or Marxist-Leninist communist ideology as the guiding principle of the state...
s. Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, which has never been a communist state, and has one of the lowest crime rates in the world, also uses a procuratorial system. The office of a procurator is called a procuracy or procuratorate. The terms are from Latin and date to the Roman empire – see Procurator (Roman Empire) and procurator
Procurator
Procurator may refer to:*Procurator , the title of various officials of the Roman Empire...
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See
- Supreme People's ProcuratorateSupreme People's ProcuratorateThe Supreme People's Procuratorate is the highest agency at the national level responsible for both prosecution and investigation in the People's Republic of China...
of China. - The Supreme People's Procuracy of VietnamSupreme People's Procuracy of VietnamThe Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam is responsible for prosecutions and legal matters. It functions like the prosecutor’s office or attorney general’s office in Western countries – see public procurator and procurator.-Operations:...
. - Procurator General of the USSR.
- Prosecutor General of RussiaProsecutor General of RussiaThe Prosecutor General of Russia heads the system of official prosecution in courts known as the Office of the Prosecutor General of Russian Federation ....
. - Prosecutor General of UkraineProsecutor General of UkraineThe Prosecutor General of Ukraine heads the system of official prosecution in courts known as the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine...
- Procurator FiscalProcurator FiscalA procurator fiscal is a public prosecutor in Scotland. They investigate all sudden and suspicious deaths in Scotland , conduct Fatal Accident Inquiries and handle criminal complaints against the police A procurator fiscal (pl. procurators fiscal) is a public prosecutor in Scotland. They...
(ScotlandScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
) - Inquisitorial systemInquisitorial systemAn inquisitorial system is a legal system where the court or a part of the court is actively involved in investigating the facts of the case, as opposed to an adversarial system where the role of the court is primarily that of an impartial referee between the prosecution and the defense...
– use in France and limited use in common law jurisdictions such as the United States
External links
- http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/laws/detail.php?id=20
- http://en.chinacourt.org/public/detail.php?id=110