Benidze V. Criminal Procedure (Assisting Practical Personnel). - Tbilisi: Meridiani - 2000 - 100 p. - in Georgian.
Upon entering the European Union Georgia is facing social political events that arises the necessity of the country legislation to bring in the conformity with the European standards
The new Criminal procedural code of Georgia significantly differs from the previous one. It anticipates condition of Georgian Constitution and International Treaties at maximum possibility, in accordance with the human rights and freedom, democratic principles of remedial legislation.
The code also anticipates strict regulation of established rules, while implementing criminal legal proceedings and terms, appointed for procedural actions; it excludes inquisition, totally protecting adversary principle, giving priority to individual law interests, in comparison with those of public, referring disclosure of criminal case and what is more important, it establishes strict judicial review over the action of the prosecution party concerning restriction of human rights and free personality.
The work represents the first attempted interpretation and explanation of the New Georgian Criminal - procedural Code, aiming at the assistance of commonly applied remedial legislation, rather analyzing investigatory practice and jurisprudence.
The author proposes commentaries attached to the following significant provision of the new Georgian Criminal - procedural Code: action of law in time and space, kinds and ways of applying preventive punishment, analogy of the law, rehabilitation and compensation of the trespass, peculiarities of considering the criminal case in appeal and cassation order, problems concerning serving of a sentence and many other actual criminal-procedural issues.
Another goal of the work is providing practical personnel with the assistance in their everyday activities and mastering procedural legislation more thoroughly.