The Role of the Cyprus Attorney General's Office in Prosecutions: Rhetoric, Ideology and Practice

Foreword

Attorney General, Republic of Cyprus

Reader, Law School, University of Warwick

Preface

Contents

Abbreviations

List of Cases

Introduction

Comparative Analysis of Prosecution Systems

2.1 Origins, Constitutional Position and Organisation of Prosecution Services

2.2 The Role of Prosecution Services in Investigation

2.3 Prosecution Principles and Policies

2.4 Concluding Remarks

Introduction to Cyprus Law and Prosecution System

3.1 Historical Evolution of Cyprus Law

3.2 The Criminal Justice System

3.3 Prosecutions and the Attorney General’s Office

3.4 Concluding Remarks

The Workload of the Attorney General’s Office

4.1 Rhetoric

4.2 The Attorney Generals’ Approach – History of the Law Office’s Workload

4.3 Ideology in the Attorney General’s Office: The Law Officers’ Approach to Their Workload

4.4 Practice

4.5 Summary

The Role of the Attorney General’s Office Regarding Investigations

5.1 Rhetoric – History

5.2 Ideology: The Law Officers’ Approach

5.3 Practice

5.4 Summary

Prosecution Policies and Decision-Making Within the Attorney General’s Office

6.1 Rhetoric

6.2 The Attorney Generals’ Policies

6.3 Ideology

6.4 Practice

6.5 Summary

Recapitulation and Conclusions

7.1 Law and Rhetoric

7.2 The Attorney Generals’ Policies

7.3 Ideology

7.4 Practice

7.5 Choices of the Cyprus Prosecution System and Functions of the Attorney General’s Office

7.6 Critique and Implications for Further Research and Reform Proposals

7.7 Concluding Remarks

Research Strategies and Methodology

Research Strategies

First Research Strategy: The Fieldwork Study in the Attorney General’s Office

Second Research Strategy: Documentary Analysis and Interviews with Post-holders

Reliability, Validity and Data Analysis

Concluding Remarks

List of Post-Holders Before the Establishment of the Cyprus Republic (1960)

Constitutional and Statutory Provisions

Article 112 of the Constitution

Article 113 of the Constitution

Section 19 of the Police Law (Cap. 285)

Section 107 of the Criminal Procedure Law (Cap. 155)

Section 24 of the Courts of Justice Law (Law 14/1960)

Bibliography

Index