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What Makes Prosecutors Independent? - Analyzing the Determinants of the Independence of Prosecutors

  • The prosecution of criminal suspects is an integral part of a country's justice system. While substantial scholarly attention has been devoted to the study of the police and judges and their relevance to the rule of law, surprisingly little is known about prosecutors. The aim of this paper is to contribute towards filling this knowledge gap. We first demonstrate the rising importance of prosecutors for criminal justice systems around the world. We identify the independence of prosecution agencies from the other two branches of government as a centrally important characteristic and then proceed to analyze the determinants of de facto prosecutorial independence from a political economy perspective. We find that press freedom, the immunity of parliamentarians and belonging to the common law tradition are positively associated with higher de facto independence.

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Author: Stefan Voigt, Prof. Dr. Alexander J. Wulf
URN:urn:nbn:de:0298-opus4-11402
Parent Title (English):Journal of Institutional Economics
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2018/05/28
Date of first Publication:2017/01/23
Publishing Institution:SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences
Release Date:2018/05/28
Tag:Public prosecution; criminal justice systems; economics of crime
First Page:1
Last Page:30
Link author profile:https://www.srh-berlin.de/hochschule/hochschulteam/wulf-alexander/
JEL-Classification:K Law and Economics
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International
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