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DUE PROCESS [3 records]

Record 1 2012-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Due process is the principle that the government must respect all of the legal rights a person is entitled to under the law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

L’application régulière de la loi est le principe selon lequel le gouvernement doit respecter toutes les garanties juridiques auxquelles a droit une personne en vertu de la loi.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Administrative Law
  • Rights and Freedoms
DEF

The conduct of legal proceedings according to established principles and rules which safeguard the position of the individual charged.

CONT

The concept of due process is rooted in English common law and expressed in "Magna Carta", Art. 39 (1215), whereby the King promised that 'No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or exiled or in any way destroyed ... except by the legal judgment of his peers or by the law of the land'. This was later interpreted to require trial by jury.

CONT

"Due process" is an imprecise and elastic term, the meaning of which varies with time and place. Basically, it suggests fundamental fairness and tries to apply that concept to all parts of the criminal process. The breadth of the concept depends upon the subjective view of the American courts, particularly the United States Supreme Court. In the last twenty years "due process" has included protections against self-incrimination, coerced confessions, illegal searches, denial of counsel or jury trial and unregulated eavesdropping. In the American system a judicial finding that law enforcement officials have offended due process will result in a complete exclusion of the impugned evidence and will usually result in the acquittal of the accused.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit administratif
  • Droits et libertés
OBS

Notion corollaire à celle de la primauté du droit, «q.v.», à savoir que les gouvernements sont tenus de respecter les droits fondamentaux des citoyens et les principes de justice naturelle dans l'application du droit, à défaut de quoi une décision administrative pourra se voir annulée par un tribunal à la demande du citoyen concerné. Les principes de justice naturelle en question sont : (1) le droit du citoyen d'être entendu et, (2) l'obligation pour le tribunal ou l'autorité compétente d'être impartiale, ce qui implique notamment la prohibition de toute forme de discrimination et l'égalité de traitement de tous.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho administrativo
  • Derechos y Libertades
OBS

debido procedimiento legal: reproducido del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 3 1998-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decision-Making Process
  • Business and Administrative Documents

French

Domaine(s)
  • Processus décisionnel
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
DEF

Enchaînement des étapes d'étude, de consultation et de prise de décision préalables à la publication d'une norme.

Spanish

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