Multiple competences of judicial and social intervention: Portuguese public prosecutors in action

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor(a) principal: Dias, João Paulo
Data de Publicação: 2017
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/43962
https://doi.org/10.3390/laws6040019
Resumo: This article belongs to the Special Issue: "Where Are the Legal Professions Heading? Selected Papers of the International Working Group for Comparative Studies of Legal Professions"
id RCAP_cfcfde7551612431190eed6616d6ea64
oai_identifier_str oai:estudogeral.uc.pt:10316/43962
network_acronym_str RCAP
network_name_str Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
repository_id_str 7160
spelling Multiple competences of judicial and social intervention: Portuguese public prosecutors in actionPublic ProsecutorsCompetencesIntermediary roleCitizensAccess to law and justiceThis article belongs to the Special Issue: "Where Are the Legal Professions Heading? Selected Papers of the International Working Group for Comparative Studies of Legal Professions"Public Prosecutors have not received much attention from international, suprastate, state and/or associative institutions in terms of seeking to influence the adoption of a common organisational model by the most diverse countries. What we have instead is mainly the approval, at different moments, of guiding principles for the exercise of functions—primarily of judges, but also, since the late 1980s, of Public Prosecutors—with special emphasis on issues of autonomy and impartiality regarding their competences and the conditions in which prosecution is carried out. However, in countries such as Portugal, Public Prosecutors exercise a wide range of competences in various legal areas, a fact that turns them into key actors in a context of evaluating the performance of the judicial system and when efforts are being made to improve its functioning, even in the midst of financial constraints. This is the backdrop to the present article, which stems from the need to discuss the functioning of the Public Prosecution Service and its professional practices in order to promote the circulation of ideas and solutions for possible judicial reforms in the model currently in force in Portugal. It is not a question of looking for the “perfect model” or of trying to achieve an “ideal synthesis,” but rather of highlighting the main aspects that can contribute to the defence of legality and the promotion of access to law and justice through the action of Public Prosecutors. In order to achieve such a goal, it is necessary for Public Prosecutors to assume a new paradigm, centred on the defence of citizenship rights. The main objective here is to discuss and reflect on the identity, competences and professional practice of Portugal’s Public Prosecutors in the context of major transformations in the judicial systems and in the legal professions themselves, both as key actors and as promoters of citizens' access to law and justice in the various legal areas in which they are active participants. The aim of this article is thus to analyse the way in which the Public Prosecutors’ exercise of their multiple competences, not only in relation to citizens but also with regard to their intermediary role between the courts and the various entities and professions at play, both public and private, contributes to achieving better justice for all.MDPI2017-10-17info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10316/43962http://hdl.handle.net/10316/43962https://doi.org/10.3390/laws6040019eng2075-471Xhttp://www.mdpi.com/2075-471X/6/4/19Dias, João Pauloinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2020-05-25T06:23:32Zoai:estudogeral.uc.pt:10316/43962Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:50:41.811022Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Multiple competences of judicial and social intervention: Portuguese public prosecutors in action
title Multiple competences of judicial and social intervention: Portuguese public prosecutors in action
spellingShingle Multiple competences of judicial and social intervention: Portuguese public prosecutors in action
Dias, João Paulo
Public Prosecutors
Competences
Intermediary role
Citizens
Access to law and justice
title_short Multiple competences of judicial and social intervention: Portuguese public prosecutors in action
title_full Multiple competences of judicial and social intervention: Portuguese public prosecutors in action
title_fullStr Multiple competences of judicial and social intervention: Portuguese public prosecutors in action
title_full_unstemmed Multiple competences of judicial and social intervention: Portuguese public prosecutors in action
title_sort Multiple competences of judicial and social intervention: Portuguese public prosecutors in action
author Dias, João Paulo
author_facet Dias, João Paulo
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Dias, João Paulo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Public Prosecutors
Competences
Intermediary role
Citizens
Access to law and justice
topic Public Prosecutors
Competences
Intermediary role
Citizens
Access to law and justice
description This article belongs to the Special Issue: "Where Are the Legal Professions Heading? Selected Papers of the International Working Group for Comparative Studies of Legal Professions"
publishDate 2017
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2017-10-17
dc.type.status.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.type.driver.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
format article
status_str publishedVersion
dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv http://hdl.handle.net/10316/43962
http://hdl.handle.net/10316/43962
https://doi.org/10.3390/laws6040019
url http://hdl.handle.net/10316/43962
https://doi.org/10.3390/laws6040019
dc.language.iso.fl_str_mv eng
language eng
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv 2075-471X
http://www.mdpi.com/2075-471X/6/4/19
dc.rights.driver.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv MDPI
publisher.none.fl_str_mv MDPI
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação
instacron:RCAAP
instname_str Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação
instacron_str RCAAP
institution RCAAP
reponame_str Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
collection Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
repository.name.fl_str_mv Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação
repository.mail.fl_str_mv
_version_ 1799133787812003840

Registros relacionados