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CAUSE AND EFFECTS OF THE SLOW CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OF THE PHILIPPINES
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary (New ed.). (2004). USA: Merriam-Webster, Inc. Oscar Gatchalian Soriano, The Philippine Criminal Justice System: Theories, Models and Practices (Quezon City: Great Books Publishing, 2010), 9. 3 Alicia Gonzales-Decano, "Where Lies the Delay in the Criminal Justice System?", The Lawyers Review v. 17 no. 3, March 31, 2003, 2.
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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Formulation of Recommendations
The first part of the paper is the Analysis of the process of the Criminal Justice System of the Philippines. Under this includes the definition of CJS, 5 Pillars of justice and the complete process and its underlying concepts. In this part, the CJS will be analyzed part by part for a clearer understanding of the process and its concepts. The Rules of Court contains the criminal procedures, thus becoming the reference of the courts in criminal cases4. This will determine the process of the The next part is the Identification of Laws that govern and affect the CJS. This part is important in the identification of possible delays in the process of the CJS. Aside from the constitution, various laws still govern over the CJS, and these laws may be source of delays to the CJS. Under the Laws is the discussion of the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines. It is the main law that governs over the CJS, which includes the acts considered as crime and the lenght of penalties that can be imposed5. The identification of the delays contains the probable delays the CJS process contains. After the identification of delays is the tracing of its cause and subsequent effects to the CJS. The presentation of recommendations of the author will follow afterwards.
Pablo Fegi Narag, Notes on the Philippine Criminal Justice System (Quezon City: Central Book Supply, Inc., 2008), 15-16 5 Ibid
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