THE PLEA AGREEMENT — A NEW WAY OF NEGOTIATED JUSTICE IN THE EUROPEAN JUDICIARIES

The aim of this article is to emphasize the main features of the Plea Agreement procedure in the European traditional systems, common law and civil law, as well as the features of this concept as it has been implemented into the proceedings of some European countries and, accordingly, to analyse the reasons for which, the expertise of these already implemented procedures might be a pathway to solve many shortcomings of the national jurisdictions