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SECTION I - Introduction
1. Criminal proceedings in the Middle Ages were initiated and instituted by the victim of a crime or by his family (Sippe). The state took no part in these privately instituted accusatory proceedings (Anklageprozess). But, with the gradual growth of awareness of the grave effect of crimes on the community as a whole, it came to be recognised that these private prosecutions were insufficient, and ...
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