The aim of this new edition is to provide a comprehensive structural framework of the work, an understandable interpretative integration of the latest legislative provisions (L. 4139/2013, 4205/2013, 4236/2014, 4254/2014, 4264/2014, 4267/2014, 4222/2015, 4356/2015, 4411/2016, 4446/2016), and a smooth adaptation to the recent developments in science and case law.

The work explores the procedural stages of criminal trials, defines them in their practical dimension, and enriches them with significant positions from recent case law. Through the combined analytical presentation of theoretical views and judicial choices, it offers solutions that are both theoretically justified and practically applicable.

This results in an interpretation that supports practice and is simultaneously supported by it. Like the six previous editions, this volume also includes a user-friendly glossary of terms. The work is addressed to both students of criminal procedure and practitioners: judges and lawyers.