ABSTRACT
It is desirable that criminal procedure be treated as distinct, and be considered separately, from civil procedure; the two should not be treated as offshoots of the same parent source. Their objects are quite different, and so are their histories.1 The subject of criminal law and criminal procedure is a specialty in its own right, and not one suitable for the casual attention of lawyers practising in other areas. It is certain to be an expanding jurisdiction, requiring specialised expertise in a number of subjects.
