Die Hauptverhandlung als Forum der Wahrheit.

»The main hearing as a forum of truth. An Analysis with a View on the Criminal Procedure Reforms of Argentina and Mexico«: The clock of the main hearing-centered criminal procedure has run down. Abbreviated criminal proceedings without a substantive oral and direct main hearing, whether plea bargaining, procedimiento abreviado or plea bargaining, rely on a »hunt for the confession« like the common law inquisition trial. Material truth falls by the wayside. As a touchstone, recent Latin American criminal procedure reforms are critically examined.