Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

violazione del contraddittorio

English translation:

breach of the right to make representations

Added to glossary by maryrose
Jul 7, 2011 09:38
12 yrs ago
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Italian term

violazione del contraddittorio

Italian to English Law/Patents Law (general)
From an opinion about a judgement in a civil matter concerning a purchased machine that did not work:

Nel corso del procedimento Societa' A chiedeva la revoca del Consulente Tecnico d’Ufficio e la nomina di un nuovo Consulente ritenendo che lo svolgimento delle operazioni peritali fosse caratterizzato da anomalie procedimentali legate in primis alla violazione del contraddittorio.

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violation of the right to make representations

contraddittorio refers to the fact that both parties participate in the relevant stage and have the right to make representations, normally orally.
Peer comment(s):

agree liubka liubka (X)
52 mins
agree Peter Cox : or breach
19 hrs
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Thomas and sorry, I was sure I had already selected your answer."
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in violation of the principle of “audi alteram partem”

Principio fondamentale del processo civile, tributario, penale ed amministrativo: nessuno può subire gli effetti di una sentenza senza un'effettiva partecipazione alla formazione del provvedimento giurisdizionale (audiatur et altera pars) Tale concetto postula che alle parti sia riconosciuta una posizione di parità.


I have researched this expression thoroughly several times.
Since there is no single translation, I will list different ways of expressing this principle. The solution you want will depend on your context.

Italian law principle of “Contradditorio”
Equality of arms
Right to a fair trial before a judge
Equality of arms and right to a fair trial before a judge (because in fact “contradditorio” embraces both)
Rule of “audi alteram partem”, (or audiatur et altera pars) (UK)
Right of controverting in court

Example sentence:

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiatur_et_altera_pars

Peer comment(s):

neutral Thomas Roberts : audi alteram partem is a slighly weaker concept as it doesn't necessarily require any discussion between the parties; this requirement may simply be met by allowing written submissions to be made
13 hrs
agree Adrian MM. (X) : a.k.a. breach of the adversarial principle
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