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Základní zásady trestního řízení – jejich výjimečnost a výjimky z nich
Basic Principles of Criminal Procedure – Their Exceptionality and Exceptions to Them

Author(s): Jiří Mulák
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: basic principles of criminal procedure; recodification of criminal procedural law; exceptions to basic principles of criminal procedure; function of basic principles

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the basic principles of criminal procedure in the context of the forthcoming recodification of criminal procedural law. The basic principles of criminal procedure represent the guiding ideas of Czech criminal procedure and their importance is concentrated in the functions they perform. In the context of the forthcoming recodification, the legislative function is gaining importance. As the basic principles are the principles of criminal procedure, they cannot be applied in all situations and stages equally. Their characteristic features are conditionality and harmonious system, but they may also have a contrapositional character. The article draws attention to the exceptional (unique) position that these principles have in the criminal process, but it also shows the exceptions to them.

  • Issue Year: 69/2023
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 31-47
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Czech