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Criminal liability and sentencing of minors in the Czech Republic
Zíka, Tomáš ; Tlapák Navrátilová, Jana (advisor) ; Vanduchová, Marie (referee)
Resumé v anglickém jazyce (Abstract in English language) This thesis deals with still very topical theme criminal liability and punishment of juveniles in the Czech Republic and its aim is to comprehensive familiarize readers with this issue with reference to many other sources, from which we can in more detail study various aspects of this field, which is constantly developing according to the most recent knowledge of juridical science and statistics, but also according to scientific findings from many different non-legal fields, mainly from psychology and sociology. The first part analyses historical development of individual models of criminal liability and punishment of juveniles, which largely corresponds with the development of criminal law in Great Britain and in the USA. There are discussed historical reasons for changes of models, their advantages and disadvantages and last but not least, their potential application in the Czech Republic. Then the part focuses on historical development of youth criminal law in Czech countries, namely from the earliest times to the present, when the new and still effective Law on Juvenile Justice (Act No. 218/2003 Coll.) was enacted. In this historical analysis was mainly paid attention to the act from year 1931, which was the pattern for the contemporary legal...
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Foundation of criminal liability of legal entities
Gvozdek, Filip ; Jelínek, Jiří (advisor) ; Vanduchová, Marie (referee)
The chosen substantive legal issues of the criminal liability of legal entities that was incorporated into the Czech legal order by the Act No. 418/2011 Sb., Act on Criminal Liability of Legal Entities and Proceedings Against Them (hereinafter as "the Act") that came into force on January 1, 2012 are the subject matter of this thesis. The burden of international commitments and the fact that increasing criminal activities have recently been committed by legal entities led the Czech legislator to adopt the criminal liability of legal entities which represents a great milestone for the Czech criminal law. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the positive legal regulation of the criminal liability of legal entities whilst taking into consideration the strengths and weaknesses of the effective legal regulation. Especially it deals with the analysis of the particular substantive provision of the Act (except for provisions regarding the sanctioning of the legal entities) which are (not only) by the experts considered to be at least disputable. This thesis is divided into three parts. The first part is concentrated on historical elements with international aspects together with consideration of arguments for and against introduction of criminal liability of legal entities. Furthermore, the first part is...
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Criminal aspects of advanced directives and Do Not Resuscitate orders
Pilařová, Martina ; Sovová, Olga (advisor) ; Císařová, Dagmar (referee)
Criminal aspects of advanced directives and Do Not Resuscitate orders Abstract The aim of this thesis was to analyse current legal regulation of advanced directives and Do Not Resuscitate orders, particularly of their criminal aspects. These legal concepts are relatively new in the Czech law, therefore there are still many questions about them and Czech law unfortunately does not offer definite answers. In the first chapters I focused on general criminal aspects of provision of health services. I analysed conditions of criminal liability in connection with health services, with emphasis on the principle of subsidiarity of criminal prosecution. In this part I also addressed the issue of mercy killing, by another name euthanasia and its differentiation from other types of end-of-life decision making. In the second chapter, I approached the matter of criminal liability of providers of health care services, as legal persons, which became after the last amendments in this area significant also for health care. The following chapters were dedicated to advanced directives. At first, I analysed this legal concept in the matter of civil law, which is essential for its comprehensive interpretation. I tried to identify the main ambiguities of the legal regulation, whether regarding new regulation of substitute...
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Defence of a legal entity during criminal proceedings
Juránková, Sandra ; Jelínek, Jiří (advisor) ; Pelc, Vladimír (referee)
In comparison to physical persons, the defense of a legal entity during criminal proceedings is substantially hindered. The primary reason for these difficulties lies in the very nature of a legal person as a legal fiction. This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of this topic. This thesis is systematically divided into six chapters. The first and the second chapter serve as a theoretical basis. The first chapter deals with the definition of the legal entity and the current regulation of legal entity in private law. This thesis mainly focuses on the analysis of the process aspects of the Act No. 418/2011 Coll., on criminal liability of legal persons and proceedings against them (hereinafter "ZTOPO"), entered into force on January 1, 2012 in the Czech Republic. At the same time, it is not possible to leave out the substantive aspects of criminal liability of legal entities. Therefore the second chapter deals with the legislation of the criminal liability according to ZTOPO. It deals mainly with the person who is the subject of criminal liability of legal persons, examines how to characterize the criminal liability according to ZTOPO, its structure and the scope of criminal liability. The third chapter introduces persons, who are authorized to act as a legal entity during criminal...
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Problems of criminal liability of legal etities
Šelleng, Dalibor ; Jelínek, Jiří (advisor) ; Vanduchová, Marie (referee)
This master's thesis is concerned with an issue of criminal liability of legal entities. Emphasis is put on the czech legislation, more precisely on the act no. 418/2011 Sb., on Criminal Liability of Legal Entities and their Prosecution, that came into force on 1. 1. 2012. This act was adopted in response to the obligations under international law that are binding on the Czech Republic. The main aim of this thesis is to make its readers possible to get acquainted with the regulations of the establishment and termination of criminal liability of legal entities in the Czech Republic and to point out some problematic parts of the law. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first part deals with the general questions of criminal liability of legal entities, in particular with the historical development of such a conception, its possible models, definition of the legal entity and with the reasons for and against criminal liability. The second and the most extensive part of this thesis is dedicated to the analysis of the current Czech legislation. It focuses attention on the issues concerning the scope of the Act, extent of the criminalization of corporations, requirements of the imputability of the criminal act to the corporation and concerning the issue of transferring criminal liability to the...
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Criminal liability and sanctioning of legal entities in the Czech Republic
Gvozdek, Filip ; Jelínek, Jiří (advisor) ; Vanduchová, Marie (referee)
The substantive legal issues of the criminal liability and sanctioning of legal entities in the Czech Republic under the Act No. 418/2011 Sb., Act on Criminal Liability of Legal Entities and Proceedings Against Them (hereinafter as "the Act") that came into force on January 1, 2012 are the subject matter of this thesis. Even after four years of the effect of the Act the institute of criminal liability of legal entities still represents a very discussed and recent topic. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the chosen substantive provisions of the Act with respect to the their strengths and weaknesses. This rigorosum thesis is divided into four parts. The first part is concentrated on the arguments for and against the adoption of the Act, concepts of liability of legal entities, new principles of the criminal law and systematics of the Act. The second part deals with the scope of the Act, conditions of the criminal liability of legal entities, especially with the imputability and the possibilities of exculpation by virtue of compliance measures. The end of the second part pays attention to the transition of the criminal liability of legal entity on its legal successors and the issue of disappearance of the criminal liability of legal entities. The third part contains analysis of the sanctioning of...
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Sanctioning of legal persons
Volek, Václav ; Tlapák Navrátilová, Jana (advisor) ; Herczeg, Jiří (referee)
77 6 The topic of this thesis is one of the esential segments of corporate criminal lability, sanctioning of legal persons. Corporate criminal lability was incorporated to czech legal order by by the Act No. 418/2011 Sb., Act on Criminal Liability of Legal Entities and Proceedings Against Them (hereinafter as "the Act"), that came into force on 1. 1. 2012 and ever since penal sanctions can be imposed on legal persons. Main goals of the thesis are to introduce the theme to readers and critical evaluation of sanctioning in the Act. The first chapter deals with general questions of corporate criminal lability and explanation of basic condions of the criminal lability. There are also mentioned the main issues of possibility of attribution of a criminal act to a legal entity. The second charter is dedicated to sanctioning of legal persons in general. The chapter analyzes basic differences between sanctioning of legal persons and natural persons, that cause modification of purpose and principles of sanctioning of legal persons. It also covers different approaches in variability of sanctions in legal orders of european countries. The third, most important, chapter analyzes each particular sanction under the Act. It points out defects of the sanctioning and there are also mentioned critical comments of legal...
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Criminal Liability of Legal Entities and Compliance Program
Bureš, Richard ; Bohuslav, Lukáš (advisor) ; Tejnská, Katarína (referee)
The author of this thesis discusses the subject of criminal liability of legal persons and focuses primarily on the analysis of the most important substantive provisions of the Act. No. 418/2011 coll., which describe criminal liability of legal entities and proceedings against them (hereinafter ZTOPO) and entered into force on 1st January 2012. This act is still well- discussed and current even after 6 years of being in force, which can be seen by the number of amendments done to it since it became effective. This thesis aims to offer a comprehensive overview of the issue of criminal liability of legal persons and at the same time tries to capture the most important changes that have been made due to these 9 amendments. The thesis is divided into five parts. In the first part, the author deals with the historical background of criminal liability of legal persons. This part also contains path to the adoption of ZTOPO. The second and the third parts are the core of this paper. In the second part, the author analyses the imputability and the structure of criminal liability of legal entities in the Czech Republic. One part of this section is dedicated to the scope of criminalization of legal entities. The third part of the thesis deals with the possibility of legal entity to be exculpated through the...
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Guilt and responsibility in the context of criminal law: Discursive practices and strategies
Vávra, Martin ; Hájek, Martin (advisor) ; Válková, Helena (referee) ; Večeřa, Miloš (referee)
The thesis deals with the ways political and expert (especially legal and criminological) discourses formulate and reproduce the meanings, assumptions and definitions constructing the man as a subject of criminal law, a subject responsible for his actions. It focuses on the ways the political domain (in particular, the lower and upper chambers of the Czech Parliament) and the scientific domain (in particular, legal science, criminology and psychiatry) form and formulate the opinions of "criminal law" and the ways these opinions are reflected in meanings embodied in criminal law itself. Methodologically, the thesis builds on critical discourse analysis. Put in plain language, what makes discourse significant is the oppression it brings upon us by defining what can be said about the world and how one can meaningfully act in it. Thus, it is not (only) a reflection of another, more real reality and it cannot be fully reduced to some other social phenomena. Therefore, by investigating discourse, one can identify the assumptions social actors build on and the argumentative frameworks they apply in discourse. The theory section formulates premises for the subsequent analysis of specific topics related to the formulation of "criminal" guilt and responsibility. After a short review of sociological...
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