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Criminal Corporate Liability
Bohuslav, Lukáš ; Jelínek, Jiří (advisor) ; Záhora, Jozef (referee) ; Sváček, Jan (referee)
The Criminal Corporate Liability The definition of legal person is not outlined in criminal law, but can be found in Section 18, Subsection 2 of the Civil Code. Corporate criminal liability is then a concept that has been newly introduced to the Czech statutory criminal law, what has caused a certain intrusion of the system of basic principles of criminal law, mainly the principle of individual criminal responsibility. The term "imputability" appears, which means that a conduct of agents or other persons designated in the Act on Criminal Liability of Legal Persons and Proceedings Against Them (further as "the Act") can be imputed to a legal person, if the physical person is culpable for the conduct and the conduct causes imputability of the criminal offence to the legal person. Intensive discussions on necessity and suitability of implementation of the concept of corporate criminal liability into the Czech legal system had preceded the adoption of the Act in 2011. Such discussion can now be considered as overcome, as it is obvious that the Czech Republic has opted for the direction towards the "true" corporate criminal liability. Arguments for and against the adoption of the Act can nevertheless help to better understand the concept itself, as well as the context in which it has been introduced. It...
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Complaint against a violation of law in criminal matters
Visinger, Radek ; Jelínek, Jiří (advisor) ; Tlapák Navrátilová, Jana (referee) ; Sváček, Jan (referee)
The aim of the present dissertation is to provide the fullest possible legal analysis of the complaint against a violation of law, including its historical and international context, and to endeavour to reflect critically on its current application in practice. In the author's approach, the review of criminal cases on the basis of the files prior to a possible application of this legal remedy is an indispensable object of study. Among other things, the work thoroughly analyzes the applicable grounds for the complaint against a violation of law, its purpose and role in the whole system of extraordinary remedies, and it describes the course as well as the specifics of the Supreme Court proceedings. Standard and optional methods of interpretation are complemented by an empirical examination of the sample of 80 complaints submitted to the Supreme Court, which is aimed at identifying and classifying the alleged flaws and the extent to which there might be an overlap with extraordinary appeal (dovolání). The chosen topic appears to be very timely with regard to the ongoing preparatory legislative work on the new Criminal Procedure Code. The descriptive passages are accompanied by the author's opinions on selected decisions of the Supreme Court and the deficiencies of the current legislation. Taken...
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Expert evidence in criminal proceedings
Borčevský, Pavel ; Musil, Jan (advisor) ; Gřivna, Tomáš (referee) ; Sváček, Jan (referee)
This thesis addresses the use of expert evidence in criminal trial proceedings. The author's primary aim is to present a thorough analysis of this highly specific form of evidence as contained in the Criminal Procedure Code, Act No. 141/1961 Coll., to identify its insufficiencies, and to suggest some potential legislative modifications. The author is aware that the role of an expert in criminal proceedings is also determined in part by the Act on Experts and Interpreters, Act No. 36/1967 Coll., but he deals with this organizational norm only marginally, as his main goal is to analyze the possibilities of using expert evaluations within the framework of criminal procedure. In this thesis, the author describes the historical development of this type of evidence, discusses the concept of the role of the expert in legal theory, and above all, presents his views regarding the law currently in effect, describing the use of expert evidence from its initial stages of appointment of an expert to the preparation and presentation of the expert opinion and the evaluation thereof. The author also takes account of some currently topical issues such as the confrontation of experts and the use of computer software in the expert's work. Given that recodification of the Criminal Procedure Code is currently underway,...
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Criminal liability of municipal representatives and other persons for acts and omissions within the municipal unit
Richter, Martin ; Sváček, Jan (referee) ; Hořák, Jaromír (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with basically unstudied topic of criminal liability of municipal representatives and other involved persons. At the beginning there is an attempt to create at theoretical level distinction between political decisions where no legal consequences should be brought and implementing decisions. This thesis pays special attention to questions of mens rea with respect to special conditions within municipal units. Therefore it is created different levels of duty of care based on relationship between subject and draft of decision. It is also remembered influence of an error to mens rea and a special situation of an error caused by improper advice or materials. The thesis pays attention also to basic criminal offences connected to this topic - breach of trust, abuse of authority and corruption. At the end there is a brief comparison with the system of liability of municipal representatives in chosen countries. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The possible solutions of juvenile criminal liability in the European context
Pošíková, Lenka ; Jelínek, Jiří (advisor) ; Herczeg, Jiří (referee) ; Sváček, Jan (referee)
The thesis thoroughly examines the issue of response to juvenile delinquency and potential solutions of their criminal liability in the European context. The thesis describes the historical development of approach to juvenile delinquency, as well as basic models of youth justice. The important part of the thesis focuses on comparative analyses of selected foreign legislation, namely the legal order of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In depth are analyzed penalty systems of those countries and their mutual comparison. Further part is dedicated to evaluation of selected sanctions in terms of their effectiveness based on knowledge about recidivism of juvenile offenders. In relation to effectiveness of sanctions the thesis deals with question how to influence different types of juvenile offenders from the perspective of developmental criminology, especially chronic offenders. Author pays attention to the phenomenon of chronic juvenile offenders, formulates risk factors used to identify and predict the life-course delinquency. Following subpart discusses two of the most important factors influencing the committing of serious crimes by juveniles, e.g. delinquent peer groups and immigrant origin, which are relative neglected in the Czech professional literature. The importance of immigrant origin for a...
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Judicial and Police Cooperation in the European Union
Coufalová, Tereza ; Jelínek, Jiří (advisor) ; Tlapák Navrátilová, Jana (referee) ; Sváček, Jan (referee)
The criminal justice as well as the persons participating in criminal proceedings, they both are currently facing number of newly posed challenges and unanswered questions so far, due to the onward going integration of the European Union and much closer cooperation of the Member States, in the field of the Procedural Criminal Law. There have been established many new institutions within the field of the European Union in last few years and there were adopted many legal tools which directly influence the cooperation between the judicial and police authorities of individual countries. In connection with newly emerging forms of the crime and more coherent cooperation of the perpetrators of severe crime, the relevant authorities at the union level as well as at the national level encounter situations not being resolved at all, or which are specified by theoretical standards only and have not been put into practice yet. Due to the diversity and abundance of the legal tools and institutions which interfere the criminal law sphere without adjusting their mutual cooperation or without having sorted out the priority of application in many cases, the author of this thesis considers as an appropriate to have such comprehensive view to this relevant issue introduced to the specialized public, as well as having...
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Criminal aspects of the physician-patient relationship
Těšinová, Jolana ; Jelínek, Jiří (advisor) ; Salač, Josef (referee) ; Sváček, Jan (referee)
Medical interventions such as interventions in the physical integrity of the patient are some of the most important interventions in the personal rights of individuals guaranteed by constitutional laws and international conventions. The basis for criminal law investigation of physician's procedure is an issue of professionally correct procedure (procedure called lege artis). The healthcare provision - including the interventions in the physical integrity of the patient - is perceived in Czech law as a law qualified activity undertaken for the purpose approved by the legal order. As a result of the constitution of informed consent of the patient with a medical procedure this fact must be taken into account when defining a new criminal characteristics of medical intervention. The dissertation aims to provide a comprehensive legal analysis of the criminal aspects related to decisions made by physicians and to the medically indicated care provision in the context of legislative changes in healthcare, recodification of criminal law as well as civil law. Issues related to active intentional termination of life on request of the patient (euthanasia) were not subject to the processing of this matter. The dissertation analyzes in detail the individual institutes of healthcare legislation, medico-legal...
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The Crime of Money Laundering
Pelc, Vladimír ; Jelínek, Jiří (advisor) ; Sváček, Jan (referee) ; Ivor, Jaroslav (referee)
The dissertation thesis thoroughly examines the crime of legalization of proceeds of criminal activities (the crime of money laundering) as it is stipulated in the contemporary Czech Criminal Code. The crux of the thesis is an analysis of the most significant elements of the crime of money laundering that are legal objects (general values protected by criminal law), actus reus (physical elements of a crime), mens rea (mental elements of a crime) and offender (person who commits a crime). Within the framework of that analysis, all of the important and disputed questions relating to this crime are examined, e.g. a complex problem of legal objects of the crime of money laundering or a question of liability for so-called self-money laundering. The detailed analysis of the elements of the crime of money laundering is based on a research into the most important phenomenological aspects of money laundering (chiefly the grounds for money laundering, origin of money laundering and nature of the process of money laundering, including the means of realization of money laundering) and a research into the historical development of the elements of the crime of money laundering in the Czech legal order. Apart from an analysis of the matter of guilt, the dissertation thesis also consists of a relatively in-depth...
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Complaint against a violation of law in criminal matters
Visinger, Radek ; Jelínek, Jiří (advisor) ; Tlapák Navrátilová, Jana (referee) ; Sváček, Jan (referee)
The aim of the present dissertation is to provide the fullest possible legal analysis of the complaint against a violation of law, including its historical and international context, and to endeavour to reflect critically on its current application in practice. In the author's approach, the review of criminal cases on the basis of the files prior to a possible application of this legal remedy is an indispensable object of study. Among other things, the work thoroughly analyzes the applicable grounds for the complaint against a violation of law, its purpose and role in the whole system of extraordinary remedies, and it describes the course as well as the specifics of the Supreme Court proceedings. Standard and optional methods of interpretation are complemented by an empirical examination of the sample of 80 complaints submitted to the Supreme Court, which is aimed at identifying and classifying the alleged flaws and the extent to which there might be an overlap with extraordinary appeal (dovolání). The chosen topic appears to be very timely with regard to the ongoing preparatory legislative work on the new Criminal Procedure Code. The descriptive passages are accompanied by the author's opinions on selected decisions of the Supreme Court and the deficiencies of the current legislation. Taken...
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Criminal liability of a doctor for withdrawal and withholding of a medical treatment
Peterková, Helena ; Císařová, Dagmar (advisor) ; Sváček, Jan (referee) ; Salač, Josef (referee)
The making of an end of life decision represents worldwide one of the most difficult issues that physicians can be confronted with - not only should it be regarded as consisting of medical and legal aspects, but ethics and moral values are present as well. Furthermore, it shall not be supposed that the economic parameter is negligible, unfortunately even to the contrary. The fact that the decision is often made by physicians under pressure caused by a system of limited resources (and therefore it can not avoid being distorted ) must be kept in mind. At any rate , according to Czech law under which neither assisted suicide nor life termination on the request is allowed, the legality and legitimacy of withdrawal and withholding of medical treatment is based on the argument of informed consent of the patient, advanced directives and the standard of lege artis treatment. These also shall be pleaded as defences in eventual criminal proceedings.
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