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The right to life and capital punishment
Caletka, Lumír ; Suchánek, Radovan (advisor) ; Reschová, Jana (referee)
Resumé The right to life and the capital punishment Death penalty or capital punishment, or extreme penalty, is a punishment that assumes killing (or execution) of condemned person for a criminal offence provided it is possible to impose this sentence in accordance with the criminal law in force. At former times these crimes were called capital or hanging crimes. With regard to its definitiveness (impossibility of any redress after its execution) it is very controversial punishment. Its supporters argue that it is the sole just sentence for homicide and other felonies, that it excludes recurrence and it has significant deterrent (preventive) effects. On the other hand, the opponents allege not only moral arguments concerning the right of each person to life but they also mention the danger of judicial error which is incorrigible in this case. Furthermore, the objectors point out that the death sentence is not so intimidating. In addition, the costs of the execution use to be more expensive than life imprisonment. Since 1970s the capital punishment has been gradually cancelled in the majority of European and South American countries. Some states of the USA and the People's Republic of China are among countries that still make practise of the death penalty. I deal with the capital sentence in the first part...
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Development of advocacy in Czechoslovakia 1918 - 1989
Caletka, Lumír ; Kuklík, Jan (advisor) ; Soukup, Ladislav (referee)
Development of advocacy in Czechoslovakia 1918-1989 The thesis described and analysed the historical development of advocacy on the territory of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1989. It took into account the previous historical period, thus the beginnings of advocacy in Roman law, the legal profession in our country till 1848 and the historical phase between 1848 and 1918, very important for Czechoslovakia, when the basic legal regulations were created which were first accepted by independent Czechoslovakia in an unchanged form and were modified over time. Along with the law of the Roman Empire, the Austria-Hungary law was crucial for the formation of the cornerstones of today's modern advocacy. The thesis also covered chapters that included the definition of basic and associated terms that relate to advocacy, and last but not least a description of the current legislation of advocacy as well. The base of the thesis was represented by a historic period since the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia, through the second Czech-Slovak Republic, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, the short period after liberation and the communist regime from 1948 until after the revolutionary year of 1989, which, for the Czech advocacy, featured a return to democratic roots and First Republic's traditions of...
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The right to life and capital punishment
Caletka, Lumír ; Suchánek, Radovan (advisor) ; Reschová, Jana (referee)
Resumé The right to life and the capital punishment Death penalty or capital punishment, or extreme penalty, is a punishment that assumes killing (or execution) of condemned person for a criminal offence provided it is possible to impose this sentence in accordance with the criminal law in force. At former times these crimes were called capital or hanging crimes. With regard to its definitiveness (impossibility of any redress after its execution) it is very controversial punishment. Its supporters argue that it is the sole just sentence for homicide and other felonies, that it excludes recurrence and it has significant deterrent (preventive) effects. On the other hand, the opponents allege not only moral arguments concerning the right of each person to life but they also mention the danger of judicial error which is incorrigible in this case. Furthermore, the objectors point out that the death sentence is not so intimidating. In addition, the costs of the execution use to be more expensive than life imprisonment. Since 1970s the capital punishment has been gradually cancelled in the majority of European and South American countries. Some states of the USA and the People's Republic of China are among countries that still make practise of the death penalty. I deal with the capital sentence in the first part...
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