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Culpability in criminal law
Patrman, Aleš ; Pelc, Vladimír (advisor) ; Dvořák, Marek (referee)
Culpability in Criminal Law The subject of this diploma thesis is culpability in criminal law. One of fundamental principles of criminal law is the principle of nullum crimen sine dolus vel culpa. According to this principle, criminal liability for a criminal offence arises only if it was committed culpably. Culpability is an obligatory element of the subjective aspect of a criminal offence and can be described as a person's internal psychological relationship to the circumstances that give rise to the offence. The thesis itself is divided into seven chapters. In the first chapter, I focus generally on the conditions of criminal liability. In this chapter I also look at the subjective aspect of a criminal offence and its facultative elements, which include motive and purpose. In the second chapter I present the difference between fault and culpability, which is a broader term. The third chapter is aimed at the evolution of criminal law in the Czech Republic, with regard to the regulation of culpability. The chapter is divided into individual time periods, according to the adoption of individual penal codes. The fourth chapter focuses on the general concept of culpability. First, I look more closely at the principle of liability for fault. The remainder of the chapter is devoted to the individual...
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