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Admissibility of evidence in criminal proceedings
Pazourková, Klára ; Mulák, Jiří (advisor) ; Šelleng, Dalibor (referee)
Admissibility of evidence in criminal proceedings Abstract The thesis deals with the procedural applicability of evidence in criminal proceedings from the perspective of defects caused by violations of procedural rules of evidence. The aim of the thesis is to summarize the applicable legislation with a focus on procedural acts of law enforcement authorities in criminal proceedings and to analyse the defects that may arise in the process of evidence. Can any substantial error in the acquisition or execution of evidence prevent its use in court proceedings? How do Czech courts view violations of procedural rules on evidence, or defects in the process? The author tries to find answers to these questions by analysing the institutes and principles related to the field of evidence and by analysing the decisions of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court. The work is divided into six parts - four chapters, introduction and conclusion. The first chapter is devoted to evidence on the theoretical level. It defines important concepts related to evidence and characterizes the means of evidence listed in the Criminal Procedure Code. Last but not least, it also contains the basic principles governing evidence, also with regard to international regulation. The second chapter deals with theoretical approaches to the...
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Urgent and unrepeatable acts
Kučera, Petr ; Tejnská, Katarína (advisor) ; Galovcová, Ingrid (referee)
and keywords Urgent and unrepeatable acts Urgent and unrepeatable acts are procedural acts of criminal proceedings in which there is a conflict between the rights of the defense with the purpose of criminal proceedings consisting in the lawful determination of the circumstances of the commission of a crime and in the fair punishment of its perpetrator. This conflict is tolerated because urgent and unrepeatable acts are used to secure and take evidence that risks being thwarted, destroyed or lost, or evidence that cannot be taken in court proceedings. The aim of this work is to describe and analyze the conditions under which these, by their nature exceptional, acts of criminal proceedings can be performed and to analyze the consequences of non-compliance with these conditions. To this end, the first chapter described the structure of criminal proceedings with a focus on the structure of preparatory proceedings and analyzed the definition of urgent and unrepeatable acts, provided some typical examples and an analysis of the problematic definition of urgency. In the second chapter, in addition to the general conditions of evidence, the formal and material conditions for performing urgent and unrepeatable acts were analyzed, including the question of whether some additional conditions imposed on...
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The Consequences of Breaching the Rules of Evidence for the Effectiveness of the Evidence
Zelenka, Jan ; Hořák, Jaromír (advisor) ; Pelc, Vladimír (referee)
1 The Consequences of Breaching the Rules of Evidence for the Effectiveness of the Evidence Abstract This diploma thesis deals with the phenomenon of ineffective evidence in criminal procedures as a result of a breach the rules of evidence. The aim of the thesis is to submit current regulations about evidence in the Czech legal system, evaluate it and shine a light on certain problems. Can a criminal procedure be just if the essential principles are trampled on and the government breaks the law? Are there any barriers preventing geovernment arbitrariness? This thesis tries to answer these questions by introducing legal institutes based on area of evidence in criminal procedure. Thesis consists of six parts - four chapters, introduction and conclusion. The first chapter deals generally with evidence and its specifics in criminal law. It defines crucial terminology to understand this topic thoroughly and shines a light on principles of evidence. The second chapter revolves around admissibility and especially efficiency of evidence as a result of a breach in the rules of evidence by law enforcement. That breach of evidence has to fulfill a certain level of severity which has an important part in evidence ineffectivity. In the very last part of this chapter the author suggests legislative changes according to a...
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Violation of law on taking of evidence in criminal procedure and its consequences
Hula, Ondřej ; Jelínek, Jiří (advisor) ; Pelc, Vladimír (referee)
Violation of Regulations on Burden of Proof in Criminal Procedures and its Consequences This dissertation deals with the issues associated with violation of regulations on burden of proof in criminal procedures and its consequences. A great number of regulations stipulate burden of proof. The core of the regulation lies in the Criminal Code. However, another range of regulations can also be found in international contracts regarding human rights and the constitutional system of the Czech Republic since burden of proof concerns basic human and fundamental rights. In the present, the issue of burden of proof gains more attention due to the endeavour of legistators to adopt a new Criminal Code and due to some criminal procedures which appeared in the media and in which improper use of burden of proof caused illegality of the criminal procedure as a whole. Another fact that contributes to the topicality of this issue is that currently, defence in criminal procedures focuses especially on the utility of evidence collected during the preliminary procedure, where fomalistically applied regulations might lead to no punishment of the perpetrator. The main objective of this dissertation is to describe efficacious regulations and regulations on burden of proof in force as well as the consequences of violation...
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