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European legislation and case law regarding hate crimes
Števiarová, Lucia ; Scheu, Harald Christian (advisor) ; Vondráčková, Aneta (referee)
European legislation and case law regarding hate crime Author in this work, in accordance with its objective, offers professional and comprehensive view on European legislature and case law regarding hate crimes. For the sake of maximum clarity, the work is divided into four parts. In order to understand and achieve the concept, the first part provides a historical excursion into the issue and the enumeration of European sources related to hate crimes. To achieve aim is for reader to create his/her own opinion on this topic, therefore there is also discussion about prosecution of hate crimes and about their statistical inconsistencies caused by nonuniversal approach. The second part introduces reader to the term of "hate crime" analyzing various definitions, next author provides detailed justified proposal of possible definition of hate crimes with broad list of protected characteristics of potential victims. Unsolicited confusion of the term "hate crime" with related terms is prevented by distinguishing it from similar terms. Particular focus is placed on the specifics of hate crimes, which are relevant to addressing the issue. The author emphasizes the subject characteristic of hate crimes by discussing the hate motive, the extraordinary impact of hate crimes and the typology of perpetrators. The...
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