Conclusion - Problems of custody instrument The topic of this diploma thesis is area of problems of custody instrument. This security instrument of procedural criminal law brings many problems especially in the area of its application and its performance. Nowadays this issue is considered to be greatly controversial which is obvious with regards to its grave breach of human rights. Custody also provides great space for existence of judicial errors due to requirement of immediacy decision and contradictory interests of accused person and investigation authority. The topic of diploma thesis is divided into 4 chapters. The first chapter comprises development of criminal procedural law and related development of custody. This chapter provides general summary of the development of custody and it should introduce custody from the perspective of excursion into history of custody. The chapter also appoints to the most important phases of development of custody instrument. Following chapter contains facts about material custody law de lege lata. For first there is interpreted the term of custody instruments and assumptions for its application. This chapter also deal with the most important principles of custody and reasons of custody and its application. The end of this chapter focus on strengthened custody and...

- Cassation and appeal in the criminal procedure code The subject of my thesis is a cassation and appeal principle used during a criminal proceedings. Both principles control criminal proceedings within the meaning of determination of the appeal body jurisdiction, especially how to treat a first instance judgement that is opposed to a factual or legal flaws. Current legal regulation tends to apply the appeal principle with a restricted appeal elements and in compliance with the factual intentions of a legal code. This trend will continue in the future as this approach is implemented in the forthcoming legal code provisions. The thesis is divided into five chapters. The first chapter present the historical excursus of the Czech judicature evolution. It presents difference between civil and criminal law. The second chapter discuss a legal remedy system and is mainly focusing to define terms such as appeal, cassation and revision. The aim is to clarify the legal remedy principles and also to explain the purpose of reviewing procedure during a criminal proceedings with accent to a three main roles of the reviewing procedure: general, immediate and extended which all represent main criminal proceedings principles. The subject of the next chapter is focused on a relationship of the cassation and appeal...

- The issue of the concept of criminal custody The thesis provides a comprehensive overview of selected issues relating to criminal custody, one of the means of securing an accused person for the purposes of criminal proceedings and sentence execution, provided for in the Act on Criminal Procedure. After a concise introduction, the thesis examines the historical development of custody as regulated in the Act No. 141/1961 Coll., on Criminal Procedure. Limits of restricting personal liberty are then discussed from the viewpoint of the Czech Constitution and international commitments of the Czech Republic. The principle part of the thesis deals with material and formal custody law. It defines the term 'custody' and elaborates on the conditions of the imposition of custody, especially with regard to the particular grounds of custody. The section dealing with formal custody law is focused on the provisions regarding the decision process on custody, custody hearing, the examination of the existence of grounds of custody, the maximum duration of custody and the setting off a custody period against a term of imprisonment when the accused is found guilty. Due regard is also given to alternatives to custody, since the accused can only be deprived of personal liberty when the purpose of custody cannot be...

Thesis entitled "Europeanisation of criminal law" focuses on the approximation of procedural criminal law of European countries under the influence of the European Union and the Council of Europe. Europeanisation of criminal law is a process of adopting common European standards for substantive and procedural criminal law. The thesis is divided into five main chapters. First, introductory, chapter defines basic terms, e.g. europeanisation of criminal law, European criminal law, and points out some of the basic issues with the attention to main development lines of europeanisation. Second chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the historic development of europeanisation of criminal law and the development of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters. This chapter describes the progress of the idea of approximation of criminal law of European countries with the emphasis on the influence of the Council of Europe and the European Union upon procedural criminal law. It also contains the comparison of legal instruments of these international organisations and points out possible linked issues. Third chapter of the thesis is aimed at the protection of the human rights that is closely connected with the process of europeanisation of criminal law and criminal law in general. It also...

The diploma thesis is focused on the custodial assurance of the accused person. The institute of the custody is seen as a freedom restriction and the person's personal freedom and also it is seen as one of the kinds of ensuring measures. The core is to keep the conditions set by the law and basic principles of the criminal proceedings to not to allow over-use or abuse of the custody. The aim of the diploma thesis is the analysis of the custodial assurance legal frame, custody basic characteristics, its reasons, measures to substitute custody and to map the or of the social worker in this field. It is overall summary of legal adjustments concerning the custody. The thesis is divided into twelve chapters. The first chapter is dedicated to the person assurance itself before the custody procedure and the second chapter includes custody basic characteristics and its legal anchor. The third chapter deals with custodial conditions, reasons and its duration. The fourth one concerns the custody length and other legal terms. The fifth chapter is focused on the decision about custody in proceedings before the court and in the legal proceedings and that in the frame of the authorities by particular organs. The sixth chapter concerns the custody itself, including the place and personal section. There are defined the measures which can be used to substitute the custody in the seventh chapter. There is analysis of the link in the case of youth offenders and there are also stated the main differences from adult accused ones in the eighth chapter. The ninth and tenth chapter mention psycho-social impact of the custody, social work with people in the custody proceedings and the role of the social worker in this field. The last chapter is in short focused on the comparison of the custody and the punishment. The diploma thesis comes out primarily from the judicature, legal regulations - in particular from the Law nr. 141/1961, about the criminal proceedings of justice (legal code), literature with comments, professional articles and internet sources.

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