scholarly journals Some Remarks on the Changes in the Polish Penal Code During the Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
Ewa M. Guzik-Makaruk
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Penal Code ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Penal Policy ◽  
Law System ◽  
Legislative Change ◽  
Legislative Procedure ◽  
The Republic

Abstract The study indicates the solutions introduced by the amendment to the Penal Code during the pandemic. These are the so-called anti-crisis shields - shield 1.0, shield 3.0 and shield 4.0. The primary role of these laws was to respond to the crises related to the COVID-19 epidemic. Amendments to the Penal Code were introduced in a manner inconsistent with the Constitution of the Republic of Poland and the Regulations of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. The mere legislative change and increasing punitiveness of the criminal law system and penal policy will not significantly reduce crime. The work is of a presentative and systematising character. The assumed hypothesis boils down to the assertion that the changes to the penal code made pursuant to the so-called anti-Covid laws are irrational and introduced without the required legislative procedure. The study mainly used the formal-dogmatic method.

scholarly journals The History of the Development of the French Laws on Criminal Liability of Legal Entities

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 46-56
Author(s):  
Aleksandr V. Fedorov ◽  
◽  
Mikhail V. Krichevtsev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Economic Crime ◽  
Penal Code ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Law ◽  
Legal Entities

The article reviews the history of development of French laws on criminal liability of legal entities. The authors note that the institution of criminal liability of legal entities (collective criminal liability) dates back to the ancient times and has been forming in the French territory for a long time. Initially, it was established in the acts on collective liability residents of certain territories, in particular, in the laws of the Salian Franks. This institution was inherited from the Franks by the law of the medieval France, and got transferred from the medieval period to the French criminal law of the modern period. The article reviews the laws of King Louis XIV as an example of establishment of collective criminal liability: the Criminal Ordinance of 1670 and the Ordinances on Combating Vagrancy and Goods Smuggling of 1706 and 1711. For the first time ever, one can study the Russian translation of the collective criminal liability provisions of the said laws. The authors state that although the legal traditions of collective liability establishment were interrupted by the transformations caused by the French Revolution of 1789 to 1794, criminal liability of legal entities remained in Article 428 of the French Penal Code of 1810 as a remnant of the past and was abolished only as late as in 1957. The publication draws attention to the fact that the criminal law codification process was not finished in France, and some laws stipulating criminal liability of legal entities were in effect in addition to the French Penal Code of 1810: the Law on the Separation of Church and State of December 9, 1905; the Law of January 14, 1933; the Law on Maritime Trade of July 19, 1934; the Ordinance on Criminal Prosecution of the Press Institutions Cooperating with Enemies during World War II of May 5, 1945. The authors describe the role of the Nuremberg Trials and the documents of the Council of Europe in the establishment of the French laws on criminal liability of legal entities, in particular, Resolution (77) 28 On the Contribution of Criminal Law to the Protection of the Environment, Recommendation No. R (81) 12 On Economic Crime, the Recommendation No. R (82) 15 On the Role of Criminal Law in Consumer Protection and Recommendation No. (88) 18 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States Concerning Liability of Enterprises Having Legal Personality for Offences Committed in the Exercise of Their Activities. The authors conclude that the introduction of the institution of criminal liability of legal entities is based on objective conditions and that research of the history of establishment of the laws on collective liability is of great importance for understanding of the modern legal regulation of the issues of criminal liability of legal entities.

Die Entwicklung des Strafrechts der Ukraine

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 380-396
Author(s):  
Rainer Birke
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Penal Code ◽  
Science And Society ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Law System ◽  
The Law ◽  
Simplified Procedure ◽  
Procedural Rights

In 2001, a new penal code was adopted in Ukraine after a comprehensive discussion in politics, legal science and society, replacing a codification of the Soviet era dating back to 1960, obviously unsuitable for the new realities. The new penal code of 2001 has been changed many times since then. This also applies to the criminal law provisions against corruption, evaluated and commended by GRECO. However, there is criticism of the criminal law system in Ukraine. A large number of the issues have little or nothing to do with the text of the penal code itself, but with deficits in the application of the law and the resulting loss of confidence in the activities of the law enforcement authorities. The judiciary is said to have a significant corruption problem and is significantly overloaded. The latter is to be counteracted by the introduction of the class of misdemeanor (“kryminalnyj prostupok”) in 2019 that can be investigated in a simplified procedure, which has been criticized, inter alia, because it bears the risk of the loss of quality and possibly infringes procedural rights. Also in 2019, the work on a once again completely new codification of the penal code was commenced, which is not entirely surprising in view to the existing criticism of manual errors or inadequacies of the recent code. It is to be hoped that Ukraine, with the existing will and the necessary strength, will succeed in the creation of a criminal law system that is fully in compliance with the rule of law and that a penal code will be drafted that finally finds full recognition in the society.

Criminal Law

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimo Meccarelli
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
The State ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
Law System ◽  
Historical Turn ◽  
State Monopoly ◽  
Key Aspects

This chapter aims to study features and development of criminal law in the medieval and modern ages. The emergence, at the end of the eighteenth century, of the state monopoly on punishment, connected with the establishment of the statutory law as an ordering factor, represents a historical turn. Before, criminal law—much more than to the exercise of a right to punish—is related to the problem of determining justice in order to produce a public space substitute for revenge. The chapter, considering this different foundation, analyses the ordering factors structuring the criminal law system. It then focuses on peculiar features of the criminal trial and on key aspects such as the role of the judge, the sanctions regimes, the taxonomy of the crimes, and the regimes of proof. Some cursory remarks, as to how the criminal legal order turns into a system under a state monopoly, serve as a conclusion.

Codifying Mercy

2020 ◽  
pp. 61-87
Author(s):  
Arzoo Osanloo
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Emotional Response ◽  
The State ◽  
Penal Code ◽  
Iranian Revolution ◽  
Final Version ◽  
Alternative Approaches

This chapter examines the final version of the penal code, passed only in 2013. Since just after the Iranian Revolution, this is the first set of transformative revisions in substantive criminal law. The chapter outlines how the “coloring in” of the code compels judicial officials to consider alternative approaches to sanctioning. The courtroom serves as a space in which the state, through its judicial officials, corrals victims' instincts for revenge. As an affective space, the courtroom also conditions how judges reason and inflects subjectivities of all the parties in the courtroom. By serving in the role of arbiter in the ultimate settling of accounts, the state's aim is to contain extrajudicial violence. It does this, in part, by attending to the victim's need for justice, or rather, through providing an outlet for a “healthy” emotional response to an injury—the desire for retaliation. Judges attempt to make victims whole and reestablish their sense of lost dignity. However, members of the judiciary are aware of the risk to the foundational impartiality of the system and the stature of the judges should they press victims' families too hard, particularly during the merits phase of the case.

PECUNIARY PENALTY AS AN ALTERNATIVE CONCEPT OF PUNISHMENT IN THE CRIMINAL LAW SYSTEM IN SLOVAKIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 111-120
Author(s):  
Miroslav Gejdoš
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Law System ◽  
Alternative Concept

In this expert contribution, the author deals with the description of alternative penalties in a broader sense and with their meaning. In particular, the author focuses on the issue of pecuniary penalty by its definition and position in the criminal law system in Slovakia. The contribution professionally explains the execution and imposition of this alternative penalty in the conditions of the Slovak Republic as well as a comparison with the Czech Republic. The role of the pecuniary penalty is to keep the convict out of prison and to impose such a type of pen alty that will prevent the convict from committing further criminal offences, will protect the society and, last but not least, will meet demands of the victims of the crime. The aim of the alternative concept of punishment is to consolidate the perpetrator’s habits and attitudes necessary for leading a proper life.

scholarly journals RECHTERLIJK PARDON DALAM KEBIJAKAN DAN PENERAPAN PIDANA INDONESIA

PRANATA HUKUM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-142
Author(s):  
Annisa Dian Permata Herista ◽  
Aristo Evandy A. Barlian
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Penal Code ◽  
Law System ◽  
Current Formulation ◽  
To Come

Penal code in the formulation of criminal law is currently only fixated on the provisions of criminal acts and crimes without including the goals and principles of punishment. Therefore, criminal law is currently considered rigid and inhumane in its application in small cases that are deemed to require social justice. Formulations which do not have objectives and principles in criminal guidelines will not produce effective law, now there is an idea that is Rechterlijk Pardon as one of the concepts in criminal reform that has been used by various countries implementing civil law systems. The results of the analysis in this study found 6 (six) articles relating to the value of forgiveness in the current formulation of the Kuhp but not the pure forgiveness value and the discovery of 5 (five) criminal justice applications that already have forgiveness values but still cannot be applied properly because they are not properly applied the existence of forgiveness formulations in the current criminal. The formulation of the judge's forgiveness idea "Rechterlijk Pardon" will make the criminal law system in Indonesia to come to be more integral, flexible, humanist, progress and nationalist. The criminal justice system desperately needs significant reforms such as the inclusion of criminal law goals and principles so that an effective criminal justice system in Indonesia is realized.

scholarly journals PENTINGNYA RESTORATIVE JUSTICE DALAM KONSEP IUS CONSTITUENDUM

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Zico Junius Fernando
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
District Court ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Law System ◽  
Compensation Mechanisms ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Republic

Abstract: The State of Indonesia is a state of law, the affirmation of this can be seen in Article 1 paragraph (3) of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia. The settlement of cases through the judicial system which results in a court verdict is law enforcement towards the slow path. This is because law enforcement through a long-distance, through various levels starting from the Police, Attorney General's Office, District Court, High Court and even to the Supreme Court which ultimately has an impact on the accumulation of cases which are not small in number in the Court and not to mention other effects. For this reason, it is necessary to proceed with the steps to compile invitations concerning the rights and obligations of citizens in the context of implementing the Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution. Renewal of the Criminal Code by its authors is positioned as the foundation for building a national criminal law system. Related to the Political Law of Criminal Law Renewal in the upcoming National Criminal Law there is a concept known as the Restorative Justice concept. Restorative Justice involves restoring relations between the victim and the perpetrator. The restoration of this relationship can be based on mutual agreement between the victim and the perpetrator. The victim can convey about the loss he suffered and the perpetrator was given the opportunity to make it up, through compensation mechanisms, peace, social work, and other agreements. Keywords: Restorative Justice; Legal Reform; RKUHP

scholarly journals The Guarantees of the Human Rights of the Defendant in the Law System in Kosovo

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Armend Podvorica ◽  
Adelina Rakaj
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Law System ◽  
European Court ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Republic

The paper "The guarantees of the human rights of the defendant in the law system in Kosovo" aims to treat the access of the Republic of Kosovo in the delivery of constitutional guarantees and legal guarantees to protect the defendant in the criminal procedure. Within these guarantees, special emphasis is placed on the judicious acts in force that provide these guarantees in the Republic of Kosovo. A special analysis with regard to this paper is dedicated to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), the practice of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo and the Criminal Procedure Code of Kosovo (CPCK). The analysis of those acts clarifies that the guarantees of the Legal System in Kosovo coincide with the rights of the defendant. Another dimension that finds space within the paper is the practical implementation of the guarantees provided by the aforementioned acts in terms of the rights of the defendant. The role of the Constitutional Court in the Republic of Kosovo in the past and now has been mainly analyzed in the formation of the constitutional and international guarantees, applicable in Kosovo concerning the rights of the defendant in the criminal procedure.

scholarly journals Criminal protection of endangered wild plant and animal species: Challenges of legal practice

2021 ◽  
pp. 63-78
Author(s):  
Milena Banić
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Wild Plant ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Penal Policy ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
Criminal Charges ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Criminal Protection

With a growing environmental degradation and the destruction of natural resources, it is increasingly recognized that criminal law protection is needed as the most repressive measure to protect the environment. This paper considers the criminal law protection of biodiversity in the Republic of Serbia, Republic of Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, with an emphasis on the protection of wild plant and animal species that are particularly vulnerable to overexploitation, including strictly protected and protected wild species and forest ecosystems. The analysis covers various criminal offenses against biodiversity in the context of protection of wild plant and animal species, and discusses the effects of the implementation of relevant regulations. Comparative statistics on criminal charges, as well as accusations and convictions for these crimes in the last decade, indicate a worryingly mild penal policy and a lack of capacity of professionals to act in environmental criminal proceedings. Although statistics indicate that there has been an increase in the reporting of environmental crimes, the number of reported cases remains at a worryingly low level. A large number of criminal charges are rejected, and when criminal proceedings are initiated and conducted, mild criminal penalties are imposed, most often suspended sentences or fines. All this indicates that increasing the knowledge and capacity of professionals is needed in order to improve efficiency of criminal protection against the environment and biodiversity in practice.

scholarly journals Analysis of progressivity, normality and responsibility principles in the progressive system of serving criminal sentences in the form of imprisonment

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-45
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Krudu
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Penal Code ◽  
Optimal Solutions ◽  
Urgent Problem ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
Proper Functioning ◽  
Criminal Penalties ◽  
The Republic

Ensuring the proper functioning of the progressive system of serving a criminal sentence in the form of deprivation of liberty is an urgent problem for the Republic of Moldova. The international recommendations in this area, as well as the practice of other states that apply the progressive system, in order to identify the most optimal solutions for its implementation are analyzed in the article. Special literature is studied, in which important studies is conducted on the role of sentences execution principles in achieving their goals. Recommendations for changing the existing regulatory framework are formulated. According to the results of the study, the author comes to the conclusion that although most of the principles reflected in the Penal Code of the Republic of Moldova are characteristic of a progressive system of serving sentences, their list is incomplete. International practice recognizes the important role of the principles of normality, responsibility and progressivity in a progressive system of serving a sentence of imprisonment. Therefore, in order to intensify the national correctional process and achieve more effective results in the execution of criminal penalties, it is necessary to expand the list of principles enshrined in the Penal Code of the Republic of Moldova and to create correctional mechanisms that correspond to their proper application.

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