PRINCIPLE OF OPPORTUNISM IN CRIMINAL LAW (ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEM AND DE LEGE FERENDA POSTULATES)

2021 ◽  
Vol 141 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-93
Author(s):  
KRYSTYNA PATORA
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Case ◽  
Effi Ciency ◽  
Limitation Periods ◽  
Principle Of Legality

The article discusses to what extent the principle of opportunism should be used in Polish criminal law in cases where the extent of the criminal case would justify the limitation of its scope in the proceedings. However, to depart rom the principle of legality, which is binding now, it is necessary to satisfy many conditions as well as to account for the costs of the proceedings, and in many cases, to take into account limitation periods in prosecuting and judging them. It is justifi ed to compare the prosecution and judicial authorities to other entities, despite their specific functions, in terms of effi ciency of actions and the level of a product developed. The article also presents certain solutions adopted in German criminal law to formulate de lege ferenda postulates.

scholarly journals PERGESERAN ASAS LEGALITAS FORMAL KE FORMAL DAN MATERIAL DALAM PEMBAHARUAN HUKUM PIDANA NASIONAL

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Dewa Made Suartha
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Penal Code ◽  
Criminal Case ◽  
The Law ◽  
Principle Of Legality ◽  
Legislative Assembly

<p align="center"><strong><em>Abstract</em></strong></p><p><em>Legalit</em><em>y principle is a fundamental basis in the criminal law. The principle of legality which is in accordance with Penal Code Article 1 (1), the law stateskhat there are not any actions that are made into a punisment without first all, have any basis of the rule which passed the actions completely. There are so many actions based on customery law as deviant behaviours and should be made into a criminal case (custom delict), but law enforcement can not follow it up because they are contrary to formal legality. And if there are customery law (custom delict) which will be made into criminal case by the court is in accordance with statutes No. 1/Drtl1951, the finding of a court seems unfair fro conventional norms. In Penal Code renewal, the legislative assembly have taken notes of conventional norms. In Penal Code Concept formal legality principle which has been practiced in Wet Boek van Straf Recht (WvS) system has been softened or widened into legality principle of material.</em></p><p><strong>Key words: </strong><em>legality principle, criminal law renewal.</em></p><p align="center"><strong>Abstrak</strong></p><p>Asas legalitas merupakan asas yang sangat fundamental dalam hukum pidana. Asas legalitas yang tercantum dalam pasal 1 ayat (1) KUHP mutlak tunduk pada perinsip bahwa tidak ada suatu perbuaan yang dapat dipidana tanpa suatu dasar ketentuan undang-undang yang diadakan terlebih dahulu yang menetapkan dalam rumusan yang jelas dari perbuatan tersebut. Cukup banyak perbuatan yang menurut pandangan masyarakat sebagai perbuatan tercela dan patut dipidana (delik adat), akan tetapi penegak hukum tidak dapat menindak lanjutinya karena terbentur pada asas legalitas formal. Kalaupun ada di beberapa daerah delik adat diputus oleh pengadilan berdasarkan UU No. 1/Drt/1951, akan tetapi putusan pengadilan dirasakan tidak mencerminkan rasa keadilan masyarakat hukum adat. Dalam pembaharuan KUHP pembentuk undang-undang telah memperhatikan nilai-nilai hukum yang hidup dalam masyarakat. Dalam Konsep KUHP asas legalitas,(ormal yang selama ini dianut dalam sistem WvS (KUHP) telah diperlunak atau diperluas ke dalam asas legalitas materiel. Dengan perluasan asas legalitas maka pengadilan mempunyai landasan hukum untuk mengadili delik adat yang tidak ada bandingnya dalarrr KUHP.</p><p><strong>Kata kunci : </strong>Asas legalitas, pembaharuan hukum pidana.</p>

scholarly journals PERGESERAN ASAS LEGALITAS FORMAL KE FORMAL DAN MATERIAL DALAM PEMBAHARUAN HUKUM PIDANA NASIONAL

2015 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Dewa Made Suartha ,
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Penal Code ◽  
Criminal Case ◽  
The Law ◽  
Principle Of Legality ◽  
Legislative Assembly

<h4>Abstract</h4> <p><strong><em> </em></strong></p> <p><em>Legality principle is a fundamental basis in the criminal law. The principle of legality which is in accordance with Penal Code Article 1 (1), the law stateskhat there are not any actions that are made into a punisment without first all, have any basis of the rule which passed the actions completely. There are so many actions based on customery law as deviant behaviours and should be made into a criminal case (custom delict), but law enforcement can not follow it up because they are contrary to formal legality. And if there are customery law (custom delict) which will be made into criminal case by the court is in accordance with statutes No. 1/Drtl1951, the finding of a court seems unfair fro conventional norms. In Penal Code renewal, the legislative assembly have taken notes of conventional norms. In Penal Code Concept formal legality principle which has been practiced in Wet Boek van Straf Recht (WvS) system has been softened or widened into legality principle of material.</em><em> </em></p> <p><strong>Key words: </strong><em>legality principle, criminal law renewal.</em><em> </em></p> <p><em> </em></p> <h3>Abstrak</h3> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p>Asas legalitas merupakan asas yang sangat fundamental dalam hukum pidana. Asas legalitas yang tercantum dalam pasal 1 ayat (1) KUHP mutlak tunduk pada perinsip bahwa tidak ada suatu perbuaan yang dapat dipidana tanpa suatu dasar ketentuan undang-undang yang diadakan terlebih dahulu yang menetapkan dalam rumusan yang jelas dari perbuatan tersebut. Cukup banyak perbuatan yang menurut pandangan masyarakat sebagai perbuatan tercela dan patut dipidana (delik adat), akan tetapi penegak hukum tidak dapat menindak lanjutinya karena terbentur pada asas legalitas formal. Kalaupun ada di beberapa daerah delik adat diputus oleh pengadilan berdasarkan UU No. 1/Drt/1951, akan tetapi putusan pengadilan dirasakan tidak mencerminkan rasa keadilan masyarakat hukum adat. Dalam pembaharuan KUHP pembentuk undang-undang telah memperhatikan nilai-nilai hukum yang hidup dalam masyarakat. Dalam Konsep KUHP asas legalitas,(ormal yang selama ini dianut dalam sistem WvS (KUHP) telah diperlunak atau diperluas ke dalam asas legalitas materiel. Dengan perluasan asas legalitas maka pengadilan mempunyai landasan hukum untuk mengadili delik adat yang tidak ada bandingnya dalarrr KUHP.</p> <p><strong>Kata kunci : </strong>Asas legalitas, pembaharuan hukum pidana.</p>

Errors in the Application of the Criminal Law on Certain Corruption Crimes in Practice of Appeal and Cassation Courts

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 72-80
Author(s):  
A. V. Galahova ◽  
Y. I. Antonov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Case ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Retroactive Effect

The article is devoted to systematization of generalized appeal and cassation practice on errors in criminal cases of corruption crimes in 2017–2018. Errors are systematized in such areas as the unfairness of the sentence; the absence of a crime in the act; inconsistency of the conclusions of the court set out in the sentence, the actual circumstances of the criminal case; incorrect application of the provisions of the criminal law in time and its retroactive effect.

scholarly journals The Prosecution in Trial In Absentia Of Money Laundering Case Resulted from Conventional Case

2019 ◽  
Vol 06 (02) ◽  
pp. 297-319
Author(s):  
Rudi Sudirdja
Keyword(s):  
Money Laundering ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Due Process ◽  
Analytical Description ◽  
Public Prosecutor ◽  
The Public ◽  
Single Form ◽  
Due Process Of Law ◽  
The One ◽  
Principle Of Legality

In Indonesia, the provision of in absentia in the Money Laundering Crime Law raises problems if the crime act is originally conventional crime act. Conventional crime act should be handled based on the provisions of the Indonesian Criminal Law Procedures Code. On the one hand, the Money Laundering Crime Law regulates the provisions of the court in absentia and, on the other hand, the Indonesian Criminal Law Procedures Code does not recognize trial in absentia. This study covers the issue. To be precise, it reveals the possibility of a conventional crime act that is charged with the Money Laundering Crime Law to be tried in absentia based on the principle of formal legality. In addition, it discusses the strategy of prosecution of money laundering crime act in trial in absentia for cases that are originally conventional crime act based on the principle of due process of law. This study used analytical description research specifications and the normative juridical method. The data was collected through a document study. In accordance with the approaches, the data were analyzed in qualitative-juridical manners. This study concludes several points. The first, based on the principle of legality of formal law, the implementation of trial in absentia against general criminal acts cannot be carried out. The second, based on the principle of due process of law, the prosecution strategy in trial in absentia fur such cases are that (1) the prosecution of money laundering crime and original crime must be done separately; (2) the public prosecutor must delay the transfer of original criminal acts to the court until the accused is found and presented; (3) the indictment must be prepared in a single form; (4) the indictment must draw legal facts about the original crime; and (5) the public prosecutor can prove the legal facts about the original crime in the element of ‘assets resulting from the crime’ in the money laundering offense.

scholarly journals Custom as a Source Under Article 21 of the Rome Statute

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Amit KUMAR
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Rome Statute ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
International Criminal Law ◽  
International Court Of Justice ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
International Court ◽  
The Icj ◽  
Principle Of Legality

Abstract The adoption of the Rome Statute is a significant moment for international criminal law. Before its formulation, the criminal law was governed by the sources mentioned in their statute or Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice [ICJ Statute]. Custom is one of the important sources within the ICJ Statute. The ad hoc tribunals applied custom and even formulated certain customs. The formulation of custom is considered as against the principle of legality. To avoid such criticism, the State Parties inserted Article 21 in the Rome Statute. The provision clarifies the law which the court can apply. The parties chose not to include custom explicitly. However, the wordings of the provision indicate that the custom is still a source for the court. Apart from the wording of Article 21, other provisions of the Statute give ample scope for the application of custom.

scholarly journals Problematyka odpowiedzialności podmiotów zbiorowych w świetle węzłowych założeń projektowanych zmian ustawy o odpowiedzialności podmiotów zbiorowych za czyny zabronione pod groźbą kary

Ekonomia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Anna Płońska
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Law System ◽  
General Overview ◽  
Effi Ciency ◽  
Legislative Changes

The issue of collectiv e entities’ liability in the light of crucial assumptionsof proposed amendments to the Act on the Liability of Collective Entitiesfor Acts Prohibited under the Threat of PenaltyPursuant to the Act of 28 October 2002 — Act on the Liability of Collective Entities for Acts Prohibited under the Threat of Penalty, a new category of liability was introduced into the Polish criminal law system. There is no doubt that in certain cases the need to punish collective entities is justified and even necessary. However, after more than 15 years of the above mentioned Act being in force, due to the low eff ectiveness of its regulations regarding collective entities’ responsibility, its amendment becomes advisable. Although at the time of writing this article, work on the amendment of the provisions on collective entities’ liability is still in progress, the main assumptions of proposed legislative changes deserve attention. The key idea of the proposed changes is to increase the effi ciency of sanctioning collective entities, especially in cases of fi scal and economic off ences. This article aims at a general overview of the proposed changes in the light of current regulations, in terms of the new collective entity legal defi nition and the principles of its liability, including penalties.

scholarly journals Problems of Implementing the Criminal Procedure Policy in Crime Prevention

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-408
Author(s):  
Igor Antonov ◽  
Igor Alekseev
Keyword(s):  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Criminal Case ◽  
Social Conflicts ◽  
Criminal Procedure Law ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Theory Of Law

The authors use a communicative approach to the theory of law in their analysis of criminal procedure policy and its role in crime prevention. This approach allowed them to determine the content of criminal procedure work that lies outside the scope of criminal law. This content is its ability to regulate social conflicts of criminal law character. Within this framework, the criminal procedure is viewed as a platform for resolving social conflicts, the sides use it to resolve a conflict between them in socially acceptable ways in the process of communication. The involvement of the aggrieved party in the process of communication in connection with the crime intensifies the correctional impact of the criminal process and its significance for crime prevention. The authors suggest using simplified measures of criminal procedure law for reforming this process and basing it on the procedure of terminating a criminal case with the imposition of a court fine as a measure of criminal law influence. They suggest using the same approach when terminating a criminal case due to the reconciliation of the sides, with one exception: during the reconciliation of the sides, only grounds provided for in Art. 76 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation should be proven. If they are established, the investigator is obliged to petition to the court and the court, having established their validity, should decide to terminate the criminal case.

scholarly journals Copyright and Trademark Crimes in the Nordic Countries: Analysis from the Perspective of the Principle of Legality

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Laura Tammenlehto
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
The State ◽  
Moral Rights ◽  
Principle Of Legality

The principle of legality limits criminalisation in the Nordic countries. The purpose of the principle is to uphold the legitimacy of the penal authority of the state and to protect the rights of an accused by ensuring the clarity and foreseeability of the criminal law. The Nordic IPR crime provisions are extensive but determining the limits of criminalisation from them is difficult. This article focuses on the on the phrasing and style of the current Nordic copyright and trademark offences and analyses the extent to which these provisions fulfil the requirements of the principle of legality. Particular problem-causing elements in this legislation are multiple internal references and a blanket criminalisation technique combined with inaccurate definitions of objects of protection. Attention is given to three problematic aspects in the fields of copyright and trademark: copyrighted work threshold (teoskynnys/verkshöjd), moral rights, and establishing trademark through use.  

scholarly journals Formulating Criminal Liabilities Regarding Online Prostitution

Lentera Hukum ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 427
Author(s):  
Trio Angga Laksana ◽  
Y.A. Triana Ohoiwutun ◽  
Fanny Tanuwijaya
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Common Term ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Principle Of Legality

This study aims to obtain similarities and differences regarding legal formulation in online prostitution. Hitherto, prostitution has remained to exist in Indonesian society. In context, the existing perpetrators of prostitution do not peddle conventionally but also virtually, in which online prostitution that gradually increases is a common term that refers to this phenomenon. The current law enforcement against perpetrators of online prostitution performs as the consequence of the national law in which national laws have yet remained to accommodate in criminalizing perpetrators of online prostitution. The criminalization of perpetrators in online prostitution may contrast with the principle of legality so that national laws should accommodate perpetrators of online prostitution regarding their criminal liability. In particular, these national laws should address whether to prohibit the attitude that proliferates online prostitution so that perpetrators of online prostitution should be accountable for their crimes. Henceforth, this measure intends to avoid the overlap of the principle of legality in criminal law. Keywords: Online Prostitution, Criminal Liabilities, Principle of Legality.

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