Outline of the Course

History of Czech Criminal Law
Key Terms of Criminology
Psychology and Crime
Schools of Thought in Criminology
Czech Criminal Substantive Law I.
Mens Rea
Czech Criminal Substantive Law II.
Czech Criminal Procedure
Electronic Evidence in Criminal Proceedings
Cybercrime

Course Goals:

Students should be able to orientate themselves in the basic institutes of Czech criminal law. They should understand its roots and context. They should be able to think about some criminal law problems not only from the perspective of a specific legal regulation, but in general, i.e. to reflect on the reasoning behind the legal regulation.

Reading List

Chapter 1:No readings
Chapter 2:POMORSKI S.: Communists and their Criminal Law Revisited, 1989, HAVEL V.: Kicking the Door, 26 NY Review of Books Number 4, 1979
Chapter 3: COULLOUDON V.: Crime and Corruption after Communism. The Criminalization of Russia’s Political Elite, East Eur. Constitutional Rev., 1997 MUNGIU-PIPPIDI A.: Crime and Corruption after Communism. Breaking Free at Last: Tales of Corruption from the Postcommunist Balkans, East Eur. Const. Rev., 1997
Chapter 4: LANGER M.: From Legal Transplants To Legal Translations: The Globalization of Plea Bargaining and the Americanization Thesis in Criminal Procedure, PIZZI William T., MONTAGNA Mariangela: The Battle to Establish an Adversarial Trial System in Italy, excerpts, 2004
Chapter 5: DAMASKA M.: Presentation of Evidence and Fact finding Precision, 1975, DIEHM J.: The Introduction of Jury Trials and Adversarial Elements into the Former Soviet Union and Other Inquisitorial Countries, 2001, Optional: REICHEL P. L.: Comparative Criminal Justice Systems 254-273, 2005
Chapter 6: LANGER M.: From Legal Transplants To Legal Translations: The Globalization of Plea Bargaining and the Americanization Thesis in Criminal Procedure, excerpts, Optional: PIZZI William T., MONTAGNA Mariangela: The Battle to Establish an Adversarial Trial System in Italy, excerpts, 2004
Chapter 8: European Commission Papers: Reactions to the Presentation of the Broad Outline of European Union Security Policy, SANCHEZ W.: Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on the European Arrest Warrant and the Surrender Procedures between Member States, ALEGRE S., LEAF M.: Mutual Recognition in European Judicial Cooperation: A Step Too Far Too Soon? Case Study - the European Arrest Warrant, 10 European Law Journal 200, 2004 Is the EU Unconstitutional? The German Federal Constitutional Court Decision on the EAW (Press Release)
Chapter 10: SCHULHOFER S. J.: The Feminist Challenge in Criminal Law. University of Pennsylvania Law Review, vol. 143, 2151, 1995