Constitutional Design, Rule of Law and Mutual Recognition in the Czech Republic

Abstract

The article analyses the potential EU dimension of the impunity of the President of the Czech Republic and the President's constitutional competencies concerning criminal law. Based on recent development of constitutional practice in the Czech Republic and new trends in EU law, the article formulates potential conflict scenarios between Czech constitutional rules and the EU principles of non bis in idem and the rule of law.

Keywords

• European Union
• President of the Czech Republic
• Constitution of the Czech Republic
• mutual recognition
• criminal law
• EU law
• non bis in idem.