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Contens
Introduction ................................................. 4
1. CRIMINAL SUBSTANTIVE LAW: GENERAL PART ....................... 5
1.1 Concept, Function and Fundamental Principles of Criminal Law ................. 5
1.2 Sources of Criminal Substantive Law ............................................ 7
1.3 Changes in the Czech Criminal Law Since 1989 .................................. 9
1.3.1 Introduction .................................................... g
1.3.2 The Most Important Amendments to the Criminal Code ......................... 9
1.3.3 New Codifications ...................................................... 12
1.4 Crime as a Basis of Criminal Liability in the Czech Criminal Law ................ 12
1.4.1 Danger to society ...................................................... 13
1.4.2 Body of a crime ........................................................ j3
1.5 The System of Criminal Sanctions in the Czech Criminal Law ................... is
1.5.1 Punishment ......................................................... jg
1.5.2 Protective Measures .................................................. 27
1.6 The Czech Prison System .............................................. 28
1.6.1 Types of prisons .................................................. 28
1.6.2 The Prison Service of the Czech Republic ........................................ 31
1.6.3 The Conditional Release/Parole ................................................. 33
1.7 Juvenile Criminal Law iu the Czech Republic .................................... 33
2. SPECIAL PART OF THE CRIMINAL SUBSTANTIVE LAW: INTRODUCTION ................................................................ 36
3. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ...................................................... 39
3.1 Concept, Function and Fundamental Principles of Criminal Procedure ........... 39
3.2 Sources of Criminal Procedure ................................................ 41
3.3 Stages of Criminal Proceedings .................................................. 43
3.3.1 Preliminary Proceedings ......................................................... 44
3.3.2 Preliminary hearing ............................................................. 44
3.3.3 Trial ............................................................................ 45
3.3.4 Appelate Proceedings............................................................ 46
3.3.5 Execution Proceedings ........................................................... 47
3.4 Bodies Conducting Criminal Prosecution ........................................ 47
3.4.1 The Police....................................................................... 47
3.4.2 The Public Prosecutor....................................................... 4g
3.4.3 The Court ....................................................................... 49
4. LITERATURE ............................ r.