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Basics of Criminal Procedural Law

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Basics of Criminal Procedural Law

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Course Description

Upon completion of the course students will be able to understand the basic principles, processes, and subjects of the criminal proceedings and its role in the legal system of the state

Study Programmes

undergraduate
Infantry - course
Elective course for the 7th semester MLM-Infantry study (7. semester)

Learning Outcomes

  1. To understand the criminal proceedings
  2. To understand the relationships between the subjects in the criminal proceedings
  3. Acquisition of basic knowledge for independently taking measures and actions of the military police in criminal proceedings
  4. Razumjeti stručnu terminologiju i značenje izraza koje treba upotrebljavati u radu To understand technical terminology and meaning of terms which should be used in the practice
  5. Lead and plan investigations into criminal acts.
  6. Prepare and submit appropriate reports.

Forms of Teaching

Lectures

Seminars and workshops

Exercises

Week by Week Schedule

  1. Criminal procedural law and criminal proceedings, criminal law in a broader sense, the criminal proceedings, other procedures for penal offenses, criminal procedural law and its science, the relationship between the criminal procedural law and other criminal laws, the relationship between the criminal procedural law and constitutional law, the relationship of the state towards citizens' rights in criminal proceedings.
  2. Historical development - origins of procedural law (accusatorial, inquisitorial and mixed type of criminal proceedings), the sources of the Croatian criminal procedure law and its validity.
  3. Principles of the criminal procedure law, the concept and the purpose of the criminal procedure law. Principles related to the activation and commencement of criminal proceedings, the principles related to the conduct of criminal proceedings, the principles related to the structure of the criminal courts, the principle of a fair trial before a criminal court.
  4. Criminal process entities and their functions, the court (Constitutional and legislative provisions on Courts, the type and structure of the court, jurisdiction, composition, judges and other staff), party (prosecutor, defendant), process assistants of the parties, especially advocate of the accused and the right to a formal defence .
  5. Procedural actions, the concept and classification, place as the form, time and place of procedural actions, the consequences of improper procedural actions, the procedural steps to establish facts (generally about establishing the facts in criminal proceedings, actions to establish facts by observation, using proofing for establishing fact)
  6. Procedural actions (continued), actions of legal enforcement (general restrictions on fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens in criminal proceedings, the constitutional principle of proportionality; types of legal enforcement actions: to ensure the case and the evidences, in order to ensure the presence of persons in the process), decision making actions particularly: verdict and its entry into legal force, the procedural actions of the parties, the log recording of process activities.
  7. Forms of criminal procedure, regular and summary procedure, the proceedings against minors, proceedings for offenses against members of the Armed Forces and other special procedures, stages of the regular criminal proceedings, prosecution and criminal proceedings, initiation of prosecution and criminal proceedings.
  8. Criminal investigations conducted by the police and military police, the structure and the tasks of the modern police (police term, the scope of the criminal police, the relationship between the police and other authorities during the investigation of criminal offenses, supervision of the police and its responsibility), the structure and functions of the Military Police of the Croatian Armed Forces (scope of the work, duties and powers of the Military Police, Military Police criminal relation to other subjects during the investigation of criminal offenses)
  9. Criminal investigations conducted by the police and military police (continued), term, the aim and content of the police and military police investigation (knowledge of the offense, the term survey and legal basis of action of police and Military Police, the police and Military Police actions during investigation, specific supporting actions , supporting actions before the beginning of the procedure, the arrest of the suspect)
  10. Investigations conducted by the Attorney General, the term of the criminal charge and ist receipt, the application of the principle of official leading, legality and appropriateness of criminal prosecution, investigations of criminal offenses by the Attorney General and its relation to other state authorities, especially towards the police and the Military Police.
  11. Investigations, initiating an investigation, course of the investigation, supporting actions, measures to ensure the presence of the defendant in the proceedings, the position of the parties in the investigation, the participation of the police (and Military Police) in the investigation, the completion of the investigation.
  12. The indictment, the term of the indictment, control of its validity and merits.
  13. The main discussion, in general about the main discussion during trial as the central stage of the procedure, requirements for holding the trial, the start of the trial, the defendant's statement on the merits of the charges, bifurcation of the trial, the course of the trial and evidentiary hearing, the completion of the trial and addressing of the parties.
  14. Bringing and publication of the verdict, its written production, regular legal remedies against the verdict and the decision, extraordinary legal remedies.
  15. Criminal procedural law of international criminal law, international criminal law as a set of standards for the protection of legal values of the international community and the criminal proceedings before international bodies, international and domestic criminal law as a set of norms that regulate the legal relationship between the state government and the offender, where there is a foreign element , international police cooperation.

Literature

Goran Tomašević, Davor Krapac, Stjepan Gluščić (2016.), Kazneno procesno pravo,
(.), Đurđević., Z., Gluščić.,S.: Kazneno procesno pravo: Primjerovnik, Narodne novine Zagreb 2010. (odabrana poglavlja),
(.), Aktualni zakonski tekstovi,

For students

General

ID 282231
  Winter semester
4.0 ECTS
L0 English Level
L1 e-Learning
30 Lectures
10 Seminar
5 Exercises