PLEA BARGAINING - TRADING WITH JUSTICE, OR?

Abstract

U radu se obrađuje problematika sporazuma stranaka u kaznenom postupku koja zaokuplja veliku pozornost stručnih krugova kako u zemljama kontinentalnog tako i anglosaksonskog pravnog sustava. U prvom dijelu rada prikazuje se komparativni prikaz relevantnih zakonskih odredbi o sporazumu u državama koje tradicionalno pripadaju kontinentalnom pravnom sustavu uz sažeti prikaz američkog plea bargaininga koji je temelj kontinentalnog sporazuma stranaka u kaznenom postupku. U drugom dijelu rada prikazane su relevantne odredbe hrvatskog Zakona o kaznenom postupku i Kaznenog zakona koje se odnose na sporazum stranaka s kritičkim osvrtom uz prikaz sudske prakse Županijskog suda u Zagrebu.The paper elaborates the problems concerning plea bargaining agreement in criminal pro- ceedings that attracts great attention of legal experts both in the countries of the Continental and of Anglo-Saxon common law systems. The first part shows the comparative overview of the relevant legal provisions of the plea bargaining in states that traditionally belong to the continental legal system along with a summary of the American plea bargaining, which is the foundation of the continental agreement of the parties in criminal proceedings. The second part shows the relevant provisions of the Croatian Code of Criminal Procedure and the Crimi¬nal Code relating to plea bargaining, and a critical review of those provisions, followed by the presentation of the case-law of the County Court in Zagreb

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