The Value of Justice in Czechoslovak Criminal Law Norms in the 20th Century
Summary: – 1. Introduction. – 2. Law versus Justice. – 3. Justice and the Function of Law. – 4. The Function of Law in the Retributive Judiciary in Slovakia. – 5. Final Evaluation.
Abstract
The authors focus on the legal regulation of criminal substantive law rules and its development in the 20th century in the territory of Czechoslovakia. Specifically, the paper focuses on finding the value of justice in the substantive law provisions and looking for its value in judicial practice. In the conclusion of the paper, the authors consider the meaning of justice in criminal law rules and compare its value in historical and current criminal codes. Justice is not legally defined as an institution or a principle, and therefore, it is very difficult to seek the value of justice in legal branches.
The authors present a new hypothesis that works with all kinds of sources of law, which, in their interconnection and agreement, should provide a test to show the value of justice. The authors work with a specific type of criminal law – post-war retribution criminal law. However, the humanities are not exact as science, so subjective evaluations are always present. The second stage of verification of correctness is identical or very similar to the textual and contextual interpretation of the sources of law. The value of justice is not determined by a numerical scale, so only a comparison of specific cases can give us answers as to whether criminal law has been applied more or less fairly in individual trial proceedings
About Authors
Ackowledgments
Authors would like to express their gratitude to the reviewers for their help and for the English editor, Sarah White.
Conflict of interest
The authors have declared that no conflict of interest or competing interests exist.
Contributors
All the co-authors have read, approved the final version and agreed to be accountable for all aspects of this article.
Alexandra Letková
Assistant Professor at the Department of History of State and Law,Matej Bel University, Slovakia
alexandra.letkova@umb.sk
Anna Schneiderová
Assistant Professor at the Department of International Law,
European Law and Legal Communication,
Matej Bel University, Slovakia
anna.schneiderova@umb.sk
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- A Letková, A Schneiderová ‘The Value of Justice in Czechoslovak Criminal Law Norms in the 20th Century’ 2021 2(10) Access to Justice in Eastern Europe 86–103. DOI: 10.33327/AJEE-18-4.2-a000062#BBD0E0 »
