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Criminal Process. Special Part
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:10.04.2024 12:56:32
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_531 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law | Target Audience: | Juridical Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Larisa Saukāne | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 18 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 36 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 14 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 28 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 64 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Introduction to civil law, Theory of law, History of Latvian law, Logic, Criminal procedure. General part. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide students with basic knowledge about the legal provision of criminal legal relations, to acquire knowledge about the practical course of criminal proceedings, pre-trial criminal proceedings, general rules of legal proceedings, based on previously acquired knowledge in the general part of criminal proceedings. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Pre-trial criminal procedure. General rules for pre-trial criminal procedure. The content of pre-trial criminal procedure. Types of pre-trial criminal procedure. Territorial and institutional jurisdiction. Deadline for the pre-trial process. Initiation, suspension, resumption and termination of the pre-trial process. Understanding and procedural content of the investigation. Initiation, suspension and completion of the investigation. Prosecution. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Initiation and termination of criminal procedure. Special criminal procedure. Simplified criminal procedure Stages of criminal procedure. Goals and objectives of the stages. Parties pursuing the stages of the criminal procedure. Understanding and nature of the initiation of the criminal procedure. Refusing to initiate the criminal procedure. Materials of the criminal procedure and their availability. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Circumstances that do not allow criminal proceedings. Stopping and resuming a process. Termination of process. Non-rehabilitating conditions of persons. Settlement, its implementation and legal consequences. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | General rules of pre-trial criminal proceedings. Content of pre-trial criminal proceedings. Types of pre-trial criminal proceedings. Stages of the pre-trial process. Investigation. Understanding and procedural content of investigation. Eligible subjects of the investigation. Initiation, suspension, completion of investigation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Criminal prosecution. Understanding and Procedural Content of Criminal Prosecution. Initiation of criminal prosecution. Understanding and content of the accusation, procedural documentation. Completion of prosecution. Referral of the case to the court. Termination of prosecution. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | General rules of legal proceedings. Jurisdiction in criminal cases. Legal proceeding authorities. Territorial and institutional jurisdiction of legal proceedings. Composition of the court. General rules for the adjudication of criminal matters. Understanding and procedural importance of general rules. Directness and interpretation of the trial. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Openness of proceedings and the possibility to access a case file. Participants of the proceedings and their rights and obligations. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Hearing at the court of first instance. Preparation of a criminal case for adjudication. Action by the court following receipt of the case by the court. The time period set for adjudication. Issues to be decided when preparing a case for adjudication. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 9 | Trial. Stages of the trial. Opening and the course of the trial. Judicial investigation. Hearing without direct and oral examination of the evidence. Completion of judicial investigation. Judicial debate. Final word of the accused. Judgment. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 10 | Simplified forms of the criminal procedure. Understanding, types and classification of simplified forms of the criminal procedure. Conditional termination of criminal proceedings. Consequences of the conditional termination of criminal proceedings. Renewal of a conditionally terminated criminal case. Final termination of the criminal case which has been conditionally terminated. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Prosecutor's order on punishment. Legal consequences of the prosecutor's sentence order. Plea and sentence agreement. A legal prerequisite for plea bargaining and sentencing. The procedure and deadlines for the application of the accelerated process. Transfer of the case to court and adjudication in an accelerated process. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 12 | Special criminal proceedings. Understanding of special criminal proceedings, characteristics and types. Criminal procedure involving coercive measures of medical nature. Completion of pre-trial investigation in these cases and the procedure for sending the cases to the court for the application of coercive measures of medical treatment. Procedure for adjudication in cases regarding offences committed by mentally deficient persons and persons suffering from a mental illness after committing crime | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 13 | Persons who participate in the trial of the case at the court session of the appeal instance. Trial of the case at the court session of the appellate instance. Examination of appeals and protests in a written process. The scope and framework in which the case is tried in the appellate court. Appellate court rulings. Content of the appellate court decision. Competence of the appellate court in making a new judgment. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 14 | Appeal in the cassation procedure. Deadlines for submitting cassation complaints and protests. Persons who have the right to file a cassation complaint or protest. Content of cassation complaints and protest. Procedure for initiation of cassation proceedings. Grounds for refusal to initiate cassation proceedings. Decisions of the court of cassation and their content. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Pre-trial criminal procedure. General rules for pre-trial criminal procedure. The content of pre-trial criminal procedure. Types of pre-trial criminal procedure. Territorial and institutional jurisdiction. Deadline for the pre-trial process. Initiation, suspension, resumption and termination of the pre-trial process. Understanding and procedural content of the investigation. Initiation, suspension and completion of the investigation. Prosecution. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Initiation and termination of criminal procedure. Special criminal procedure. Simplified criminal procedure Stages of criminal procedure. Goals and objectives of the stages. Parties pursuing the stages of the criminal procedure. Understanding and nature of the initiation of the criminal procedure. Refusing to initiate the criminal procedure. Materials of the criminal procedure and their availability. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Circumstances that do not allow criminal proceedings. Stopping and resuming a process. Termination of process. Non-rehabilitating conditions of persons. Settlement, its implementation and legal consequences. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | General rules of pre-trial criminal proceedings. Content of pre-trial criminal proceedings. Types of pre-trial criminal proceedings. Stages of the pre-trial process. Investigation. Understanding and procedural content of investigation. Eligible subjects of the investigation. Initiation, suspension, completion of investigation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Criminal prosecution. Understanding and Procedural Content of Criminal Prosecution. Initiation of criminal prosecution. Understanding and content of the accusation, procedural documentation. Completion of prosecution. Referral of the case to the court. Termination of prosecution. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Hearing at the court of first instance. Preparation of a criminal case for adjudication. Action by the court following receipt of the case by the court. The time period set for adjudication. Issues to be decided when preparing a case for adjudication. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Trial. Stages of the trial. Opening and the course of the trial. Judicial investigation. Hearing without direct and oral examination of the evidence. Completion of judicial investigation. Judicial debate. Final word of the accused. Judgment. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Simplified forms of the criminal procedure. Understanding, types and classification of simplified forms of the criminal procedure. Conditional termination of criminal proceedings. Consequences of the conditional termination of criminal proceedings. Renewal of a conditionally terminated criminal case. Final termination of the criminal case which has been conditionally terminated. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 12 | Special criminal proceedings. Understanding of special criminal proceedings, characteristics and types. Criminal procedure involving coercive measures of medical nature. Completion of pre-trial investigation in these cases and the procedure for sending the cases to the court for the application of coercive measures of medical treatment. Procedure for adjudication in cases regarding offences committed by mentally deficient persons and persons suffering from a mental illness after committing crime | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Preparing individual written assignments according to the topics given and requirements set for during classes; independent study of the specified legal literature and practice materials; preparing an individual presentation on the public discussion. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Exam - 50%, independent work - 20%, work in classes - 10%, two independent written works - 20%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon completion of the study course students become familiar with the practical course of the criminal procedure, know the investigative activities, the procedure for drawing up thereof, know the general rules of legal proceedings. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On completion of the course, students are familiar with the criminal procedure, are able to perform procedural activities, to apply the knowledge of the criminal procedure, to carry out analysis of the criminal procedure, to draw up criminal procedural documents. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On completion of the study course students are able to select and process legal information necessary for the completion of assignments independently or within working groups in order to draw up draft procedural documents. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Meikališa Ā. Kriminālprocesa tiesības. Vispārīgā daļa 1.grāmata. R.: Raka, 2000. | ||||||||
| 2 | Meikališa. Ā., Strada- Rozenberga K. Kriminālprocess shēmās. A. daļa. LV 2007. | ||||||||
| 3 | Meikališa. Ā., Strada- Rozenberga K. Kriminālprocess shēmās. B. daļa. LV 2008. | ||||||||
| 4 | Ā. Meikališa, Strada- Rozenberga K. Pārmaiņu laiks Kriminālprocesā. LV.JV. 2006. | ||||||||
| 5 | Ā. Meikališa, Strada- Rozenberga K. Pārmaiņu laiks Kriminālprocesā turpinās. LV.JV. 2009. | ||||||||
| 6 | Ā. Meikališa. Cilvēktiesību ievērošana veicot izmeklēšanas darbības. LV.JV. 13.02.2007. | ||||||||
| 7 | Strada- Rozenberga K. Privātās apsūdzības process: likums un prakse Latvijā. LV.JV.16.12.2008. | ||||||||
| 8 | Strada- Rozenberga K. Cietušais un tā tiesības kriminālprocesā. LV.JV. 04.11.2008. | ||||||||
| 9 | Liede A. Kriminālprocess un tiesu pierādījumi. Rīga, 1980. | ||||||||
| 10 | Meikališa Ā., Strada-Rozenberga K. Kriminālprocess. Raksti 2005-2010. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2010. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Meikališa Ā. Kriminālprocesuālo terminu skaidrojošā vārdnīca. Rīga: RAKA, 1998. | ||||||||
| 2 | Meikališa Ā. Apcietinājums. Rīga: LPA, 1995. | ||||||||
| 3 | Meikališa Ā. Drošības līdzekļu kriminālprocesuālā reglamentācija Latvijas likumdošanā. LPA, 1995. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Žurnāls Jurista Vārds | ||||||||
| 2 | Normatīvie akti | ||||||||
| 3 | Tiesu prakse, judikatūra | ||||||||
