Preventive Detention on Remand in Pre-Trial Proceedings from the Point of View of Theory and Practice

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https://doi.org/10.46282/blr.2024.8.2.882

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Personal Liberty, Restriction, Detention on Remand, Reason for Detention, Preventive Detention, Nature of Crime

Abstract

In the article the authors pay attention to the detention on remand, which is the most serious procedural interference in the system of criminal law means to the personal liberty of an individual, accused of a crime. This institute is characterised in terms of national and international aspects of protection of the individual who has been taken into detention on remand. The authors pay special attention to the reasons for the so-called preventive detention on remand in pre-trial proceedings from the point of view of theory and application practice of courts.

Author Biographies

  • Jozef Čentéš, Comenius University Bratislava

    Professor
    Faculty of Law
    Department of Criminal Law, Criminology and Criminalistics
    Šafárikovo nám. 6
    818 00 Bratislava, Slovakia
    jozef.centes@flaw.uniba.sk

  • Andrej Beleš, Comenius University Bratislava

    Faculty of Law
    Institute of European Law
    Šafárikovo nám. 6
    818 00 Bratislava, Slovakia
    andrej.beles@flaw.uniba.sk

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Preventive Detention on Remand in Pre-Trial Proceedings from the Point of View of Theory and Practice. (2024). Bratislava Law Review, 8(2), 93-110. https://doi.org/10.46282/blr.2024.8.2.882

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