The principle of subsidiarity of criminal repression in the decision-making practice of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic and the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic

Abstract

This article introduces the reader to the decision-making activity of the Czech Supreme Courts of the parties of the principle of subsidiarity of criminal repression, which together with the principle of legality (nullum crimen sine lege) is rightly considered the backbone of substantive criminal law.

Keywords

• principle
• subsidiarity
• criminal repression
• decision-making
• practice
• Constitutional Supreme
• Court
• Czech Republic