Deset let od přijetí českého trestního zákoníku – Jelínek Jiří (2019)

The collective monograph "Ten Years Since the Adoption of the Czech Criminal Code" reminds us that 2019 marks the tenth anniversary of the adoption of Act No. 40/2009 Coll., the Criminal Code, which replaced the old, originally Czechoslovak Criminal Code (Act No. 140/1961 Coll.) after forty-eight years. The tenth anniversary of the new Czech Criminal Code has become an opportunity for several Czech and Slovak academics and practitioners in the fields of criminal law, constitutional law, administrative law, and civil law to prepare chapters (studies) reflecting on this anniversary from the perspective of their disciplines, not only from the standpoint of criminal law, criminal procedure, or criminology. Readers will surely find it interesting to learn what the new Czech Criminal Code could have included but ultimately does not, and to become acquainted with proposals on how the current Czech Criminal Code could be improved. The work also includes studies comparing the current Czech Criminal Code with the new Slovak Criminal Code. Although the adoption of the Czech Criminal Code was associated with many expectations, which, as is often the case with great expectations, were only partially fulfilled, it is merely one step towards a comprehensive reform of criminal law after the year...