Articles

Vol. 43 No. 4 (2021)

Are we on a path towards an authoritarian criminal justice process?

Pages: 523-541

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Abstract

The article discusses recent changes in the Polish Code of Criminal Procedure in the sphere of the prosecutor’s right to oppose decisions made by a court during the trial. The purpose of the article is to show the public prosecutor’s increasing interference in the course of criminal proceedings, which, as a result, makes it possible to take control over the course and outcome of specific criminal proceedings.