Selected issues of the status of injured parties and victims in the Czech legal order

The subject of this dissertation is the analysis of the position of an injured party and a victim in the Czech criminal legal environment. The aim of this thesis is also identification and practical analysis of particular procedural rights of injured parties and victims guaranteed to them by the Czech legislation. The dissertation has four main chapters. The first chapter is describing not only the general concept of an injured party but also particular claims that injured parties may exercises in the criminal proceedings. The second chapter contains not only description and analysis of adhesion proceedings, but also conditions under which claims of injured parties may be considered and decided by the Czech courts. The third chapter is devoted to the most problematic procedural rights of injured parties. The last chapter of this dissertation deals with the general concept of a victim and particular procedural rights of victims - mainly in the light of the "relatively young" law concerning victims of crimes.