THE PRINCIPLE OF OPPORTUNISM IN CROATIAN CRIMINAL LAW

Tema ovog diplomskog rada jest načelo svrhovitosti u hrvatskom kaznenom zakonodavstvu.U radu se uvodno prikazuje načelo svrhovitosti u kontekstu kaznenog postupka u teorijskom smislu.Sadrţi općenite definicije i pojmove vezane uz načelo kojima se nastoji pribliţiti njegova svrha i uloga kroz pozitivne i negativne strane.Posebna pozornost posvećena je izvorima Vijeća Europe koji su utjecali na razvoj instituta načela svrhovitosti poticanjem nacionalnog zakonodavstva na prihvaćanje oblika postupanja koji se razlikuju od načela zakonitosti kao isključive obveze pokretanja kaznenog postupka.Detaljno se obraĎuje poloţaj načela i sve njegove izmjene u kaznenom zakonodavstvu Republike Hrvatske od njegova stupanja na snagu Zakonom o kaznenom postupku 1997.godine do danas.Posebno su navedeni i obraĎeni pojedini oblici postupanja prema načelu svrhovitosti čija pravila postupanja nalazimo u općim i posebnim zakonima Republike Hrvatske.The subject matter of this thesis is the principle of opportunity in the Croatian criminal law.The aim of the thesis is to tackle both positive and negative aspects of the principle through analysis of its general definitions and terms.Special attention is given to a legal sources of the Council of Europe which have had an influence on the development of the principle of opportunity by encouraging national legislations to adopt forms of treatment that are differ from principle of legality.The thesis examines role of the principle and all of its changes in the criminal legislation of the Republic of Croatia since its entry into the Criminal Procedure Code in 1997.,until today.Special focus of the thesis is set on the certain forms of the principle of opprotunity,whose rules of procedure are contained in general and special laws of the Republic of Croatia