The principle of subsidiarity of criminal repression

This thesis is a compilation of selected topics related to the principle of subsidiarity of criminal repression as a guiding principle of criminal law. The text of the thesis deals with the historical development of the approach to this principle in the Czech Republic, as well as the current normative anchoring of this principle in the effective criminal legislation. Furthermore, the text pays attention to the general character of this principle, which is manifested by its interpenetration into a number of institutes of criminal law, as well as its clash with other legal principles. In the practical part of the thesis, attention is then focused on the role of the principle of subsidiarity of criminal repression as a corrective to criminal injustice, as well as on the overlaps of this principle in the field of administrative law. This part of the thesis also takes into account the current cases that occur in the public sphere in relation to the principle of subsidiarity of criminal repression. The final part of the thesis compares selected foreign approaches to the principle of subsidiarity of criminal repression. Keywords: ultima ratio, subsidiarity of criminal repression, formal concept of crime, corrective of criminal injustic