Balansgång mellan kontradiktion och inkvisition - En studie om den svenska brottmålsprocessens förenlighet med rätten till rättvis rättegång
(2023) LAGF03 20232Department of Law
Faculty of Law
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Den svenska brottmålsprocessen är i grunden kontradiktorisk, men har inkvi-sitoriska inslag. Exempelvis är rätten, enligt 30 kap. 3 § rättegångsbalken, inte bunden av de angivna bestämmelserna i åklagarens stämningsansökan. Det är i stället rättens ansvar att, i enlighet med officialprincipen, bestämma den rättsliga innebörden av gärningsbeskrivningen. År 1995 inkorporerade Sverige Europakonventionen till att gälla som lag. Europakonventionen har succesivt fått större genomslag i nationell rätt. Artikel 6 i Europakonvent-ionen ställer upp en rätt till rättvis rättegång som inbegriper bland annat att den tilltalade i detalj ska informeras om innebörden av anklagelsen som rik-tas mot denne. Rättegångsbalken och Europakonventionen gäller som... (More)
- Den svenska brottmålsprocessen är i grunden kontradiktorisk, men har inkvi-sitoriska inslag. Exempelvis är rätten, enligt 30 kap. 3 § rättegångsbalken, inte bunden av de angivna bestämmelserna i åklagarens stämningsansökan. Det är i stället rättens ansvar att, i enlighet med officialprincipen, bestämma den rättsliga innebörden av gärningsbeskrivningen. År 1995 inkorporerade Sverige Europakonventionen till att gälla som lag. Europakonventionen har succesivt fått större genomslag i nationell rätt. Artikel 6 i Europakonvent-ionen ställer upp en rätt till rättvis rättegång som inbegriper bland annat att den tilltalade i detalj ska informeras om innebörden av anklagelsen som rik-tas mot denne. Rättegångsbalken och Europakonventionen gäller som lag i Sverige. Uppsatsen syftar dels till att undersöka om rätten i sin dom kan tillämpa andra lagrum än de som framkommer av stämningsansökan, dels hur ett sådant förfarande förhåller sig till Europakonventionens krav på rätt-vis rättegång.
Europadomstolen har genom Pélissier och Sassi mot Frankrike redogjort för det kontradiktoriska grundsynsätt som råder när Europakonventionen ska tillämpas. Det bör vara oförenligt med Europakonventionen att den tilltalade fälls till ansvar för brottsbestämmelser som inte kommunicerats till parterna. Högsta domstolen har nyligen i olika avgöranden redogjort för hur frågan ska besvaras enligt gällande svensk rätt. Högsta domstolen ger uttryck för att alla eventuellt tillämpliga lagrum ska kommuniceras till parterna innan rättens avgörande. Om nya lagrum framkommer under rättens överläggning ska huvudförhandlingen antingen återupptas eller kompletteras skriftligen.
Undersökningen visar att rätten, i sin dom, antagligen kan tillämpa lagrum som inte återfinns i stämningsansökan. Den svenska regleringen står antagli-gen inte i strid med rätten till rättvis rättegång. Regelverken är däremot en-ligt min uppfattning byggda på olika grunder vilket skapar nya problem, exempelvis onödigt långa rättsprocesser. Den svenska gällande rätten har tvingats anpassas till Europakonventionen. Min uppfattning är att den svenska gällande rätten är problematisk i förhållande till de principer som genomsyrar Europakonventionen. (Less) - Abstract
- The Swedish criminal procedural system is fundamentally based on the ad-versarial principle, but it also includes inquisitorial elements. For instance, according to Chapter 30, Section 3 of the Code of Judicial Procedure, the court is not bound by the specified legal provisions in the prosecutor's writ-ten indictment. Instead, it is the responsibility of the court, in accordance with the official examination, to determine the legal meaning of the state-ment of the criminal act charged. In 1995, Sweden incorporated the Europe-an Convention to apply as law. The European Convention has gradually gained more influence in domestic law. Article 6 of the European Conven-tion establishes the right to a fair trial, which includes, among other... (More)
- The Swedish criminal procedural system is fundamentally based on the ad-versarial principle, but it also includes inquisitorial elements. For instance, according to Chapter 30, Section 3 of the Code of Judicial Procedure, the court is not bound by the specified legal provisions in the prosecutor's writ-ten indictment. Instead, it is the responsibility of the court, in accordance with the official examination, to determine the legal meaning of the state-ment of the criminal act charged. In 1995, Sweden incorporated the Europe-an Convention to apply as law. The European Convention has gradually gained more influence in domestic law. Article 6 of the European Conven-tion establishes the right to a fair trial, which includes, among other things, ensuring that the accused receives detailed information about the nature of the charges they face. The Code of Judicial Procedure and the European Convention are both laws that are in force in Sweden.
The purpose of the essay is to examine whether the court, in its judgment, can apply legal provisions other than those presented in the indictment and how such a procedure aligns with the European Convention's requirements for a fair trial. The European Court of Human Rights, has through the case of Pélissier and Sassi v. France, explained to which extent the adversarial principle should be applied when applying the European Convention. Hold-ing individuals accountable for criminal offenses, which have not been communicated to the parties is likely inconsistent with the European Con-vention. The Swedish Supreme Court has recently clarified, in various rul-ings, how this issue ought to be addressed under current Swedish law. The Supreme Court expresses that all potentially applicable legal provisions should be communicated to the parties before the court's decision. If new applicable legal provisions were to arise during the court's deliberation, the main hearing should either be resumed or supplemented with written state-ments.
The result of the study indicates that the court ought to be able to apply le-gal provisions not found in the written indictment. The Swedish regulations probably do not violate the right to a fair trial directly. The frameworks are however, in my opinion, built on different principles, leading to new prob-lems, such as unnecessarily prolonged legal processes. The current Swedish law has been forced to adapt to the European Convention, and my percep-tion is that the established Swedish law is problematic in relation to the prin-ciples underlying the European Convention. (Less)
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- author
- Ejlertsson, Viktor LU
- supervisor
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- Karol Nowak LU
- organization
- course
- LAGF03 20232
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Processrätt, Straffrätt, Europakonventionen, Artikel 6, Kontradiktion, Inkvisition, rätten till rättvis rättegång, jura novit curia
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9143256
- date added to LUP
- 2024-02-02 12:04:28
- date last changed
- 2024-02-02 12:04:28
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abstract = {{The Swedish criminal procedural system is fundamentally based on the ad-versarial principle, but it also includes inquisitorial elements. For instance, according to Chapter 30, Section 3 of the Code of Judicial Procedure, the court is not bound by the specified legal provisions in the prosecutor's writ-ten indictment. Instead, it is the responsibility of the court, in accordance with the official examination, to determine the legal meaning of the state-ment of the criminal act charged. In 1995, Sweden incorporated the Europe-an Convention to apply as law. The European Convention has gradually gained more influence in domestic law. Article 6 of the European Conven-tion establishes the right to a fair trial, which includes, among other things, ensuring that the accused receives detailed information about the nature of the charges they face. The Code of Judicial Procedure and the European Convention are both laws that are in force in Sweden.
The purpose of the essay is to examine whether the court, in its judgment, can apply legal provisions other than those presented in the indictment and how such a procedure aligns with the European Convention's requirements for a fair trial. The European Court of Human Rights, has through the case of Pélissier and Sassi v. France, explained to which extent the adversarial principle should be applied when applying the European Convention. Hold-ing individuals accountable for criminal offenses, which have not been communicated to the parties is likely inconsistent with the European Con-vention. The Swedish Supreme Court has recently clarified, in various rul-ings, how this issue ought to be addressed under current Swedish law. The Supreme Court expresses that all potentially applicable legal provisions should be communicated to the parties before the court's decision. If new applicable legal provisions were to arise during the court's deliberation, the main hearing should either be resumed or supplemented with written state-ments.
The result of the study indicates that the court ought to be able to apply le-gal provisions not found in the written indictment. The Swedish regulations probably do not violate the right to a fair trial directly. The frameworks are however, in my opinion, built on different principles, leading to new prob-lems, such as unnecessarily prolonged legal processes. The current Swedish law has been forced to adapt to the European Convention, and my percep-tion is that the established Swedish law is problematic in relation to the prin-ciples underlying the European Convention.}},
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language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Balansgång mellan kontradiktion och inkvisition - En studie om den svenska brottmålsprocessens förenlighet med rätten till rättvis rättegång}},
year = {{2023}},
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