Criminal offences against the judiciary in the criminal code of the republic of slovenia

Abstract

Criminal offences against the judiciary are listed in Chapter Twenty-Eight of the Criminal Code (hereinafter: the CC-1). These criminal offences are intended to protect the judiciary as a separate branch of power with its specific tasks. Protection is intended for criminal justice and partly also for other branches of the judiciary. The common feature of all criminal offences listed in that Chapter is that they prevent, inhibit or even threaten the work of judicial authorities and the performance of their tasks or the implementation of the measures and decisions of judicial authorities. The purpose of the criminal law protection is to ensure the smooth work of judicial authorities and the correct and lawful functioning of the judiciary. It used to be considered that the incriminations listed in this Chapter were intended to protect the work of domestic judicial authorities.