Department of Criminal Procedure was created on 1 October 2015 by separating from the structure of Department of Criminal Procedure, Criminal Executive Law and Criminalistics. The head of the Department of Criminal Procedure was entrusted to Małgorzata Wąsek-Wiaderek, hab. PhD, University Professor. The teaching and research staff of Department of Criminal Procedure is also composed of Assistant Professors: Iwona Bień-Węgłowska, PhD, Joanna Dzierżanowska, PhD, Grzegorz Skrobotowicz, PhD, Marek Smarzewski, PhD, Adrian Zbiciak, PhD as well as of Assistant Tymon Markiewicz, PhD.

 

Main fields of research:

  • Coherence and respect for the principle of proportionality in the application of instruments of mutual recognition of judicial decisions in criminal matters in the European Union [the European project „Mutual Recognition 2.0: Effective, Coherent, Integrative and Proportionate Application of Judicial Cooperation Instruments in Criminal Matters (MR2.0)”, financed by the European Union under the European Union's Justice Programme; the research team formed at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin includes: Małgorzata Wąsek-Wiaderek, hab. PhD, University Professor; Marek Smarzewski, PhD; Adrian Zbiciak, PhD];
  • Execution of the European Arrest Warrants concerning persons convicted in absentia [the European project "In AbsentiEAW", financed by the European Union under the European Union's Justice Programme (2014-2020); the research team formed at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin includes: Małgorzata Wąsek-Wiaderek, hab. PhD, University Professor; Paulina Duda, MA; Adrian Zbiciak, MA];
  • Application of instruments of mutual recognition of judicial decisions in criminal matters in the European Union;
  • Complaint against appellate court cassatory judgement [Polish National Science Centre OPUS grant awarded in OPUS 12 (panel: HS5); Project no: 2016/23/B/HS5/03786]; the research team includes: Małgorzata Wąsek-Wiaderek, hab. PhD, University Professor (head of the research team); Joanna Dzierżanowska, PhD; Marek Smarzewski, PhD; Tymon Markiewicz, MA; Adrian Zbiciak, MA;
  • Legal professional privilege and its protection in the Polish criminal proceedings;
  • Influence of the European law on the Polish criminal procedure;
  • Evidentiary value of expert opinion in criminal proceedings;
  • Law of evidence - the use of new investigative measures and techniques in obtaining evidence for criminal proceedings;
  • Analysis of European standards for the protection of human rights in criminal proceedings.

 

Didactic classes conducted at the Department of Criminal Procedure:

  • Activities of Public Authorities in the Prosecution and Punishment of Offenders Committing Minor Offences (lecture);
  • Examination of Crime Traces Using Physical Methods (lecture);
  • Extradition and the other Forms of States Cooperation in the Prosecution of Crimes (lecture);
  • Forensic Medicine for Lawyers (lecture);
  • Fundamentals of Forensic Medicine (lecture);
  • Methodology of Prosecuting Crimes (lecture);
  • Proceedings in Minor Offence Cases (lecture);
  • Criminalistics (lecture);
  • Criminal Proceedings (lecture and workshops);
  • Evidence Procedure (lecture and workshops);
  • Disciplinary Proceedings (lecture and practicals);
  • Evidence Law in Criminal Proceedings (lecture and practicals);
  • Executive Criminal Law (lecture and practicals);
  • Tax Criminal Law (lecture and practicals);
  • Tax Criminal Law and Procedure (lecture and practicals);
  • Criminal Proceedings (graduate seminar);
  • Criminal Investigative Profiling (seminar);
  • Forensic Expertise (seminar);
  • Fundamentals of Forensic Medicine (seminar);
  • Mediation in Criminal Cases (seminar);
  • Tax Penal Procedure (seminar);
  • Victimology (seminar);
  • Criminal law - case study (lab);
  • Legal Clinic - Section of Criminal Law (lab);
  • Preparation to Professional Practice (lab);
  • Prepartation to Professional Practice - Advocate Section (lab);
  • Criminal Trial Simulation (workshops).

 

Contact details:

  • E-mail Adress of the Department: kpostkar.kul@gmail.com
  • Telephone: +48 81 445 35 53
  • Postal Adress: Department of Criminal Procedure, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, Poland